Dáil debates

Thursday, 16 June 2011

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (4 speeches)
  Before coming to the Order of Business I propose to deal with two notices under Standing Order 32.
• Order of Business (163 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. a9, motion re discharge of orders and referral of Bills to select committees; and No. 13, Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011 - Committee Stage (resumed) and...
• Discharge of Orders and Referral of Bills to Select Committees: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That the Order that each Bill listed in column 1 of the Schedule here to be considered in Committee of the whole Dáil is hereby discharged, and that each such Bill is respectively...
• Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed). (24 speeches)
  SECTION 20
• Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (80 speeches)
  I move amendment No. 1: In page 5, line 29, after "Part" to insert the following: ""Minister" means the Minister for Social Protection and". I wish to withdraw the amendment.
• Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
• Water and Sewerage Services (97 speeches)
  I move: "That Dáil Éireann: — affirms that access to water and sewerage services for domestic use is a universally recognised and basic human right; — acknowledges that the right to water...
• Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
• Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Local Government Audit (8 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the steps he is taking to implement the recommendations of the Local Government Efficiency Report. ...
  • Water Charges (10 speeches)
    Question 2: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will give a guarantee that private companies will not be charged with the installation and control of...
  • Political Party Funding (12 speeches)
    Question 3: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will amend his proposal, regarding the halving of State funding to parties which do not have 30%...
  • Local Authority Housing (8 speeches)
    Question 5: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will introduce a shorter and more specific application form for those seeking a local authority...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Community Development (8 speeches)
    Question 6: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will not decrease the level of funding provided by him to support the community and voluntary fora...
  • Water Charges (9 speeches)
    Question 7: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the plans he has in place to ensure an effective and cost efficient billing and collection system for water...
  • Building Regulations (11 speeches)
    Question 8: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the serious problems with pyrite throughout the country; the level of...
  • Political Reform (11 speeches)
    Question 9: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the political reform measures promised within the first 100 days of Government that have been achieved. ...
  • Social and Affordable Housing (4 speeches)
    Question 10: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the situation in which affordable housing which has been bought by...
  • Rural Development (4 speeches)
    Question 11: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government his plans to re-structure the LEADER companies rural development; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Local Authority Services (8 speeches)
    Question 12: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the degree to which he has satisfied himself that the commitment given to the House by a predecessor...
  • Waste Management (2 speeches)
    Question 13: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government when he will be announcing his review of the provisions of the Environment Miscellaneous Provisions Bill...
  • Urban Renewal Schemes (4 speeches)
    Question 15: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the efforts he has made to ensure that any contracts issued for regeneration works, like those undertaken...
  • Proposed Legislation (11 speeches)
    Question 16: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the damage that climate change is doing to our environment; his views...
  • Local Government Reform (4 speeches)
    Question 17: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government his plans to enhance the powers of town councils, in particular towns that were former town commissions;...
  • Departmental Properties (6 speeches)
    Question 18: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government in relation to the ground rents that are paid by him, if he will provide a breakdown of the total cost of...
  • Local Government Reform (4 speeches)
    Question 19: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the status of the Brosnan Report; the discussions he has had with the author of this report; and if he...
• Adjournment Debate Matters (1 speech)
  I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 21 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Timmy Dooley - the...
• Adjournment Debate (0 speeches)
  • Credit Availability (2 speeches)
    The Minister for Finance and the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation need to act urgently because the banks in this State are actually destroying viable businesses. The Government and...
  • Community Employment Schemes (2 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this matter. The recently announced jobs initiative is extremely welcome, particularly for anyone who obtains an internship or a place on a...
  • Bloomsday Public Holiday (6 speeches)
    Today is Bloomsday, 16 June. It is the annual occasion when Ireland celebrates its giant of Irish literature, James Joyce. The celebration was begun in the 1950s by a number of Joycean scholars...
  • Accident and Emergency Services (7 speeches)
    Of course Joyce was a socialist who left the country because he felt those who were going to inherit the Irish revolution would replace one form of subservience with another. The IMF-EU deal...