Dáil debates

Thursday, 12 January 2012

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Leaders' Questions (27 speeches)
  It was announced on the 10 a.m. news that 650 jobs would be lost at Ulster Bank in this jurisdiction. This is a nervous time for the employees and a very serious issue. I appreciate that Ulster...
• Order of Business (34 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 8a, Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad] - allocation of time motion for select sub-committee; No. 12, Patents (Amendment) Bill 2011 - Order for Report, Report...
• Advance Healthcare Decisions Bill 2012: First Stage (5 speeches)
  I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the making of medical treatment decisions in advance by competent persons with the intention of those decisions...
• Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Allocation of Time Motion for Select Sub-Committee (1 speech)
  I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders or the order of the Dáil of 30th November, 2011, the proceedings in the Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local...
• Private Members' Business. Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed) (56 speeches)
  The following motion was moved by Deputy Seán Crowe on Wednesday, 11 January 2012:
• Patents (Amendment) Bill 2011: Order for Report Stage (1 speech)
  I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."
• Patents (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report Stage (3 speeches)
  No amendments have been submitted for Report Stage.
• Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (39 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Topical Issue Matters (1 speech)
  I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 27A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn -...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Pupil-Teacher Ratio (10 speeches)
    Will the Minister be honest with the people and tell them that he wishes, by stealth, to close down the majority of small schools in Ireland through changing the criteria of 12 pupils required to...
  • Job Losses (6 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this Topical Issue today and for selecting yesterday the related Topical Issue matters of the disgraceful treatment of workers at La Senza and Vita...
  • Rural Transport Services (5 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for affording me opportunity to discuss the need for the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to include consideration of the rural transport programme in the...
  • Ballymun Regeneration Programme (4 speeches)
    I wish the Minister of State the best of luck in her new portfolio. I know her experience of regeneration in Limerick will be of benefit in her work in the Department of the Environment,...
• Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • State Airports (8 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport when the Booz report on the ownership and management of Cork and Shannon airports will be published; if he has any plans to...
  • Taxi Regulation (6 speeches)
    Question 2: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport the position regarding the report of the Taxi Industry Review group; and his view on the requirements in terms of legislation to...
  • Road Network (7 speeches)
    Question 3: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if he is concerned that there are a number of serious inaccuracies (details supplied) in the Route Selection Report for the...
  • Public Transport (6 speeches)
    Question 4: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if he will outline in percentage terms, the expected fare increases in public transport services provided by CIE in 2013 and...
  • Tourism Industry (3 speeches)
    Question 5: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport his plans to reverse the decline in tourism numbers visiting the west of Ireland, which are down by 37% in the years 2007 to...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Dublin Airport Authority (7 speeches)
    Question 6: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport the progress made to date in finding a replacement for a person (details supplied) as chief executive of the Dublin Airport...
  • Jobs Initiative (23 speeches)
    Question 7: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport his views on the tourism measures contained within the jobs initiative and their impact on helping tourism here regain cost...
  • Taxi Regulations (14 speeches)
    Question 8: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if he has received the report of the taxi review group; when he expects to submit to Cabinet; when he expects to publish the...
  • National Sports Campus (8 speeches)
    Question 9: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport the position regarding the developments at the sports campus at Abbotstown, Dublin; the further developments he intends to...
  • Departmental Bodies (14 speeches)
    Question 10: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if he will clarify if a board member of the Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company (details supplied) has returned wrongly claimed...
  • Rail Services (8 speeches)
    Question 12: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport the position regarding the progress of the LUAS extension [1579/12]
  • State Airports (18 speeches)
    Question 13: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport his plans for Cork Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1352/12]