Dáil debates
Tuesday, 17 January 2012
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 14.00 p.m.
- Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Overseas Development Aid (6 speeches)
Question 29: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the specific overseas development services and projects that will be affected by the €53 million reduction in the...
- International Agreements (10 speeches)
Question 30: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade with respect to the provision, contained in the draft intergovernmental treaty, to introduce the 0.5% deficit...
- Human Rights Issues (20 speeches)
Question 31: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the use of Shannon Airport as a stopover by US forces en route to Afghanistan, in view of the footage...
- Foreign Conflicts (6 speeches)
Question 33: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in a public declaration by a number of leading international and...
- Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Foreign Conflicts (9 speeches)
Question 34: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he has taken to date and any future action he plans to take in addressing the ongoing disturbances in...
- Overseas Development Aid (6 speeches)
Question 35: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will clarify the nature of Irish Aid disbursed to Colombia; the way it is allocated; and the terms of same. ...
- Human Rights Issues (5 speeches)
Question 36: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent attack by the Bahraini security forces of Mr. Nabeel Rajab, President of the Bahrain Centre...
- Emigrant Support Programmes (4 speeches)
Question 37: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the specific services and projects that will be affected by the €1.3 million reduction in support for Irish...
- Human Rights Issues (11 speeches)
Question 38: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to support the Congolese community of Ireland, many of whom are Irish citizens, in their...
- Leaders' Questions (69 speeches)
After the budget the Taoiseach said in the House: "One tries to protect those who are vulnerable, isolated and caught in a trap." Nothing could be further from the truth as the detail of the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Staff (35 speeches)
Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the names of the special advisors employed in his Department and the salary and other entitlements available to each. [39470/11]
- Departmental Bodies (39 speeches)
Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach the details of the proposed interdepartmental committee on European engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39474/11]
- Cabinet Committees (53 speeches)
Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach if he has attended any meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Health. [39756/11]
- Official Engagements (40 speeches)
Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach if he has had any meetings recently to discuss ongoing implementation of the Good Friday Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39757/11]
- Order of Business (94 speeches)
It is proposed to take No. 7, motion re referral to Joint Committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Teaching Council Act 2001 (Amendment of Nominating Bodies) Order 2012; and No. 4,...
- Local Authority Public Administration Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 speech)
I must now deal with a postponed division relating to the Local Authority Public Administration Bill 2011, from Friday, 13 January 2012.
- Teaching Council Act 2001 (Amendment of Nominating Bodies) Order 2012: Referral to Joint Committee (1 speech)
I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft: Teaching Council Act 2001 (Amendment of Nominating Bodies) Order 2012, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 9th...
- 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 21 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputies John O'Mahony, Pat...
- Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Community Employment Schemes (8 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this matter and I thank the Minister for Social Protection for attending this debate. In the budget it was announced that the training and materials...
- Employment Rights (9 speeches)
I had hoped the Minister for Justice and Equality would be present but I am quite sure the Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, will deal with the...
- Mental Health Services (4 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for giving me the opportunity to raise this issue and the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, for being present. Just before Christmas, staff at the...
- Hospital Services (4 speeches)
I thank the office of the Ceann Comhairle for accepting this issue, and the Minister of State for attending. As we speak, and in recent weeks, the accident and emergency ward in Letterkenny...
- Industrial Relations (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2011: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
Bill entitled an Act to make further and better provision for promoting harmonious relations between workers and employers, to amend the Industrial Relations Acts 1946 to 2004, to amend the...
- Industrial Relations (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2011: Second Stage (6 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The Bill's main purpose is to implement the commitment in the programme for Government to reform the joint labour committee, JLC, system and to...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- School Guidance Counsellors (25 speeches)
I move: "That Dáil Éireann: — confirms that schools are legally obliged to provide guidance and that the provision of 'appropriate' guidance is a statutory requirement under the Education Act...
