Dáil debates
Tuesday, 24 January 2012
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 14.00 p.m.
- Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Departmental Staff (16 speeches)
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of public servants expected to retire at the end of February; the measures Government Departments have put...
- Sale of State Assets (23 speeches)
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on comments made by officials representing the Troika during its meeting with members of the Technical Group on 17...
- Croke Park Agreement (10 speeches)
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied that the Croke Park Agreement is achieving the necessary reform and savings; if he will outline the...
- Public Sector Pay (16 speeches)
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the fairness and sustainability of higher-end public sector wages in the context of recent reports showing them...
- Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Legislative Programme (6 speeches)
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made to date in drawing up legislation to deal with whistleblowers; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Sale of State Assets (16 speeches)
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Troika have imposed a financial target from the disposal of State assets. [3791/12]
- Departmental Staff (9 speeches)
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there have been any formal or informal requests made to him to secure a salary in excess of €200,000 for the Secretary...
- Departmental Expenditure (2 speeches)
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if focusing cuts in expenditure on the non pay element of public expenditure is having a disproportionate impact on service...
- State Agencies (8 speeches)
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the actions his Departments Reform and Delivery Office has taken to simplify the administrative landscape in respect of State...
- Members of State Boards (4 speeches)
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to standardise the level of remuneration and expenses that are paid to each member of publicly appointed State...
- Public Service Reform (2 speeches)
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which he has examined the efficacy and viability of all sectors throughout the public service in the aftermath...
- Semi-State Bodies (11 speeches)
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the sale of shares in semi-State companies in view of the current economic conditions which could...
- Leaders' Questions (41 speeches)
Tá sé tráthúil go bhfuilimid ag caint faoi dhíol sócmhainní Stáit. I would like to build on the questions we asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin,...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
- EU Council Meetings (72 speeches)
Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach his key demands at the last EU summit and the way these objectives fared; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1907/12]
- Order of Business (56 speeches)
It is proposed to take No. 6, motion re referral to select committee of the proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of Ireland's accession to the memorandum of understanding concerning the principles...
- International Agreements: Referral to Joint Committee (7 speeches)
I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves: (i) Ireland's accession to the Memorandum of Understanding concerning the principles for the establishment and operation of a battlegroup...
- EU Directives: Referral to Joint Committee (1 speech)
I move: That the proposal 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...
- 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 Mick Wallace and Clare...
- Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Local Authority Charges (4 speeches)
I welcome the Minister, Deputy Hogan, to the House. I am grateful for the opportunity to raise this matter which concerns the payment of the household services charge. The main question I am...
- Building Regulations (8 speeches)
The predicament of the people who lived in the Priory Hall complex was big news a while back and then it was in the news again but, sadly for them, the nightmare has not gone away. I visited the...
- Mental Health Services (14 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for giving me the opportunity of raising this matter of national importance and great urgency. The news has broken that Ms Louise Bayliss has been reinstated to her...
- Animal Stocking Levels (18 speeches)
I thank the Minister, Deputy Deenihan, for coming to the House to respond to what I have to say on this issue. He will be aware that the correct sheep and cattle stocking levels on hill farms in...
- Message from Select Sub-Committee (1 speech)
The Select Sub-Committee on Finance has completed its consideration of the Bretton Woods Agreement (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011 and has made no amendments thereto.
- European Council: Statements (22 speeches)
I am pleased to have the opportunity to brief the House ahead of the forthcoming informal meeting of the European Council in Brussels on Monday next, 30 January. This informal meeting will take...
- Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 speeches)
Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
- Private Members' Business. Promissory Notes: Motion (31 speeches)
I move: "That Dáil Éireann: notes that - the Government intends to pay €1,250 million to unsecured Anglo Irish Bank bondholders on 25 January, 2012; - these bondholders are anonymous...
