Dáil debates

Wednesday, 28 September 2011

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Leaders' Questions (49 speeches)
  Last July, the Minister for Health and deputy leader of Fine Gael met with all the Laois Dáil Deputies regarding their concerns about the future role of Portlaoise General Hospital and...
• Order of Business (98 speeches)
  It is proposed take No. 1, Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad] - Second Stage (resumed) and Subsequent Stages; and No. 4, Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2011- Order for Second Stage...
• Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (44 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Hospital Inspections (6 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the lack of inspections of hygiene standards in hospitals undertaken by the Health Information and Quality Authority; and if he will make...
  • Vaccination Programme (8 speeches)
    Question 2: To ask the Minister for Health the action he is taking in response to the findings that the swine flu vaccine Pandemrix may be linked to narcolepsy; and if he will make a statement...
  • Cancer Screening Programme (6 speeches)
    Question 3: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding for a national screening programme for prostate cancer involving a simple examination and a PSA blood test which a prostate...
  • Industrial Action (6 speeches)
    Question 4: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the strike at the Mid Western Regional Hospital, Limerick undertaken by the International Nurses and Midwives Organisation and the...
  • Hospital Accommodation (11 speeches)
    Question 5: To ask the Minister for Health if he will commence a programme of reopening public hospital beds in view of the research by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation showing that...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • General Medical Services Contracts (6 speeches)
    Question 6: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reform the consultants' contract and the general practitioner contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26389/11]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists (15 speeches)
    Question 7: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the emerging difficulties with the special delivery unit in Northern Ireland and rising waiting times there; in...
  • Health Service Staff (11 speeches)
    Question 8: To ask the Minister for Health in the context of the public service redundancy early retirement scheme, is there a forward planning system in place to ensure that front-line...
  • Health Insurance (19 speeches)
    Question 9: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the current state of preparation regarding his plans for universal health insurance [26387/11]
  • Hospital Staff (6 speeches)
    Question 10: To ask the Minister for Health the number of junior doctors recruited from abroad; the total costs of accommodating them; and the time line for assessing them and ensuring that...
• 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 Michael Healy-Rae and...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Sentencing Policy (7 speeches)
    I thank the Office of the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this most important issue, which has been highlighted once again by recent events. I refer to the jailing and committing to...
  • Telecommunications Services (4 speeches)
    I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for selecting this very topical issue for debate in the Chamber regarding the possibility of inserting a branching unit to Cork on a new tier 1 express cable or...
  • Garda Stations (19 speeches)
    I acknowledge that the Minister for Justice and Equality is in the Chamber to hear this matter. Up to 200 Garda stations could possibly face closure after this year's budget as the Government...
  • Rental Accommodation Scheme (6 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister to the House. The matter I raise is to do with the transferring of the administration of rental subsidies from the welfare officer to the local authority and which will...
• Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (120 speeches)
  Section 1 agreed to.
• Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2011: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
  Bill entitled an Act to enable persons other than veterinary practitioners and veterinary nurses to carry out certain procedures on or in relation to animals, for those and other purposes to...
• Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (1 speech)
  Question proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
• Employment and National Internship Scheme: Motion (Resumed) (69 speeches)
  The following motion was moved by Deputy John Halligan on Tuesday, 27 September 2011: