Dáil debates

Thursday, 20 June 2013

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10:30 a.m.
• Leaders' Questions (161 speeches)
  Yesterday, the truth of the Government's cut to students with special needs became clear when the National Council for Special Education announced that the 42,500 special needs students will have...
• Order of Business (53 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. a4, Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage, to adjourn after opening speeches; No. 19, Thirty-second Amendment of the...
• Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
  Bill entitled an Act to protect human life during pregnancy; to make provision for reviews at the instigation of a pregnant woman of certain medical opinions given in respect of pregnancy; to...
• Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (14 speeches, 1 comment)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I stand before the House today fully aware of the sensitive and complex nature of the matter we are about to deal with. I am also fully...
• Message from Joint Committee (1 speech)
  The Joint Committee on Education and Social Protection has completed its consideration of the Employment Equality Act, 1998 (section 12) (Church of Ireland College of Education) Order 2013.
• An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (94 speeches)
  Thairg an Taoiseach an tairiscint seo ar an Déardaoin, 13 Meitheamh 2013:Go léifear an Bille an Dara hUair anois.
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Haddington Road Agreement Savings (9 speeches)
    1. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the public sector pay and pensions savings from planned retirements, the targeted voluntary...
  • Pension Provisions (5 speeches)
    3. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether the An Post pension scheme and the fact that certain pension scheme trustees may have a conflict of interest between...
  • Capital Expenditure Programme Issues (13 speeches)
    4. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the impact on job creation he expects from the July 2012 stimulus plan and the recent announcement regarding capital spending; his views...
  • Haddington Road Agreement Savings (10 speeches)
    2. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to impose additional reductions in pay and changes to working terms and conditions to those public sector workers who through...
  • National Lottery Funding Disbursement (12 speeches)
    5. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if following the recent launch of the competitive process of the new National Lottery licence if the current level of good causes funding...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Office of Public Works Projects (6 speeches)
    6. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timetable for the completion of the Dublin Cultural Quarter project around Parnell Street which is being supported by the Office of...
  • Public Sector Staff Issues (6 speeches)
    7. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he intends, in the interests of efficient expenditure of public money, to conduct a study of the cost of outsourcing in the public...
  • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure (8 speeches)
    8. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details and the projected monetary value of the savings in consultancy contracts his Department expects to make. [29565/13]
  • Public Private Partnerships Cost (10 speeches)
    9. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason he is proposing to make compensation payments to unsuccessful tenderers for public private partnership projects; the estimated...
  • State Properties (2 speeches)
    10. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the roll-out of the next round of reforms aimed at streamlining the State’s extensive property management...
  • Sale of State Assets (7 speeches)
    11. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expects the possible sale of State assets to be discussed at a meeting of the Government. [29692/13]
• Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
  I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform pursuant to Standing Orders 82A(3)(a) and (6)(a) and 126(1).
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • HIV Incidence (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this issue. HIV and AIDS are back in the news for all the wrong reasons. Recently, the HIV in Ireland 2012 Report was published by the HSE's Health...
  • Anti-Social Behaviour (4 speeches)
    Most people agree that the winter of 2012-13 was one of the most miserable, wet and cold in living memory. For that reason, about four weeks ago, when bright sunny weather finally arrived, most...
  • Special Educational Needs Expenditure (11 speeches)
    Yesterday the National Council for Special Education announced a cut of 10% in support hours for children with special needs. This brings the total in cuts per child to 25% since 2010. The INTO...
  • Decline in Town Centres (18 speeches)
    I take it the Minister of State, Deputy Sherlock, has drawn the short straw as he is responding to all the Topical Issues this evening. With no disrespect to him - he is a Minister of State I...