Dáil debates

Thursday, 8 December 2011

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Leaders' Questions (35 speeches)
  Beidh cruinniú mullaigh ann don Aontas Eorpach amárach. An EU summit will take place tomorrow. As Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade is the Tánaiste concerned that EU policy is being...
• Order of Business (82 speeches)
  The Order of Business is No. 8d, motion re referral to joint committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2011; No. 18, Supplementary...
• Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations: Referral to Joint Committee (1 speech)
  I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2011, a copy of which Order in draft was laid before Dáil...
• Estimates for Public Services 2011 (1 speech)
  I move the following Supplementary Estimates:
• Vote 19 - Justice and Equality (Supplementary) (0 speeches)
  That a supplementary sum not exceeding €1,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2011, for the salaries and...
• Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Supplementary) (0 speeches)
  That a supplementary sum not exceeding €27,400,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2011, for the...
• Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary) (0 speeches)
  That a supplementary sum not exceeding €2,800,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2011, for such of the...
• Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Supplementary) (0 speeches)
  That a supplementary sum not exceeding €1,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2011, for the salaries and...
• Vote 34 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Supplementary) (0 speeches)
  That a supplementary sum not exceeding €1,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2011, for the salaries and...
• Vote 37 - Army Pensions (Supplementary) (13 speeches)
  That a supplementary sum not exceeding €15,600,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2011, for retired...
• Vote 40 - Health Service Executive (Supplementary) (0 speeches)
  That a supplementary sum not exceeding €148,000,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2011, for the...
• Membership of Committee: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That Deputy Thomas P. Broughan be discharged from the Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform and that Deputy Michael McNamara be appointed in substitution for him....
• Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
• European Summit: Motion (89 speeches)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann demands that the Taoiseach, Deputy Enda Kenny T.D., resist all efforts to force Ireland into a fiscal union at the European Summit in Brussels, and that he refuse to...
• Social Welfare Bill 2011: Order for Second Stage (3 speeches)
  Bill entitled an Act to amend and extend the Social Welfare Acts and to amend the Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2007.
• Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (438 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The Social Welfare Bill will give legislative effect to certain social welfare measures announced in the Budget Statement of 5 December 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 Michael Healy-Rae - the...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Tax Code (4 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy O'Dowd. The appearances of the French President, Mr. Sarkozy, and the German Chancellor, Mrs. Merkel, in the past few months have become more frequent....
  • Financial Services Regulation (14 speeches)
    Ar an gcéad dul síos, ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil leis an Cheann Comhairle. This is my first time to speak during the Topical Issue debate. I do not like to raise the issue but I...
  • Residential Property Charge (3 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this matter. I have received a number of complaints from constituents who own a number of properties which are mortgaged and rented to...
  • Suicide Prevention (4 speeches)
    I welcome the opportunity to raise the issue of the use of minor tranquilisers in intentional overdoses and attempted suicide. In 2010, the national deliberate self-harm registry recorded 3,568...