Dáil debates

Tuesday, 27 March 2012

  • Prelude (0 speeches)
    Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 14.00 p.m.
  • Priority Questions (3 speeches)
    I call the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Róisín Shortall, to respond to Question No. 3 in the name of Deputy Billy Kelleher.
    • Health Service Staff (28 speeches)
      Question 4: To ask the Minister for Health the way he is monitoring the effects on front-line services of the departure of some 4,200 staff from the health services up to the end of February...
    • Primary Care Strategy (8 speeches)
      Question 3: To ask the Minister for Health his views that there are sufficient resources being directed to ensure the Primary Care Strategy is implemented in full; and if he will make a...
    • Primary Care Centres (8 speeches)
      Question 5: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that the proposed Wicklow Primary Care Centre, which was due to go into construction in April, is built and opened as...
    • Hospital Services (10 speeches)
      Question 7: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a statement by a member of the working group on the proposed Medical Assessment Unit at Monaghan General Hospital...
    • Health Insurance (8 speeches)
      Question 6: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progress of the Implementation Group for Universal Health Insurance; the model of care on which UHI will be based;...
  • Other Questions (0 speeches)
    • Medical Cards (7 speeches)
      Question 8: To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for medical cards in January 2012; the average waiting time in January 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. ...
    • Hospitals Building Programme (10 speeches)
      Question 9: To ask the Minister for Health if the expert group currently examining the issue of the location of the proposed new children's hospital will be asked to make a single...
    • Health Service Staff (5 speeches)
      Question 10: To ask the Minister for Health if, following the retirement of large numbers of staff from the health service in recent weeks, he has identified the services which have been...
  • Referendum on Treaty on Stability, Co-ordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (35 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to make this statement for the information of the House. At its meeting this morning, the Government decided on the date for the referendum on the...
  • Leaders' Questions (133 speeches)
    Last week in this House, the Tánaiste acknowledged that there have been difficulties, including communications difficulties, with the payment of the household charge. On reflection, he will...
  • Other Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
    • Employment Levels (48 speeches)
      Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the number of workers in employment; the way same compares to figures under the previous Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28872/11]
    • Parliamentary Reform (119 speeches)
      Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach if the review of changes to procedures in Dáil Éireann promised in July 2011 has taken place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6196/12]
  • 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 Joe O'Reilly - the need...
  • Order of Business (82 speeches)
    It is proposed to take No. 14, statements on the Final Report of the Tribunal of Inquiry into Certain Planning Matters and Payments. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders,...
  • Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011: First Stage (5 speeches)
    I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 by extending the date for payment of the household charge in the year...
  • Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
    • Traveller Accommodation (5 speeches)
      As the Minister of State will know, Travellers are an ethnic group within our society. In recent years they feel they are being increasingly marginalised. There have been cuts in education,...
    • Control of Firearms (6 speeches)
      I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to raise this issue and the Minister of State, Deputy Perry, for taking it, which is very well known to the Minister for Justice and Equality,...
    • Garda Resources (5 speeches)
      I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this issue and I thank the Minister of State for coming into the House. I attended a meeting yesterday of the County Galway Joint Policing...
    • School Staffing (4 speeches)
      I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for allowing me raise this matter and I thank the Minister of State at the Department of Education and Skills, Deputy Ciarán Cannon, for being here. As he...
  • Mahon Tribunal Report: Statements (50 speeches)
    Before statements commence, I wish to make a brief announcement. As my predecessors have ruled in similar circumstances, while the Chair fully acknowledges that the House is about to embark on a...
  • Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
  • Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (11 speeches)
    I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I wish to share time with Deputies Billy Kelleher and Timmy Dooley. I will take 20 minutes, with ten minutes each for the two Deputies.