Dáil debates

Tuesday, 24 April 2012

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 14.00 p.m.
• Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Sale of State Assets (17 speeches)
    Question 107: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that the sale of State assets will not include the disposal of any assets of a company involved in the...
  • Public Sector Allowances (12 speeches)
    Question 108: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has brought to Cabinet the findings of his Department's review of allowances and premium payments paid to public...
  • Job Creation (14 speeches)
    Question 109: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether an emergency programme of necessary public works could put 100,000 persons to work on necessary...
  • National Lottery (11 speeches)
    Question 110: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will he ensure, in relation to the sale of the valuable National Lottery licence by the State, that the issues...
  • Public Service Increments (6 speeches)
    Question 111: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider taking responsibility for the collation of cross departmental data on increments paid across the public...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Public Service Staff (12 speeches)
    Question 112: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied with the management of retirements from the public sector that took place up to the end of February 2012;...
  • Expenditure Reviews (2 speeches)
    Question 113: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied that the full extent of public expenditure saving and reform envisaged in the context of the Memorandum...
  • National Monuments (4 speeches)
    Question 114: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of projects in relation to preservation of national monuments that will be undertaken in 2012; the associated...
  • Semi-State Bodies (4 speeches)
    Question 115: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, he intends to review the payments and allowances paid to Stage agency chief executive officers; the changes, if any, he...
  • Croke Park Agreement (7 speeches)
    Question 116: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timetable he envisages for the next review of the Croke Park Agreement; if the format and information content in the...
  • Sale of State Assets (6 speeches)
    Question 117: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if recent discussions with the Troika have impacted on the timetable for the proposed sale of State assets; and if he will...
  • EU-IMF Programme (8 speeches)
    Question 118: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on his meeting with representatives of the Troika on 17 April 2012; and if he will make a statement on the...
• Leaders' Questions (89 speeches)
  The Government announced over a year ago that it planned to review the domiciliary care allowance in order to reduce costs. Since then there has been a relentless assault on children with...
• 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 Brendan Griffin - the...
• Other Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
  • Official Engagements (61 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding the process of interfaith dialogue that he has been engaged in. [9623/12]
• Estimates for Public Services 2012: Messages from Select Committees (74 speeches)
  The Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimate for public services for the service of the year ending on 31 December 2012 -...
• Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 9th March, 2011, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, Questions for oral...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Pension Provisions (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this important matter. As the Minister of State is aware, the qualifying age for both the contributory and non-contributory State pension...
  • Nursing Home Repayment Scheme (4 speeches)
    I welcome the opportunity to speak on this issue. The difficulty last year was that funding for the fair deal nursing home scheme ran out. It was suspended last June or July creating...
• Departmental Reports (5 speeches)
  I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise the issue of the investigation into the increase in narcolepsy in children and adolescents in 2009 and 2010. I commend Dr. Darina O'Flanagan,...
• Garda Stations (6 speeches)
  With no disrespect to the Minister of State, Deputy Shortall, I am disappointed the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, is not in the Chamber to take this matter. He was present...
• Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Motion to Instruct Committee (10 speeches)
  I move: That it be an instruction to the Committee on the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012 that it has power to make provisions to amend and extend the law relating to the Social Insurance...
• Private Members' Business. Motorist Emergency Relief Bill 2012: Second Stage (81 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I will be sharing time. Fianna Fáil is bringing forward this Bill as an exceptional measure to deal with a crisis facing hundreds and...