Dáil debates
Thursday, 14 July 2011
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
- Requests to move Adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 (15 speeches)
Before coming to the Order of Business, I propose to deal with two matters under Standing Order 32. I will call on the Deputies in the order in which they submitted their notices to my office.
- Order of Business (152 speeches)
It is proposed to take No. 13, Revised Estimates for Public Services 2011 - Votes 1 to 3, Votes 5 to 23, Votes 25 and 26, Votes 28 to 38 and Vote 42, back from committee; No. 13b, Child Care...
- Estimates for Public Services 2011 (1 speech)
I move the following Estimates:
- Vote 1 — President's Establishment (0 speeches)
That a sum not exceeding €3,061,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2011, for the salaries and expenses...
- Vote 2 — Department of the Taoiseach (Revised Estimate) (0 speeches)
That a sum not exceeding €21,039,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2011, for the salaries and...
- Vote 3 — Office of the Attorney General (Revised Estimate) (0 speeches)
That a sum not exceeding €14,360,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2011, for the salaries and expenses...
- Vote 5 — Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised Estimate) (0 speeches)
That a sum not exceeding €6,844,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2011, for the salaries and expenses...
- Vote 6 — Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised Estimate) (0 speeches)
That a sum not exceeding €25,857,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2011, for the salaries and expenses...
- Vote 7 — Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised Estimate) (0 speeches)
That a sum not exceeding €367,775,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2011, for pensions,...
- Vote 8 — Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised Estimate) (0 speeches)
That a sum not exceeding €477,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2011, for the salaries and expenses of...
- Vote 9 — Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised Estimate) (0 speeches)
That a sum not exceeding €325,172,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2011, for the salaries and...
- Vote 10 — Office of Public Works (Revised Estimate) (0 speeches)
That a sum not exceeding €378,753,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2011, for the salaries and...
- Vote 11 — State Laboratory (Revised Estimate) (0 speeches)
That a sum not exceeding €8,650,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2011, for the salaries and expenses...
- Vote 12 — Secret Service (Revised Estimate) (0 speeches)
That a sum not exceeding €1,000,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2011, for Secret Service.
- Vote 13 — Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised Estimate) (0 speeches)
That a sum not exceeding €34,188,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2011, for the salaries and expenses...
- Vote 14 — Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised Estimate) (0 speeches)
That a sum not exceeding €43,263,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2011, for the salaries and expenses...
- Vote 15 — Valuation Office (Revised Estimate) (0 speeches)
That a sum not exceeding €8,208,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2011, for the salaries and expenses...
- Vote 16 — Public Appointments Service (Revised Estimate) (0 speeches)
That a sum not exceeding €7,756,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2011, for the salaries and expenses...
- Vote 17 — Office of the Commission for Public Service Appointments (Revised Estimate) (0 speeches)
That a sum not exceeding €883,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2011, for the salaries and expenses of...
- Vote 18 — Office of the Ombudsman (Revised Estimate) (0 speeches)
That a sum not exceeding €7,079,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2011, for the salaries and expenses...
- Vote 19 — Justice and Equality (Revised Estimate) (0 speeches)
That a sum not exceeding €355,194,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2011, for the salaries and...
- Vote 20 — Garda Síochána (Revised Estimate) (0 speeches)
That a sum not exceeding €1,412,223,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2011, for the salaries and...
- Vote 21 — Prisons (Revised Estimate) (0 speeches)
That a sum not exceeding €329,211,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2011, for the salaries and...
- Vote 22 — Courts Service (Revised Estimate) (0 speeches)
That a sum not exceeding €60,665,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2011, for such of the salaries and...
- Vote 23 — Property Registration Authority (Revised Estimate) (0 speeches)
That a sum not exceeding €35,172,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2011, for the salaries and expenses...
- Vote 25 — Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised Estimate) (0 speeches)
That a sum not exceeding €1,609,471,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2011, for the salaries and...
- Vote 26 — Education and Skills (Revised Estimate) (0 speeches)
That a sum not exceeding €8,279,419,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2011, for the salaries and...
- Vote 28 — Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised Estimate) (0 speeches)
That a sum not exceeding €172,506,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2011, for the salaries and...
- Vote 29 — International Co-operation (Revised Estimate) (0 speeches)
That a sum not exceeding €522,877,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2011, for certain Official...
- Vote 30 — Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Revised Estimate) (0 speeches)
That a sum not exceeding €253,473,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2011, for the salaries and...
- Vote 31 — Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Revised Estimate) (0 speeches)
That a sum not exceeding €1,273,615,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2011, for the salaries and...
- Vote 32 — Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised Estimate) (0 speeches)
That a sum not exceeding €1,924,047,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2011, for the salaries and...
- Vote 33 — National Gallery (Revised Estimate) (0 speeches)
That a sum not exceeding €9,847,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2011, for the salaries and expenses...
- Vote 34 — Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised Estimate) (0 speeches)
That a sum not exceeding €844,840,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2011, for the salaries and...
- Vote 35 — Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised Estimate) (0 speeches)
That a sum not exceeding €264,099,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2011, for the salaries and...
- Vote 36 — Defence (Revised Estimate) (0 speeches)
That a sum not exceeding €678,730,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2011, for the salaries and...
- Vote 37 — Army Pensions (Revised Estimate) (0 speeches)
That a sum not exceeding €201,867,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2011,for retired pay, pensions,...
- Vote 38 — Social Protection (Revised Estimate) (0 speeches)
That a sum not exceeding €13,427,412,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2011, for the salaries and...
- Vote 42 — Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised Estimate) (0 speeches)
That a sum not exceeding €34,840,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2011, for the salaries and expenses...
- Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009: Instruction to Committee (15 speeches)
I move: That, pursuant to Standing Order 131, it be an instruction to the Committee to which the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 may be recommitted in respect of certain amendments, that it has...
- Visit of Armenian Delegation (1 speech)
Before calling the Minister to reply, I wish on my own behalf and on behalf of the Members of Dáil Éireann to offer a céad mile fáilte, a hundred thousand welcomes to His Excellency, Mr....
- Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 Instruction to Committee: Motion (Resumed) (1 speech)
The following motion was moved by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (Deputy Francis Fitzgerald):
- Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Order for Report Stage (1 speech)
I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."
- Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (72 speeches)
Bill recommitted in respect of amendment No. 1.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2011: Order for Report Stage (1 speech)
I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."
- Criminal Justice Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (23 speeches)
I move amendment No. 1: In page 21, line 31, after "refused" to insert "without reasonable excuse". This amendment applies to section 15, which deals with court orders to produce documents or...
- Residential Institutions Redress (Amendment) Bill 2011: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002; and to provide for related matters.
- Residential Institutions Redress (Amendment) Bill, 2011: Second Stage (24 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to bring the Residential Institutions Redress (Amendment) Bill 2011 before the House. The Residential Institutions Redress Board,...
- Business of Dáil (1 speech)
I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders or the Order of the Dáil of today, Question Time shall be taken for 75 minutes at 5.30 p.m. or on the conclusion of the Second and...
- Residential Institutions Redress (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 speeches)
SECTION 1
- Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
- Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Public Sector Salaries (4 speeches)
Question 1: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the numbers, categories and positions of staff and personnel in the civil and wider public service who are above the salary...
- Fiscal Policy (8 speeches)
Question 2: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will publish in full the Comprehensive Spending Review of all Government Departments in a single document; and if so,...
- Pension Provisions (6 speeches)
Question 3: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in view of the fact that a pension levy was imposed on the income of ordinary public sector workers to secure their pension...
- Croke Park Agreement (21 speeches)
Question 4: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to look at the issue of reimbursing public service staff for pay cuts introduced over the last year, when savings...
- Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Croke Park Agreement (10 speeches)
Question 6: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if public service outputs, identified for outsourcing by Department heads on completion of the comprehensive review of...
- NewERA Proposal (19 speeches)
Question 7: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is represented on any groups preparing for the New ERA proposal. [20300/11]
- Departmental Staff (3 speeches)
Question 8: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the person who will be the accounting officer for actions by him and units of his Department previous to the establishment of...
- Consultancy Contracts (6 speeches)
Question 9: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the name of his external consultants; if they are being paid at an hourly rate or temporary contract basis; the amount they...
- Departmental Expenditure (39 speeches)
Question 10: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the minimum figure in expenditure saving proposals he has been tasked with securing by the Department of Finance before...
- Public Service Staff (15 speeches)
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he remains committed to the target in the Programme for Government to reduced the numbers in the public sector by 25,000...
- Public Expenditure Review (2 speeches)
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will publish the terms of reference for the comprehensive review of expenditure as circulated to department heads; and...
- Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality has completed its consideration of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011 and has made amendments thereto.
- 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 Marcella Corcoran Kennedy...
- Adjournment Debate (0 speeches)
- Special Educational Needs (2 speeches)
I raise this very important issue, which has come to my attention of late. I understand the Minister of State will take the matter on behalf of his colleague, the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise...
- National Carers Strategy (2 speeches)
Caring is a special role that many of our citizens find themselves in suddenly without prior training, education or other supports available to them. They are a hidden workforce, saving the...
- Data Protection (6 speeches)
One of the indirect consequences of the recent scandalous events in the United Kingdom surrounding News Corporation, News International and the widespread mobile telephone hacking which brought...
- Alcohol Abuse (2 speeches)
The worrying extent of the impact of alcohol has been revealed by the first national report on trends in alcohol-related death. The report of the Health Research Board shows such deaths occur in...
