Dáil debates

Tuesday, 31 January 2012

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2.00 p.m.
• Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Heritage Sites (4 speeches)
    Question 43: To ask the Minister for Arts; Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans for maintaining our heritage sites when 60% of heritage specialists in the public service retire in February,...
  • Music Industry (4 speeches)
    Question 44: To ask the Minister for Arts; Heritage and the Gaeltacht the efforts he is making to protect and enhance the music industry here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. ...
  • Bank Premises (7 speeches)
    I propose to take Questions Nos. 45 and 47 together. I refer the Deputies to my previous replies on this matter. I met the chair and chief executive of the Bank of Ireland and had a constructive...
  • Socruithe Maoinithe (5 speeches)
    Tá mé ar an eolas faoi chomhráiteas poiblí a eisíodh ar 17 Eanáir 2012 inar mhol na heagrais bhunmhaoinithe d'Fhoras na Gaeilge meicníocht idirbheartaíochta a aontú leo "le teacht ar...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Comharchumainn Gaeltachta (5 speeches)
    Tuigtear dom go mbíonn plé leanúnach ag Údarás na Gaeltachta leis na comharchumainn agus na comhlachtaí pobalbhunaithe a thagann faoina chúram chun tacú leo oiread agus is féidir maidir...
  • An Ghaeilge (12 speeches)
    Question 49: To ask the an Aire Ealaíon; Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir leis an Straitéis Fiche Bliain don Ghaeilge; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina...
  • Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (7 speeches)
    Tógfaidh mé Ceisteanna Uimh. 50, 65 agus 80 le chéile. Forálann alt 11 d'Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003 gur féidir leis an Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta iarraidh ar...
  • Heritage Sites (6 speeches)
    Question 51: To ask the Minister for Arts; Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has considered establishing an inter-agency and interdepartmental group which would be tasked with drafting a...
• Leaders' Questions (75 speeches)
  Now that the intergovernmental treaty has been finalised, will the Taoiseach ensure, as an urgent decision, that the public can be properly informed about the treaty by publishing an explanatory...
• Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
  • Social Partnership (19 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the recent contacts he has had with the social partners. [1912/12]
  • Cabinet Sub-Committees (76 speeches)
    Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach the number of times the Cabinet sub Committee on Economic Recovery and Jobs has met [1937/12]
• Order of Business (94 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 12, statements on the proposed amendment to section 40 of the Copyright and Related Acts 2000 and No. 13, Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011 - Second Stage (resumed)....
• Criminal Justice (Aggravated False Imprisonment) Bill 2012: First Stage. (5 speeches)
  I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the provisions of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 to provide for the creation of the statutory...
• 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 Jonathan O'Brien - the...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Non-Principal Residence Charge (4 speeches)
    I am grateful to the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this matter and I am pleased that the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government has come into the House to deal...
  • Food Industry (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting the issue and I thank the Minister of State for taking the question. Despite the excellent growth and export figures for the food industry, there has...
  • Hospital Staff (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me the opportunity to raise this important issue. I have no wish to sound alarmist. The Minister of State is fully aware of the issue facing the Health...
• Business of Dáil (2 speeches)
  I wish to make a proposal to the House to change the Order of Business. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the proceedings on No. 12 shall, if not previously...
• Topical Issue Debate (Resumed) (0 speeches)
  • Joint Policing Committees (6 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this matter for discussion. The Minister of State will agree that the most effective crime policies, that is, those with a capacity to deliver for...
• Proposed Statutory Instrument on Copyright: Statements (62 speeches, 1 comment)
  Let me start by repeating that I fully subscribe to the freedoms, the opportunities and the access to information that the Internet provides us with. Ireland is home to some of the world's most...
• Private Members' Business. Small Primary Schools: Motion (82 speeches)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann: — condemns the Government for introducing changes to the staffing schedules in 1, 2, 3 and 4 teacher schools in Budget 2012; — objects to this policy decision...