Dáil debates
Thursday, 14 June 2012
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
- Leaders' Questions (27 speeches)
I would like to draw the attention of the Minister to the distressing situation facing 214 families in the north west. They are in shock this morning having heard the announcement that the...
- Visit of Indian Delegation (1 speech)
I would like to welcome the Indian Minister of New and Renewable Energy, Dr. Farooq Abdullah, to the Distinguished Visitors Gallery. He is extremely welcome.
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (50 speeches)
I heard the Minister's reply to the previous speaker and I am appalled. Here we have a service which has been running for 57 years and which provides services for over 200 people. I have been...
- Order of Business (29 speeches)
It is proposed to take No. a18, motion re membership of committees; No. 18, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the...
- Membership of Committees: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That the following members be appointed to the Joint Committee on Standing Orders:– Deputies Eoghan Murphy, Seán Ó Fearghaíl and Jack Wall; that Deputy Tom Hayes be discharged from...
- EU Directive on Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of...
- Aarhus Convention: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That Dáil Éireann approves in accordance with Article 29.5.2 of Bunreacht na hÉireann, the ratification by Ireland of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Convention on...
- European Arrest Warrant (Application to Third Countries and Amendment) and Extradition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (68 speeches)
Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
- European Arrest Warrant (Application to Third Countries and Amendment) and Extradition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Referral to Committee (1 speech)
I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality pursuant to Standing Order 82A(3)(a) and 126(1) of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business and...
- 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 Tony McLoughlin - the...
- Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (68 speeches, 1 comment)
Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
- Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2011: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills pursuant to Standing Orders 82A(3)(a) and (6)(a) and 126(1) of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business."
- Messages from Select Committees (1 speech)
The Select Committee on European Union Affairs has completed its consideration of the European Communities (Amendment) Bill 2012 and has made amendments thereto. The Select Sub-Committee on...
- Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Services for People with Disabilities (5 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this issue for discussion today. As the House is aware, news came through late last night that the residential service provided by Wisdom Services at...
- Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (6 speeches)
Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan offers her apologies because she cannot be with us. I am grateful for the opportunity to raise this issue on behalf of the Oireachtas all-party interest group on sexual...
- Army Barracks (35 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this important item. I and my colleagues in Fianna Fáil support the retention of the 4th Western Brigade and its headquarters status in Custume...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes (4 speeches)
The greater Dublin drainage project is being directed by Fingal County Council to plan and build a new massive regional sewerage plant in north Dublin that will treat a population equivalent to...
- Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Common Agricultural Policy (8 speeches)
Question 1: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine the progress he has made in relation to reform of the Common Agricultural Policy; the estimated maximum reduction in the...
- Departmental Expenditure (6 speeches)
Question 2: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine if the limits on expenditure agreed under the bailout programme has the potential to adversely impact on the potential...
- Agriculture Scheme Penalties (8 speeches)
Question 3: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown by county of penalties applied to farmers by category of penalty, whether land eligibility or...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme (8 speeches)
Question 4: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine the status of changes to the disadvantaged areas scheme; the communication he has had with the EU Commission on this issue;...
- Bovine Disease Controls (6 speeches)
Question 5: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine the restrictions that are in place on farmers whose farms are adjoining a farm testing positive for TB; and if he will make...
- Other Questions (1 speech)
The same time limits apply.
- EU Directives (9 speeches)
Question 6: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine if he has had ongoing discussions with farming groups in relation to the practical impact of the changes to wetland drainage...
- Legislative Programme (10 speeches)
Question 7: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine the talks he has had in relation to the creation of a climate change bill and its potential impact on the objectives of Food...
- Animal Diseases (7 speeches)
Question 8: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine his plans to review the TB testing programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28538/12]
- Food Industry (6 speeches)
Question 9: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine the extent to which he and his Department can identify prospects for increased production in the beef, lamb, pig meat and...
- Beef Discussion Groups (4 speeches)
Question 10: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine the progress he has made on the establishment of beef discussion groups; the number he will create; the number of farmers...
- Message from Seanad (1 speech)
Seanad Éireann has passed the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2012 without amendment.
- Personal Explanation by Member (1 speech)
I would like to thank the party Whips and the Government for giving me the opportunity to speak today. In relation to my company's under-declaration of VAT in 2009, M & J Wallace Limited sold...
