Dáil debates

Thursday, 10 July 2014

  • Prelude (0 speeches)
    Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9.30 a.m.
  • Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
    • Employment Support Services (8 speeches)
      1. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to review the manner in which the State assists employees in companies in which management has expressed a desire to undertake...
    • Enterprise Ireland Funding (11 speeches)
      2. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the fact that just a small number of American firms account for two-thirds of Irish headline exports and that they directly...
    • Appointments to State Boards (7 speeches)
      3. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of appointments he has made to State boards and State agencies since his appointment; the number who have gone through an...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (7 speeches)
      4. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the main impediments to the small and medium enterprise sector's ability of firms to increase employment; the actions he is...
    • Local Enterprise Offices Establishment (7 speeches)
      5. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the educational processes that have been put in place to ensure local authority staff are qualified to deal with clients of the new...
    • Foreign Direct Investment (9 speeches)
      6. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the new direction he will give to the new chief executive officer of the Industrial Development Agency to improve the geographical...
    • Online Business Voucher Scheme (7 speeches)
      7. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the annual trends regarding the level of investment in e-commerce by indigenous Irish business; and the numbers of persons employed in...
    • Retail Sector (7 speeches)
      8. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on the progress of the commitment in An Action Plan for Jobs to deliver an integrated licensing application...
    • Trade Missions Participation (5 speeches)
      9. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of trade missions undertaken by his Department since 1 January 2013 including those organised by the Industrial Development...
    • Job Initiatives (6 speeches)
      10. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions that have been taken in response to the analysis of the action plan on jobs carried out by the OECD; and if he will make a...
    • Trade Agreements (5 speeches)
      11. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the employment opportunities and challenges arising from the transatlantic trade and investment partnership talks; and if he will make...
  • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Bill 2014: Second Stage (95 speeches)
    I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to present the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Bill to the House. This is a significant Bill, providing for the...
  • Order of Business (87 speeches)
    It is proposed to take No. 12, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Protection of Young Persons (Employment) (Exclusion of Workers in the Fishing and Shipping Sectors)...
  • Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2014: First Stage (5 speeches)
    I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend Part XVI of the Planning and Development Act 2000 by conferring powers on the Minister for the Environment, Community and...
  • Committee of Public Accounts of Dáil Éireann (Compellability of Witnesses) Bill 2014: First Stage (14 speeches)
    I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to make further and better provision in relation to the Committee of Public Accounts of Dáil Éireann’s power to...
  • Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Regulations: Motion (1 speech)
    I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft:Protection of Young Persons (Employment) (Exclusion of Workers in the Fishing and Shipping Sectors) Regulations...
  • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 speeches)
    Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
  • 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) Deputies Seán Crowe, Dara...
  • Strategic Banking Corporation Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (126 speeches)
    Section 1 agreed to.
  • Business of Dáil (1 speech)
    It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders or the order of the Dáil of this day, that a division demanded on the Second Stage of the Court of Appeal Bill 2014 tomorrow, 11...
  • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (20 speeches)
    Debate resumed on amendment No. 6:In page 6, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following:“(2) Following the passing of this Act the Minister shall direct the Central Bank to publish...
  • Topical Issue Debate (4 speeches)
    To be helpful, as the Minister dealing with the first matter has not arrived, I suggest we take the second matter first.
    • Schools Amalgamation (7 speeches)
      I thank the office of the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this issue and I am delighted my constituency colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Sherlock, is present because we have been...
    • Road Toll Operators (6 speeches)
      I have received a number of complaints from constituents regarding difficulties they have had in dealing with eFlow customer services. Given that the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport...
    • Respite Care Grant Administration (10 speeches)
      Which Minister will take the third Topical Issue on behalf of the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Burton? It is the Minister of State at the Department of Education and...
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (9 speeches)
      Deputies Seán Crowe, Dara Calleary, Finian McGrath, Thomas Pringle and Brendan Smith have ten minutes in total to make an initial statement but in any event each Deputy has two minutes and...
  • Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (79 speeches)
    Debate resumed on amendment No. 1.In page 6, between lines 1 and 2, to insert the following:“ “ancient woodlands” means those woodlands which have had continuous tree cover...