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Establishment of Committees (11 Oct 2007)

Tom Kitt: There will be something for Fine Gael and the Labour Party as well.

Establishment of Committees (11 Oct 2007)

Tom Kitt: Having been Chief Whip for the past three years, I am a firm believer in the value of the committee system to the workings of the Oireachtas. I believe it is an excellent committee system, of which all Members can be proud. However, we need to build on and strengthen our system, a view shared in this House. In the early 1990s, the then Minister, Deputy Noel Dempsey, introduced the new...

Establishment of Committees (11 Oct 2007)

Tom Kitt: I apologise, I was taken up with one of the matters the Deputy raised.

Council of Europe Representatives. (4 Oct 2007)

Tom Kitt: I wish to inform the House that Deputy Costello has been selected and nominated as a representative from Ireland to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe as a replacement for Deputy Gilmore.

Order of Business (4 Oct 2007)

Tom Kitt: This is good, old-fashioned Fine Gael.

Order of Business (3 Oct 2007)

Tom Kitt: Deputy Durkan has not gone away.

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion. (26 Sep 2007)

Tom Kitt: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Resolution of the Dáil of 14th June, 2007, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, Questions for oral answer, following those next set down to the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, shall be set down to Ministers in the following temporary sequence: Minister for Education and Science...

Order of Business (5 Jul 2007)

Tom Kitt: Deputy O'Rourke is back.

Waste Management: Motion (Resumed). (4 Jul 2007)

Tom Kitt: I speak in support of the Government amendment, as one would guess, and I wish to follow on from Deputy Mary O'Rourke, who spoke of standing in solidarity with the Minister, Deputy Gormley, and the Green Party on this issue. It is good to see the return of Deputy O'Rourke to the House, which we all welcome. We have made major strides as a society in regard to the recycling of waste. The...

Waste Management: Motion (Resumed). (4 Jul 2007)

Tom Kitt: It is not even clever politics. Those who are monitoring this debate, if anyone is, know exactly what is going on. Fine Gael's motion is not motivated by concern for the environment or for the people of Dublin South-East, sadly, but by blatant opportunism. We have seen Fine Gael pursue negative tactics in the past. I am disappointed that this new Fine Gael parliamentary party, with its...

Order of Business (4 Jul 2007)

Tom Kitt: In response to Opposition requests to amend the Order of Business, I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders or the order of the Dáil of this day, the proceedings on the resumed Second Stage of No. 11 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 12.45 p.m.; and the proceedings on Committee and Remaining Stages shall, if not previously concluded, be...

Standing Orders: Motion (3 Jul 2007)

Tom Kitt: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, with effect from September 2007, and until further notice in the 30th Dáil, the Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann relative to Public Business are hereby amended as follows— (a) STANDING ORDER 39 — QUESTIONS NOMINATED FOR PRIORITY In Standing Order 39, by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (1)(iv): (iv) The...

Order of Business (28 Jun 2007)

Tom Kitt: It is a matter of getting agreement on seating.

Election of Leas-Cheann Comhairle (Resumed) (26 Jun 2007)

Tom Kitt: I congratulate Deputy Howlin who has many friends across the political divide in the House, among whom I include myself.

Allocation of Time: Motion. (26 Jun 2007)

Tom Kitt: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders or the order of the Dáil on this day, the Dáil shall sit later than 8.30 p.m. and business will be interrupted on the conclusion of Private Members' time which shall be taken for 90 minutes on the conclusion of the Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007; the debate on Second Stage of No. 2 shall be brought to a conclusion not later than 8 p.m....

Restoration of Bills to Order Paper: Motion. (26 Jun 2007)

Tom Kitt: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, the Bills which lapsed on the dissolution of the 29th Dáil, and are set out in the Schedule to this motion, shall be proceeded with at commencement of the Stage each Bill had reached prior to dissolution unless specified otherwise in the Schedule. SCHEDULE Bill Title Stage reached at dissolution of 29th Dáil Civil Law...

Allocation of Time: Motion. (26 Jun 2007)

Tom Kitt: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, the following arrangements will apply to the Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: the speech of a Minister or Minister of State and of the main spokesperson for the Fine Gael Party and the Labour Party, who shall be called upon in that order, shall not exceed ten minutes in each case; Members may share time; a Minister or Minister of State...

Business of Dáil: Motion. (14 Jun 2007)

Tom Kitt: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, the Dáil shall sit later than 4.45 p.m. tonight and business shall be interrupted on the conclusion of No. 5 and the Dáil shall adjourn forthwith; the proceedings on the nomination of the Taoiseach shall be brought to a conclusion not later than 4.30 p.m. and the House shall suspend immediately thereafter until 6.30 p.m.; and that...

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (1 May 2007)

Tom Kitt: I thank SenatorsCummins and Moylan for being here today, as well as the Leas-Chathaoirleach. We are grateful for the support we received from this House during the many long debates on this legislation. Senator Cummins referred to the Fairs Act. I, too, have fond memories of the fairs in places such as Mountbellew in east Galway. He is right in saying those events now seem long distant...

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (1 May 2007)

Tom Kitt: I thank Members for the detail already discussed in the debate on this Bill. Amendments Nos. 1 to 4, inclusive, 30 and 31 relate to section 7. Amendment No. 1 is a drafting amendment to improve the wording of section 7. Amendments Nos. 2 to 4, 30 and 31 are also drafting amendments that concern changes to the numbering of two Drainage and Improvement of Land Supplemental Acts of 1867 which...