Dáil debates

Tuesday, 26 March 2013

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (1 speech)
  The first priority question is in the name of Deputy Browne. As Deputy Browne is not present we will go on to Question No. 102.
  • Agriculture Schemes Payments (8 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of SFP and other Common Agricultural Policy payments that are paid to registered companies not directly involved in farm...
  • Coillte Harvesting Rights Sale (20 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his input to the proposed sale of Coillte's harvesting rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15000/13]
  • Aquaculture Licences (10 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he considers it appropriate for him to be the decision maker in relation to an aquaculture licence application received from a State...
  • Coillte Harvesting Rights Sale (9 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure a supply of timber to the indigenous saw milling plants in view of the sale of the harvesting rights of Coillte forests;...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • TB Eradication Scheme (6 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to address the incidence of Bovine TB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14677/13]
  • Aquaculture Licences (19 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will issue on the application by Bord Iascaigh Mhara for an aqualicence in respect of a fish farm in Galway Bay; and if he...
  • Geological Surveys (9 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has seen the results of the geological survey conducted by Coillte; if he intends to make that survey public; and if he will make a...
  • Coillte Lands (14 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will give a guarantee that Coillte will continue to manage all of the State’s eleven forest parks and its one hundred 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 Jim Daly - the need for...
• Leaders' Questions (85 speeches)
  I have met dozens of gardaí during the past number of months who feel completely ignored by the Government and who feel there is a fundamental lack of respect for the work that they do on...
• Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
  • IFSC Clearing House Group (30 speeches)
    To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the most recent meeting of the Clearing House Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56787/12]
  • Appointments to State Boards (30 speeches)
    To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the appointments he has made to State boards. [2302/13]
• Order of Business (78 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 12, motion re referral to joint committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council...
• Retention of Newborn Screening Cards Bill 2013: First Stage (5 speeches)
  I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act in the public interest, to amend the Data Protection Act 1988, as amended by the Data Protection Act 2003, to provide for the...
• Scrap and Precious Metal Dealers Bill 2013: First Stage (5 speeches)
  I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the law as it relates to the purchasing, selling, trading, consignment selling, or otherwise transferring for value,...
• EU Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings: Referral to Joint Committee (1 speech)
  I move:That the proposal 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...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Upward-Only Rent Reviews (21 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing us to raise this issue which follows a very significant court judgment yesterday on the lease for Bewley's café on Grafton Street. I recognise there...
  • Driving Licence Issues (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this issue for discussion today and thank the Minister of State, Deputy Kelly, for coming to the House to deal with it. I raised this issue in January...
  • Property Taxation Exemptions (10 speeches)
    In my request to raise a topical issue I included both the list of estates and the pyrite-damaged houses. I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this matter for discussion. It is clear that...
  • Property Taxation Application (45 speeches)
    I call Deputy Stanley on the next matter, the local property tax.
• Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (53 speeches)
  SECTION 1
  • Banking Sector Remuneration (2 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Finance further to the publication of the Mercer Report on pay and perks, the investigation, if any, he has carried out into the reported practice in Spain where...
  • Banking Sector Remuneration (2 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Finance further to the publication of the Mercer Report on pay and perks, the reason employees in banks have seen their salaries increase by levels which are amongst the...
  • Financial Services Ombudsman (2 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the Financial Services Ombudsman, due to the Irish bank Resolution Corporation Act 2013, cannot now investigate complaints by mortgage...
  • IBRC Liquidation (2 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding employees of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (details supplied) and need to restore the value of the severance terms previously agreed...
  • Property Taxation Application (3 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons tasked with the job of dealing with appeals that will go forward from persons disputing the amount of money being sought from them in...
  • State Banking Sector (2 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Finance the way he intends to cast his votes representing 15% of the shared capital, on behalf of the taxpayer, on each resolution individually due for decision at the...
  • Bank Codes of Conduct (2 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding repossession of farm equipment by a bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14995/13]
  • Tax Code (29 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Finance if he has projected the amount an average person will lose a year when maternity benefit is taxed from July; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15069/13]
• Mortgage Arrears: Motion [Private Members] (29 speeches)
  I move:That Dáil Éireann:notes: — the worsening crisis in respect of mortgage arrears, with over 94,000 residential mortgages in arrears for greater than 90 days and over 28,000...