Dáil debates
Wednesday, 9 October 2013
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
- Leaders' Questions (120 speeches)
More than two weeks ago, I again raised with the Taoiseach the policy of consistent withdrawal of discretionary medical cards from adults and children with chronic and lifelong conditions. The...
- Order of Business (59 speeches, 1 comment)
The Order of Business is No. 15, Gas Regulation Bill 2013 - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; and No. 3, Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013 - Order...
- Gas Regulation Bill 2013: Order for Report Stage (1 speech)
I move:That Report Stage be taken now.
- Gas Regulation Bill 2013: Report Stage (10 speeches)
Amendments Nos. 1, 4 and 6 are related and will be discussed together.
- 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 Colm Keaveney - the need...
- Gas Regulation Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 speeches)
Debate resumed on amendment No. 1:In page 7, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: "Report by Minister 4. (1) The Minister shall, not later than one year after the commencement of...
- Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
Bill entitled an Act to amend the law to authorise the taking of bodily samples from persons suspected of certain criminal offences for forensic testing; to provide for the taking of certain...
- Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013 is landmark legislation. It will, I believe, prove to be the most...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Haddington Road Agreement Savings (6 speeches)
1. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether the full targeted savings under the Haddington Road agreement will be achieved in 2013 and 2014; the implications of...
- Equality Proofing of Budgets (11 speeches)
2. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will equality proof budget 2014 in advance of his announcement and publish the findings of the proofing process on budget day....
- Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme (6 speeches)
3. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform with regard to the shovel ready projects spoken of last year, the progress that has been made on getting such projects up and running; if...
- Capital Programme Expenditure (6 speeches)
4. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the Government is using under spending of the capital budget to provide a safety net for the overall budgetary position for...
- Public Sector Staff Issues (12 speeches)
5. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public sector workers currently employed here; the number of job losses which will be seen up to the end of 2015; his views...
- Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Open Government Partnership (16 speeches)
6. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the proposed new Open Government initiative will extend to increasing transparency and accountability in budgetary matters; and if he...
- Equality Proofing of Budgets (22 speeches)
7. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether the budget adjustment should be levied in as progressive a manner as possible; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Sale of State Assets (6 speeches)
8. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will subject the sale of any State assets to a post-sale value for money review; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- EU-IMF Programme of Support Negotiations (4 speeches)
9. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on his engagements with the troika; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42301/13]
- Pension Provisions (4 speeches)
10. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform with regard to the Haddington Road agreement, if the reduction in the pension related deduction, currently at 5% of the salary portion...
- National Procurement Service Savings (10 speeches)
12. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the savings that will be achieved from procurement efficiencies in 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42497/13]
- Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Industrial Disputes (6 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for allowing me to raise this issue and I thank the Minister for attending. I wish to draw his attention to a gross injustice being perpetrated by a wealthy,...
- Priory Hall Development (6 speeches)
I welcomed the announcement on Monday from the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government that a "breakthrough" had been reached in the mediation process on Priory Hall within...
- Road Tolls (6 speeches)
Anyone who drove through Fermoy in the 1990s and early 2000s and was caught up in inevitable traffic delays will remember a sign on the Dublin side of the town apologising for the delay and...
- Asylum Seeker Accommodation (19 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this Topical Issue. Reports in yesterday's edition of The Irish Times paint a very bleak picture of lax health and safety standards, poor hygiene levels...
- Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (41 speeches)
Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
- Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality pursuant to Standing Order 82A(3)(a) and 126(1) of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business and...
- Discretionary Medical Cards: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (37 speeches)
The following motion was moved by Deputy Billy Kelleher on Tuesday, 8 October 2013: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: - the number of discretionary medical cards fell from 80,524 at the...
