Dáil debates

Tuesday, 30 May 2017

  • Prelude (0 speeches)
    Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
  • Leaders' Questions (38 speeches)
    I have consistently raised with the Taoiseach the disconnect between rhetoric and reality and between aspiration and delivery. Nowhere are they to be seen more than in the damning report issued...
  • Order of Business (78 speeches)
    Tuesday’s business shall be No. 3, motion re amendment of takeback date for motions re legal acts in the justice area and insolvency proceedings; No. 4, Revised Estimates (back from...
  • Health and Safety (Funfair) (Amendment) Bill 2017: First Stage (5 speeches)
    I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 to provide for improved health and safety standards in funfairs and for...
  • EU Regulations: Motion (1 speech)
    I move:That the Order of Dáil Éireann of 16th May, 2017, referring the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol...
  • Estimates for Public Services 2017 (1 speech)
    I move the following Supplementary Estimates: Vote 1 — President’s Establishment (Revised Estimate)That a sum not exceeding €3,903,000 be granted to defray the charge which...
  • Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
    • National Security Committee (17 speeches)
      1. To ask the Taoiseach when the most recent meeting of the national security committee took place; the current members of the committee; the number of times the committee meets each year; and...
    • Seanad Reform (19 speeches)
      7. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding the group being formed to reform Seanad Éireann. [24017/17]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (58 speeches)
      10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Mr. Michel Barnier on 11 May 2017. [24018/17]
  • Priority Questions (0 speeches)
    • Passport Applications Data (7 speeches)
      46. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of new and renewal passport applications respectively in the system; the target turnaround time for each category of applicant;...
    • Northern Ireland (7 speeches)
      47. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to comments made by various members of the British House of Commons regarding ongoing legal cases involving...
    • Brexit Issues (7 speeches)
      48. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland's status of neutrality or corporate tax rate was discussed at any of the meetings he has attended at EU level to discuss and agree...
    • Prisoner Welfare (7 speeches)
      49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the hunger strike currently taking place among Palestinian prisoners; if he has raised this matter with the Israeli authorities;...
    • Military Aircraft Landings (7 speeches)
      50. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the procedures in place to ensure that US military aircraft landing at Shannon Airport comply with conditions related to permission to land;...
  • 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 29A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Mary Butler - the...
  • Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions (0 speeches)
    • Brexit Issues (11 speeches)
      51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and at European Union level in relation to ensuring that there...
    • EU Meetings (10 speeches)
      53. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent meeting with his EU counterparts to agree a detailed mandate for the opening of negotiations with the UK; and...
    • EU Agreements (7 speeches)
      54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the European Commission's efforts to renegotiate a new protocol with Morocco; and the safeguards that the...
    • Ibrahim Halawa (8 speeches)
      52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding a person (details supplied) currently detained in Egypt awaiting a trial. [25656/17]
    • Humanitarian Aid Provision (4 speeches)
      56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the State's humanitarian response to the unfolding famine in east Africa and the measures being taken to help prevent its...