Dáil debates

Thursday, 19 January 2012

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Leaders' Questions (34 speeches)
  Before the election last year, the Labour Party and the Fine Gael Party made promises to distressed mortgage holders. We have had a number of reports but limited action. The Government also...
• Order of Business (62 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 14, Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2011 - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; No. 15, Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011 - Second...
• Message from Select Sub-Committee (1 speech)
  The Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government has completed its consideration of the Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 and has made amendments thereto.
• Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2011: Order for Report Stage (1 speech)
  I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."
• Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (9 speeches)
  I move amendment No. 1: In page 12, line 45, to delete "this section—" and substitute "this section and section 126A—". This is not contentious legislation and this is reflected in the small...
• Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Referral to Select Sub-committee (1 speech)
  I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Sub-committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation pursuant to Standing Order 82A(3)(a)(6)(a).
• Industrial Relations (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Industrial Relations (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2011: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
  I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Sub-Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation pursuant to Standing Order 82A(3)(a) (6)(a).
• 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 Brian Stanley - recent...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Bond Redemption (4 speeches)
    Next Wednesday, 25 January, is the due date for the redemption of a bond issued originally by Anglo Irish Bank Corporation, now the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation. We are at an important...
  • Mortgage Arrears (4 speeches)
    There are roughly 100,000 distressed mortgages in the State, with €1 billion in arrears owed. Some 8.1% or 62,970 mortgages are 90 days or more behind with payments. The average amount of the...
  • Army Barracks (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me the opportunity to speak, and the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Alan Shatter, for attending the House. I raise the matter of the 4th...
  • Gas Explosion (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this topic and the Minister for coming in. I hope he will be able to respond in a constructive way to some of the points I want to make. While the gas...
• Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • School Staffing (15 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is committed to reversing in full the decision taken in Budget 2012 to cut 428 DEIS posts; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • School Staffing (27 speeches)
    Question 3: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm the number of 475 special needs assistants posts which were withheld last September that have been allocated to date;...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • School Staffing (15 speeches)
    Question 6: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has taken on board the concerns of rural communities following the announcement that there will be changes to the staffing...
  • Proposed Legislation (8 speeches)
    Question 7: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which he expects the Residential Institutions Redress Statutory Fund Bill to be established; and if he will provide an...
  • Disadvantaged Status (20 speeches)
    Question 9: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all previously proposed cuts to DEIS schools have been abandoned; and in view of his public comments on seeking cuts elsewhere in his...
  • Third Level Fees (13 speeches)
    Question 10: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will publish the new qualifying criteria for new entrant postgraduate students seeking to receive support with their third level...
  • Third Level Courses (10 speeches)
    Question 11: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date in developing a technological university in the south east; and if he will make a statement on the matter. ...