Dáil debates

Thursday, 28 June 2012

  • Prelude (0 speeches)
    Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
  • Leaders' Questions (37 speeches)
    The House will agree that the flooding that occurred overnight was devastating and traumatic, especially in Cork and Belfast. It has caused villages and towns, including Clonakilty and Douglas,...
  • Order of Business (35 speeches)
    It is proposed to take No. 15, Companies (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad] - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; No. 6, Microenterprise Loan Fund Bill 2012 - Second Stage (resumed); and No....
  • 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 Ann Phelan, Simon...
  • Companies (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Order for Report Stage (1 speech)
    I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."
  • Companies (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (27 speeches)
    Amendment No. 1 arises from Committee proceedings. Amendments Nos. 1 and 2 are related and may be discussed together by agreement.
  • Microenterprise Loan Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (33 speeches)
    Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time".
  • Microfinance Loan Fund Bill 2012: Referral to Select Committee: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
    I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation pursuant to Standing Order pursuant to Standing Orders 82A(3)(a) and (6)(a) and 126(1) of the Standing...
  • Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
    The Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills has completed its consideration of the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012, and has made amendments thereto.
  • Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences Against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012 [Seanad] - Second Stage (Resumed): Second Stage (Resumed) (4 speeches)
    Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time".
  • Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences Against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
    I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality pursuant to Standing Order 82A(3)(a).
  • Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance (8 speeches)
      I ask for an update on the position of domiciliary care allowance and the way it is to be administered. This is a monthly allowance which is paid to the parents or guardians of children under...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme (18 speeches)
      The Minister is trying to reform the rent supplement scheme. Some of the changes made in the budget proved to be problematic for people availing of rent supplement in Dublin South-East and...
    • Flood Prevention Measures (4 speeches)
      I wish to join with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin, and Deputy Troy who, during Leaders' Questions this morning, commended local authorities and the emergency...
    • Local Authority Housing (4 speeches)
      I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to raise this important issue. I can assure the Minister of State, Deputy O'Sullivan, that there are no constituents of mine in the Visitors...
  • Priority Questions (0 speeches)
    • Planning Issues (45 speeches)
      Question 1: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the steps he will take in view of this month's report on planning irregularities in seven local authorities;...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments (6 speeches)
      Question 2: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the completion of ghost estates, including the number of estates with site...
    • Local Government Reform (12 speeches)
      Question 3: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government when he intends to announce his reform package for local authorities; if he will outline his proposals; and...
    • Septic Tank Registration Scheme (5 speeches)
      Question 4: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the position regarding the septic tank registration system; the timeframe for its implementation; the reasons...
  • Other Questions (0 speeches)
    • Household Charge (13 speeches)
      Question 6: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the number of persons who have paid the household charge to date; his plans to compensate the Local...
    • Building Regulations (14 speeches)
      Question 7: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will report on the consultation process for the draft Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2012;...
    • Property Taxation (9 speeches)
      Question 9: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the progress that has been made with the establishment of a property tax; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Water Pollution (8 speeches)
      Question 10: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government his views on whether his risk based proposals relating to the standards to be required for septic tank...
    • Local Authority Housing (8 speeches)
      Question 11: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the practice of local authorities of removing persons on the rental...
    • Water Charges (4 speeches)
      Question 12: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the timeframe for the implementation of water charges; if he has reviewed the original timeframe; and if he...
    • Local Authority Housing (12 speeches)
      Question 13: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will consider allocating a greater part of the rent collected from local authority housing to the...
    • Local Authority Housing (9 speeches)
      Question 14: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government his plans to reduce the numbers on the housing waiting lists, which currently stand at 96,000; if he is...
    • Local Government Elections (4 speeches)
      Question 15: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the timeframe for the Local Election Boundaries Commission Report; and if he will make a statement on the...