Dáil debates
Thursday, 31 January 2019
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach Gníomhach (Deputy Eugene Murphy) i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (1 speech)
I will be strict on time limits because, as stated previously, if Deputies speak beyond their allotted time, others will not have a chance to have their questions answered. I understand Deputy...
- Brexit Supports (8 speeches)
1. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the emergency contingencies and supports in place to safeguard small and medium enterprises, SMEs, and export businesses in Ireland from...
- Brexit Issues (9 speeches)
2. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the legislation and changes that will be needed in her Department to prepare for a no-deal Brexit; and if she will make a statement on...
- Research and Development Supports (8 speeches)
3. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is satisfied with the level of public research and development funding and capital expenditure in public research; if she will...
- Brexit Preparations (9 speeches)
4. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the analysis undertaken on the effect on businesses here if in the event of a no-deal Brexit border controls were implemented in...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (3 speeches)
May I raise a point, if Deputy Wallace does not mind? I tabled a question for the Minister on the issue of establishing a working group which was disallowed by the Ceann Comhairle, who is not...
- Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (8 speeches)
5. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will reconsider her decision not to publish the original ODCE report into the collapse of a trial (details supplied); and if she...
- Insurance Costs (7 speeches)
6. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she has taken to date and the action planned to tackle the high cost of insurance for businesses; the discussions she has held...
- Brexit Preparations (9 speeches)
7. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to protect business along the Border in view of Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4434/19]
- Job Creation (12 speeches)
8. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she and agencies under her aegis are taking to support job creation in counties Westmeath and Longford; and if she will make a...
- Job Creation (7 speeches)
9. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which she continues to maximise opportunities for the expansion of business through the medium of innovation technology...
- IDA Ireland (8 speeches)
10. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of regional IDA Ireland site visits and vacant properties nationwide by county on 31 December 2018; and if she will make a...
- Brexit Issues (7 speeches)
11. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to provide specific incentives to attract inward investment to the Border region to create employment in view of the...
- Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Reports (8 speeches)
12. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when she will publish an account of the investigative failures identified by a person (details supplied); the steps being taken to...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (65 speeches)
As we gather in the Chamber this morning, communities are gathering in Dunlewey, Gortahork and Falcarragh for the funerals of the four men who were killed last Sunday evening. Guím gach...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (40 speeches)
Seventeen Deputies have indicated so far. We have just 15 minutes today. I call Deputy Calleary.
- Plain Language Bill 2019: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to ensure that all information for the public from government and State bodies is written and presented in plain language. It is a...
- Regulation of Private Security Firms Bill 2019: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Private Security Services Act 2004 to regulate private security companies engaged in the enforcement of court orders...
- Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Fifth Stage (1 speech)
Question, "That the Bill do now pass," put and agreed to.
- No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 speech)
I must now deal with a postponed division relating to Second Stage of the No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019, taken on Thursday, 29 January 2019. On the question, "That the Bill be now read a Second...
- Juvenile Crime: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 speech)
The following motion was moved by Deputy Jim O'Callaghan on Wednesday, 30 January 2019:
- National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 speech)
I must now deal with a postponed division relating to Second Stage of the National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018, taken on Wednesday, 30 January 2019. On the...
- National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach pursuant to Standing Orders 84A(3)(a) and 149 (1).
- Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - 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 Niamh Smyth - to discuss...
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Statements (22 speeches)
I welcome the opportunity to discuss the important issue of developing mental health policies and services for young people, particularly child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS....
- Prohibition of Above-cost Ticket Touting Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Private Member's Bill and I commend Deputies Rock and Donnelly on introducing it. I acknowledge...
- Message from Business Committee (1 speech)
The standing Business Committee of Dáil Éireann has completed its consideration, under Standing Order 27AC, of a request from the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Respite Care Services Provision (4 speeches)
I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Phelan, for coming to the House to deal with the issue of respite care services for children in counties Cavan and Monaghan. Respite care service provision...
- Home Care Packages (4 speeches)
I raise this Topical Issue because I am greatly concerned about the lack of provision of respite care and home packages by the Department of Health. I realise it is not the Department of the...
- Emergency Accommodation Provision (4 speeches)
Given the weekend weather forecast, it immediately sprang to my mind that 160 people are sleeping rough on the streets. On Tuesday morning I put down a Topical Issue matter on this issue but it...
- Teachers' Remuneration (5 speeches)
Go raibh maith agat. Tá mé buíoch don Cheann Comhairle gur roghnaigh sé an t-ábhar seo. Late last year a number of payments to substitute teachers were stopped by the...
- Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill of 2017 concerns mental health discrimination. Every day, people with mental health...
