Dáil debates

Thursday, 20 October 2011

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Leaders' Questions (108 speeches, 1 comment)
  Tá uair na cinniúna buailte linn, an deis a bhí le teacht i gcónaí dá mbeimis sách foighneach. Tá deis iontach ann anois breith ar an mbreac. The eurozone countries are struggling to...
• Order of Business (69 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 14, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council creating a European account preservation order to...
• European Account Reservation Order: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of...
• Report by the Interdepartmental Working Group on Mortgage Arrears: Statements (Resumed) (104 speeches)
  I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important report the Government commissioned some time ago. As Members are aware, a large number of people are in serious trouble because of mortgage...
• Topical Issue Matters (10 speeches)
  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) Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív - the...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Insurance Industry (61 speeches)
    I wrote to the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Hayes, on 20 July 2011 regarding this issue, which pertains to the unprecedented flooding in the autumn of 2009. After that flooding, many residual...
  • Mortgage Repayments (4 speeches)
    I promise this will be more peaceful. I raise the issue of Priory Hall, which we all know has become an absolute nightmare for those involved. The madness of it has meant the people there have...
• Schools Building Projects (4 speeches)
  I thank the Ceann Comhairle for providing me with an opportunity to raise this important education matter in my constituency. I also thank the Minister of State, Deputy Cannon, for attending the...
  • Services for People with Disabilities (4 speeches)
    As the Minister of State well knows, St. Michael's House, an organisation based in Dublin 9, is the largest provider of intellectual disability services in Dublin and the third largest provider...
• Message from Seanad (1 speech)
  Seanad Éireann has passed the Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2011, without amendment.
• Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
• Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Local Authority Funding (4 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he has undertaken a review of the commercial rate system here; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Local Authority Housing (7 speeches)
    Question 2: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government his plans to review the application criteria for local authority social housing waiting lists; if his...
  • Departmental Bodies (10 speeches)
    Question 3: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government in relation to the five person committee recently appointed to assess the viability of merging Waterford City...
  • Grant Payments (6 speeches)
    Question 4: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government his views on financial grants for those rural households who must upgrade their septic tanks following...
  • Building Regulations (6 speeches)
    Question 5: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the action he will take to support the residents of Priory Hall, Donaghmede, Dublin, who have had to evacuate...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Planning Issues (4 speeches)
    Question 6: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties with planning permission extensions, in particular on...
  • Environmental Policy (4 speeches)
    Question 7: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the date on which the review of national policy on climate change will be finalised; and the date on which...
  • Social and Affordable Housing (6 speeches)
    Question 8: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the steps being taken by him to maximise the social dividend from the National Asset Management Agency...
  • Waste Disposal (9 speeches)
    Question 9: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government his views on whether giving local authorities the power to regulate the scrap metal industry within their own...
  • Waste Management (7 speeches)
    Question 10: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government his plans to restructure the waste management market; and his plans to place control on the market with...
  • Local Authority Housing (29 speeches)
    Question 11: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government his plans for regulating bodies and persons in view of the sizeable role that voluntary housing...
  • North-South Ministerial Councils (4 speeches)
    Question 12: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of any meetings he has had with his Northern counterpart, Alex Atwood MLA; the...
  • Household Charge (14 speeches)
    Question 13: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will bring forward legislation to introduce the household tax; and if he has reconsidered the position...