Dáil debates
Wednesday, 14 March 2012
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
- Leaders' Questions (90 speeches)
In the past few weeks there have, to say the least, been mixed messages from the Government in regard to Ireland's obligations on the promissory note issue. As the Taoiseach knows, the...
- Order of Business (148 speeches)
It is proposed to take No. 12a, Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2012 - Financial Resolution; No. 3, Clotting Factor Concentrates and Other Biological Products Bill 2012 - Order for...
- Visit of United States of America Delegation (2 speeches)
I wish to interrupt proceedings for one moment to ask Deputies and colleagues to join me this morning in offering a warm welcome to the Honourable Nancy Pelosi, former speaker and current...
- Order of Business (Resumed) (76 speeches)
We have only a short period left. I call Deputy Nulty.
- Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2012: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Freedom of Information Act 1997 and the Freedom of Information (Amendment) Act 2003. This Bill will give effect to...
- Local Government (Superannuation) (Consolidation) Scheme 1998 (Amendment) Bill 2012: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the repeal of Article 78 of the Local Government (Superannuation) (Consolidation) Scheme 1998 in order to end the...
- Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Bill 2012: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the law relating to the Comptroller and Auditor General. This Bill covers the remit of the Comptroller and Auditor...
- Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2012: Financial Resolution (1 speech)
I move: That provision be made for the amendment of the Schedule to the Finance (Excise Duties) (Vehicles) Act 1952 to provide that vehicles that are currently charged motor tax on the basis of...
- Clotting Factor Concentrates and Other Biological Products Bill 2012: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
Bill entitled an Act to provide for the procurement and making available of clotting factor concentrates and other biological medicinal products, including recombinant protein preparations, for...
- Clotting Factor Concentrates and Other Biological Products Bill 2012: Second Stage (17 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The purpose of the Clotting Factor Concentrates and Other Biological Products Bill 2012 is to transfer responsibility for the procurement of the...
- Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Overseas Missions (5 speeches)
I understand Deputy Calleary, who tabled two priority questions, is unavoidably absent. The Ceann Comhairle, as an exceptional measure, has agreed that Deputy Troy may deal with his questions in...
- Defence Forces Property (8 speeches)
Question 2: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to consolidate Defence Forces formations in to fewer locations; the timeframe over which this will occur; the properties he intends to...
- Overseas Missions (6 speeches)
Question 3: To ask the Minister for Defence when Irish defence forces personnel will be withdrawn from Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14581/12]
- Defence Forces Strength (6 speeches)
Question 4: To ask the Minister for Defence the total number of retirements from the armed forces at the end of February 2012; the number of senior positions that are now vacant in the armed...
- Defence Forces Operations (6 speeches)
Question 5: To ask the Minister for Defence his views in relation to possibly making the services of some of the Defence Forces, that is intelligence, available to help combat the illegal...
- Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Defence Forces Equipment (10 speeches)
Question 6: To ask the Minister for Defence the plans he has to procure or update military hardware in the Defence Forces over the next year; the specific items involved; and if he will make...
- Defence Forces Personnel (10 speeches)
Question 7: To ask the Minister for Defence the total number of personnel currently serving abroad; the location at which they are serving; the total amount spent on foreign missions; and if...
- Overseas Missions (6 speeches)
Question 8: To ask the Minister for Defence the extent, if any, of discussions he has had with his EU colleagues in the context of overseas deployment of peace-keeping or peace-enforcement...
- Defence Forces Review (18 speeches)
Question 9: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress he has made in implementing his decision to reduce the number of brigades from three to two; if he has met with various stakeholders;...
- Army Barracks (36 speeches)
Question 10: To ask the Minister for Defence the plans he has developed for the future of closed army barracks sites in Mullingar, Clonmel, Castlebar and Cavan; if any progress has been made...
- Commemorative Events (13 speeches)
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Defence the role the Defence Forces will play in the annual 1916 commemoration this year; the budget for the commemoration; the role that the Defence...
- 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 Michael Healy-Rae - the...
- Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Broadcasting Legislation (4 speeches)
I realise the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has been particularly busy in recent times but I refer the Minister of State to a suggestion in the form of a proposal currently under discussion...
- Post Office Network (13 speeches)
The next matter concerns the need to ensure adequate infrastructure for post office services and for Knockmore post office, County Mayo, to remain open. Deputies Mulherin, O'Mahony and Calleary...
- Community Care (4 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for putting this matter on the list today and thank the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, who is fully aware of Teach Tearmainn in Kildare, having visited it a...
- Hospital Services (4 speeches)
I appreciate being selected. The reason I raise this issue is because I want clarity on the closure of the gynaecological theatre in University Hospital, Galway, to all procedures other than...
- Clotting Factor Concentrates and Other Biological Products Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) and Subsequent Stages (17 speeches)
Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
- Criminal Justice (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill 2011: Order for Report Stage (1 speech)
I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."
- Criminal Justice (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (33 speeches)
Amendment No. 1 in the name of Deputy Ó Caoláin arises out of committee proceedings. Amendments Nos. 1 and 4 are cognate and will be discussed together.
- Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2012: Message from Select Sub-Committee (1 speech)
The Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government has completed its consideration of the Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2012 and has made amendments thereto.
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Banking Sector Regulation: Motion (Resumed) (134 speeches, 1 comment)
Last night, I mentioned that four out of ten local authority loans are 90 days or more in arrears. I urge the Government to take action on this; it has it within its power to do something about...
