Dáil debates
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
- Leaders' Questions (176 speeches)
Yesterday there were reports from the retail sector that sales were down a dramatic 3.7% on the previous month. Consumer confidence is obviously down but the announcement of the weak January...
- Tributes to Staff Members (10 speeches)
Before we deal with the Order of Business, the Taoiseach, along with myself, wishes to pay farewell tributes to some colleagues.
- Order of Business (74 speeches)
It is proposed to take No.15, statements on the pre-European Council meeting of 1 and 2 March and ratification of the Treaty on Stability, Co-ordination and Governance in the Economic and...
- Entrepreneur Visa Bill 2012: First Stage (4 speeches)
I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to establish an employment based immigrant visa for entrepreneurs from outside the jurisdiction of the European Economic Area who...
- European Council: Statements (33 speeches)
I am pleased to have this opportunity again to brief the House ahead of the forthcoming meeting of the European Council in Brussels on Thursday and Friday of this week, 1 and 2 March. The...
- Treaty on Stability, Co-ordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (64 speeches)
This country has come a long way in the past 12 months. Through the hard work and sacrifice of the Irish people we have re-established political and financial stability and we have laid the...
- Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Job Creation (6 speeches)
Question 1: To ask the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation with regards to his target to have 100,000 more persons in work in his action plan, the gross number of jobs he intends to...
- County Enterprise Boards (19 speeches)
Question 2: To ask the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation with respect to the new action plan for jobs, if he will detail the future relationship between county enterprise boards,...
- County Enterprise Boards (6 speeches)
Question 4: To ask the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if he has carried out a cost benefit analysis, or an analysis of the effects on jobs and unemployment, of abolishing county...
- Job Protection (8 speeches)
Question 5: To ask the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether it would be beneficial to the State to sponsor struggling small and medium businesses with a view to...
- Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Trade Missions (5 speeches)
The Government has introduced a new approach to trade promotion and trade missions. A total of 18 trade missions are planned for 2012, compared to 12 in 2011 and 13 in 2010. This is a step...
- Jobs Funding (5 speeches)
The seventh EU Framework Programme for Research and Development, also known as FP7, with a budget of €55 billion for the period 2007 to 2013, is the EU's main instrument for funding research...
- Redundancy Payments (14 speeches)
Question 8: To ask the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if he intends to bring forward legislation to ensure that the treatment of workers such as those at La Senza, Jane Norman,...
- Social Welfare Code (6 speeches)
Question 9: To ask the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if he will publish the Forfás report presented to him on the impact on employment and competitiveness of changes to sick...
- Job Creation (6 speeches)
Question 10: To ask the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation when the development capital scheme outlined in the action plan for jobs will be operational; the way Enterprise Ireland...
- 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 Peadar Tóibín - the...
- Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Irish Language (6 speeches)
The development of the gaelscoileanna sector has been one of the few positives in terms of the Irish language, even though we usually hear negative stories about the Irish language. Some 30,000...
- School Staffing (4 speeches)
I welcome the opportunity to discuss the new regulations on allocation of resource hours and teachers in primary schools. Investment in education is critically important, particularly at primary...
- Job Losses (4 speeches)
I recently brought an urgent matter concerning a forced, contested redundancy situation in Galway to the attention of several Ministers, including the Minister for Social Protection and the...
- Householders' Rights (4 speeches)
This has been an issue for some time and relates to the unfortunate situation in the context of householders who react aggressively when their homes are burgled. In the particular case to which...
- European Council: Statements (Resumed) (23 speeches)
I would like to share time with Deputies Paschal Donohoe and Arthur Spring.
- Education (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (36 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to introduce this Bill for the consideration of the House. A previous version of the Bill, namely the Education (Amendment) Bill...
- Finance Bill 2012: Message from Select Sub-Committee (1 speech)
The Select Sub-Committee on Finance has completed its consideration of the Finance Bill 2012 and has made amendments thereto.
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
