Dáil debates

Thursday, 3 November 2011

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Leaders' Questions (98 speeches)
  Tá a fhios ag an Tánaiste an leagan a úsáidtear san iarthar, bhí orthu dul ar an mbád bán. The Tánaiste is probably familiar with a saying about emigration common in the west of Ireland,...
• Order of Business (55 speeches)
  Business today is as agreed by the House yesterday and Private Members' business shall be No. 31, motion re social welfare (resumed).
• Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
• Social Welfare Code: Motion (Resumed) (52 speeches)
  The following motion was moved by Deputy Barry Cowen on Wednesday, 2 November 2011:
• 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) Deputy James Bannon - the need...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • School Staffing (6 speeches)
    I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for selecting this topic and I thank the Minister for coming in to hear it. The matter is simple. As everyone is aware, by 29 February next a large number of...
  • Ferry Services (6 speeches)
    The Fastnet line has been placed into interim examinership. The genesis of the service was a co-operative movement in west Cork. It is hugely valuable and has been very important economically...
  • Hospital Closure (12 speeches)
    I wish to share time with Deputy Stanley. I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise the issue of the closure of Abbeyleix Community Hospital. I wish to condemn the decision that has...
  • Accident and Emergency Services (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this important issue for the population of the north east. Will the Minister clarify the situation at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in...
• Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Health Service Staff (18 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the additional social workers to be employed in 2011 under the Ryan Report Implementation Plan will be in their positions by...
  • Children in Care (8 speeches)
    Question 2: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children who have left the care of the State in each of the past five years and to date in 2011; the number of those...
  • Child Poverty (7 speeches)
    Question 3: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the UNICEF report The Child Left Behind - a table of inequality in child well-being in the...
  • Children in Care (7 speeches)
    Question 4: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she agrees with Dr. Helen Buckley that the workload of the National Review Panel is virtually impossible to carry out owing to...
  • Family Support Services (6 speeches)
    Question 5: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for the family resource centre programme; the way she envisages same within the new Child and Family Support Agency; if...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Out of Hours Services (8 speeches)
    Question 6: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to expand the pilot out-of-hour social work service currently being tested in two locations as provided for in the...
  • Missing Children Hotline (7 speeches)
    Question 7: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the discussions she has had with other Government Departments regarding the establishment of the missing children's hotline; and...
  • Child Abuse (10 speeches)
    Question 8: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of any analysis she has carried out in relation to the resource implications of the introduction of a mandatory...
  • Health Service Staff (7 speeches)
    Question 9: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the social workers recruitment embargo and the impact it may have on the implementation of the recommendations in the...
  • Adoption Services (5 speeches)
    Question 10: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the requirements which agencies must meet to become accredited as adoption agencies; the number of applications from such...