Dáil debates

Thursday, 11 November 2010

  • Prelude (0 speeches)
    Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
  • Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (170 speeches)
    Before coming to the Order of Business I propose to deal with a number of notices under Standing Order 32. I will call on Deputies in the order in which they submitted their notices to my office.
  • Order of Business. (356 speeches)
    It is proposed to take No. a5 - Motion re: membership of committees; No. b5 motion re proposal that Dáil Éireann notes the report of the Joint Committee on Finance and the Public Service...
  • Membership of Committees: Motion (1 speech)
    I move: That Deputy Leo Varadkar be discharged from the Joint Committee on Climate Change and Energy Security and that Deputy Simon Coveney be appointed in substitution for him. That Deputies...
  • Joint Committee Report on Macroeconomic Policy and Effective Fiscal and Economic Governance: Motion (1 speech)
    I move: That Dáil Éireann notes the Report of the Joint Committee on Finance and the Public Service entitled "Report on Macroeconomic Policy and Effective Fiscal and Economic Governance", which...
  • Local Government (Mayor and Regional Authority of Dublin) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (40 speeches)
    Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
  • Fifth Report of the Joint Committee on Climate Change and Energy Security: Motion (45 speeches)
    I move: That Dáil Éireann notes the Fifth Report of the Joint Committee on Climate Change and Energy Security entitled "Second Report on Climate Change Law", copies of which were laid before...
  • Education (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 speeches)
    Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
  • Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
  • Priority Questions (0 speeches)
    Hospitals Building Programme
    • Hospitals Building Programme (10 speeches)
      Question 1: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimated cost of the new paediatric hospital; the funding to be provided by the State; the outstanding balance; is the State funding...
    • Child Abuse (6 speeches)
      Question 2: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will give an undertaking that all of the recommendations of the Roscommon child-care case will be implemented in full; the...
    • Hospital Staff (8 speeches)
      Question 3: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the two extra consultant radiologists for Tallaght Hospital will be put in place; the way the total number of whole time equivalent...
    • Health Services Staff (8 speeches)
      Question 4: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of submissions of interest made to the Health Service Executive in relation to the voluntary redundancy programme to date; the...
    • Hospital Services (6 speeches)
      Question 5: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans or those of the Health Service Executive to alter services provided at a hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a...
  • Other Questions (0 speeches)
    General Practitioner Services
    • General Practitioner Services (9 speeches)
      Question 6: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to make it easier for new general practitioners to provide services for patients who hold a medical card; and if she will make...
    • Health Promotion (18 speeches)
      Question 7: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she is taking at national and European level to curtail or significantly reduce alcohol sponsorship of sport; and if she will...
    • Hospital Services (12 speeches)
      Question 8: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of public hospital beds that are closed throughout the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41868/10]
    • Health Service Investigations (16 speeches)
      Question 9: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take on foot of the Hayes Report on Tallaght Hospital [41902/10]
    • Hospital Laboratories (13 speeches)
      Approximately 77 million laboratory tests are undertaken across 44 public hospitals each year. The HSE announced plans last year to modernise laboratory services and achieve significant...
  • Adjournment Debate Matters (1 speech)
    I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 21 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Jimmy Deenihan - the need...
  • Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
    The Select Committee on Health and Children has completed its consideration of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 and has made amendments there to.
  • EU Sugar Market Reform: Statements (130 speeches)
    The European Court of Auditors report on the sugar reform package of 2006 published yesterday was addressed directly to the European Commission. The report also contains a comprehensive 17-page...
  • Adjournment Debate (0 speeches)
    Vocational Education Committees
    • Vocational Education Committees (2 speeches)
      On 12 October, the Minister of the Education and Skills announced a Government decision to restructure the VEC system through the amalgamation of the VECs to reduce the number from the current 33...
    • Adult Education (2 speeches)
      I have raised this matter to ensure that Dublin Adult Learning Centre receives adequate funding to fulfil its mission of providing literacy and basic education to adults in Dublin's inner city....
    • Care of the Elderly (2 speeches)
      I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this matter on the Adjournment. For many elderly citizens who see their home help as a lifeline to some comfort in the autumn of their lives, this issue...
    • Licensing of Gold Shops (2 speeches)
      I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to raise this important issue. At a number of recent community and constituency meetings as well as at my constituency information clinics, grave...