Dáil debates

Wednesday, 20 November 2013

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9.30 a.m.
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Economic Policy (10 speeches)
    1. To ask the Minister for Finance if he supports the view that the negotiation of a precautionary credit line for Ireland, subject to acceptable conditionality, would underpin a smooth exit from...
  • European Stability Mechanism (9 speeches)
    2. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is as confident as he was in June 2012 that the ESM will be used to retrospectively recapitalise Ireland’s banking debt; and if this issue was...
  • Insurance Industry Regulation (7 speeches)
    4. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is concerned by the significant issues that have been identified at an insurance company (details supplied); the reason the problem does not appear to...
  • Mortgage Arrears Proposals (7 speeches)
    5. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the mortgage crisis; if he has communicated to the Central Bank that legal letters threatening repossession will not be counted...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • EU-IMF Programme of Support Issues (7 speeches)
    6. To ask the Minister for Finance the position on Ireland's obligations under the fiscal treaty and other EU rules in terms of debt and deficit reduction, budgeting and monitoring following an...
  • Property Taxation Administration (7 speeches)
    7. To ask the Minister for Finance the full costs of the implementation of the property tax to date, with particular reference to the cost of reissuing the latest letter seeking payment; the...
  • NAMA Property Rental (9 speeches)
    8. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered approaching the National Asset Management Agency to determine if it would be possible for that agency to provide start-up businesses with...
  • Irish Financial Services Appeals Tribunal (7 speeches)
    9. To ask the Minister for Finance if the effectiveness of the Irish Financial Services Appeals Tribunal, has been impeded by the decision of the High Court to allow the Central Bank convert...
  • Strategic Investment Bank Establishment (7 speeches)
    11. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to promote diversity in the banking sector; and when a strategic investment bank will be created. [49200/13]
  • Unemployment Levels (5 speeches)
    12. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain the unusual anomaly recently highlighted by his Department, where growth has failed to match forecasts but the employment/unemployment...
• 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 Simon Harris - the need...
• Government Decision on Exiting Programme of Financial Support: Motion (13 speeches)
  I move:That Dáil Éireann endorses the Government’s decision to exit the EU/IMF programme of financial support in December without applying for a precautionary credit line.I am...
• Leaders' Questions (61 speeches)
  Next Saturday there will be an event entitled Walk a Mile in Ronan and Katie's Shoes to lobby for the return of Ronan and Katie's discretionary medical cards. Katie is a five-year-old girl with...
• Order of Business (154 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 11a, motion re exit from the EU-IMF programme of financial support to Ireland (resumed); and No. 22, the Child and Family Agency Bill 2013 - Order for Report and Report...
• Cannabis Regulation Bill 2013: First Stage (5 speeches)
  I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the regulation of cannabis for medicinal and recreational use and for that purpose to establish the Cannabis...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Fisheries Disputes (12 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing us to raise this issue and the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for coming to the House to respond to it. The people of south Wexford are...
  • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (4 speeches)
    I thank the Minister for coming to address the issue, the crux of which is the discrepancy in rent allowance and the limits in areas in the southern part of my constituency, which for all means...
  • Water Services Provision (4 speeches)
    As a basic principle of common law, one can own the land adjacent to a waterway and the river bed but one cannot own the water. However, one can insist on the maintenance of a waterway and that...
  • Public Sector Staff Redeployment (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for affording me the opportunity to raise an issue of serious concern to eight employees of the local authorities in County Tipperary and their families. The issue at...
• Government Decision on Exiting Programme of Financial Support: Motion (Resumed) (105 speeches)
  The following motion was moved by the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, today, 20 November 2013:That Dáil Éireann endorses the Government’s decision to exit the EU/IMF...
• Estimates for Public Services 2013: Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
  The Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality has completed its consideration of the following supplementary Estimates for public service for the year ending 31 December 2013: Votes 20 and 24.
• Youth Employment: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (38 speeches)
  The following motion was moved by Deputy Jonathan O'Brien on Tuesday, 19 November 2013:That Dáil Éireann:notes that: — our young people want to work and contribute but are...