Dáil debates
Thursday, 19 July 2012
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
- Leaders' Questions (77 speeches)
In last year's budget the Government made great play of the fact that it did not cut-----
- Order of Business (63 speeches)
It is proposed to take No. 5, Supplementary Estimates for Public Services 2012 [Vote 32] - back from committee; No. 5a, motion re membership of committees; No. 12, Gaeltacht Bill 2012 [Seanad] -...
- Child Sex Offenders (Information and Monitoring) Bill 2012: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the establishment of a scheme to allow the parents or guardians of a child or vulnerable adult to make an inquiry...
- Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2012: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to define Public Service Broadcasting, to provide for the replacement of television licences, to provide for revised arrangements...
- An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Cearta Geilleagracha, Comhdhaonnacha agus Cultúir) 2012 / Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) Bill 2012: First Stage (5 speeches)
Tairgim: Go gceadófar go dtabharfar isteach Bille dá ngairtear Acht chun an Bunreacht a leasú. I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Constitution.
- Estimates for Public Services 2012 (1 speech)
I move the following Supplementary Estimate:
- Committee of Selection: Motions (1 speech)
I move: That Deputy Michael Moynihan be discharged from the Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine and that Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív be appointed in substitution for him. That...
- Advance Healthcare Decisions Bill 2012: Leave to Withdraw (1 speech)
I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, the Order of the Dáil of 8 June, 2012, referring the Advance Healthcare Decisions Bill 2012 to the Select Sub-committee on Health be...
- Gaeltacht Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 speeches)
SECTION 1
- Business of Dáil (1 speech)
I move: "That the sitting be suspended from 12.25 p.m. until 1 p.m."
- Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Order for Report Stage (1 speech)
I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."
- Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (107 speeches)
I move amendment No. 1: In page 5, line 23, to delete "2011" and substitute "2012". This is a technical amendment to ensure the collective citation of the Electoral Acts in the Bill is correct.
- Government Response to Mahon Tribunal Recommendations: Statements (71 speeches)
If it is acceptable to the House, I propose to share time with the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government.
- 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)
- Data Protection (4 speeches)
There have been a number of cases in which personal financial details were leaked to the media by nationalised banking institutions within the control of the Minister for Finance. It is...
- Public Procurement (6 speeches)
I appreciate the Minister of State with responsibility for this matter being in the House to take this issue. The programme for Government states: "We will reform public procurement to become a...
- Ambulance Service (4 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the selection of the matter and for the opportunity to raise it. In recent times, I have received complaints about the ambulance service in counties Louth and...
- School Transport (6 speeches)
I am glad the Minister of State, Deputy Cannon, is present because, this time last year, he attended a meeting in the Listowel Arms Hotel hosted by the Minister, Deputy Deenihan. There were 500...
- Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Energy Conservation (6 speeches)
Question 1: To ask the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources the number of jobs supported by better energy homes now; the equivalent number in July 2011; and if he will make...
- Postal Services (9 speeches)
Question 2: To ask the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources his views on the standard of service provided by An Post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36216/12]
- Energy Prices (4 speeches)
Question 4: To ask the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether Bord Gáis should be allowed to increase its prices by up to 10%; his further views on...
- Natural Gas Grid (6 speeches)
Question 5: To ask the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources the circumstances surrounding the underground gas exploration that occurred during the commissioning of the new...
- Media Mergers (6 speeches)
Question 3: To ask the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources his views on large parts of the media being controlled by a single owner; if he will introduce legislation to...
- Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Sale of State Assets (6 speeches)
Question 6: To ask the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources if he completed an impact analysis of potential job losses in the ESB or Bord Gáis when they are part...
- Energy Resources (6 speeches)
Question 7: To ask the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources when he expects gas from the Corrib gas field to become available to the Irish consumer; the extent to which the...
- Alternative Energy Projects (2 speeches)
Question 8: To ask the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources the discussions he has had with the authorities in Northern Ireland with a view to agreeing a joint policy north...
- Renewable Energy (14 speeches)
Question 9: To ask the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources if any cost benefit analysis has been carried out to determine the possible advantage of semi-State led...
- Radio Spectrum (4 speeches)
Question 10: To ask the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources if he intends issuing an instruction to ComReg, as he is empowered to do under the acts to lay down the minimum...
