Dáil debates
Tuesday, 17 July 2012
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 14.00 p.m.
- Priority Questions (1 speech)
As Deputy Cowen is not present and Deputy Ó Snodaigh is arriving in the Chamber I ask the Minister to respond to Question No. 16 in the name of Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh, after which we will...
- Rent Supplement Scheme (41 speeches)
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of additional persons to whom the new lower rent supplement ceiling was applied in the past month; the number who have been...
- Sick Pay Scheme (12 speeches)
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline her plans to introduce statutory sick pay on employers for the first four weeks of illness; and if she will make a...
- Budget 2013 (14 speeches)
I propose to take Questions Nos. 17 and 19 together. The Government is committed to tackling Ireland's economic crisis in a way that is fair, balanced and recognises the need for social...
- Community Employment Schemes (8 speeches)
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress that has been made on the findings of the reviews she commissioned in relation to community employment schemes; the schemes...
- Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Illness Benefit (2 speeches)
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the annual cost of illness benefit in the public sector and in the private sector, respectively. [34336/12]
- National Employment and Entitlements Service (8 speeches)
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress she has made in the implementation of the pathways to work plan; if private contractors will be employed by her Department in...
- Disability Support Service (4 speeches)
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she has taken to help facilitate disabled persons to enter the workforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. ...
- Homeless Persons (17 speeches)
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review a matter regarding jobseeker's allowance for young persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- 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 Michael Healy-Rae - the...
- Leaders' Questions (69 speeches)
Upskilling of the population and the workforce is stated as Government policy and it is a great pity this aspiration is not matched by policy decisions by Ministers. The Taoiseach frequently...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
- Departmental Staff (13 speeches)
Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if there were any retired officials in his Department re-employed even on a short term basis; if so, the reasons for same; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Records (177 speeches)
Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the reason that records in relation to the banking guarantee were inappropriately shredded in his Department; the date on which he was informed of same; if he...
- Regulatory Impact Assessments (11 speeches)
Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach the success his Department is having in relation to the requirement outlined in the strategy statement regarding publishing Regulatory Impact Assessments before...
- Economic Management Council (26 speeches)
I propose to take Questions Nos. 8 to 11, inclusive, together. The Economic Management Council has met 62 times since its establishment. The members have met 25 times so far this year, most...
- Order of Business (97 speeches)
It is proposed to take No. 13, Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012 - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; and No. 14, Personal Insolvency Bill 2012 - Second Stage (resumed)....
- Gaeltacht Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 speeches)
A division was challenged last Friday on the question that the Gaeltacht Bill 2012 be read a Second Time. In accordance with an order of the Dáil of 12 July 2012, that division must be taken now.
- 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 Michael Healy-Rae - the...
- Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Departmental Bodies (6 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this matter. It might not be one that affects constituencies up and down the country, but it is one that was brought to my attention in the recent past...
- Job Creation (6 speeches)
As the Minister, Deputy Bruton, is aware, the IDA last year had a record breaking year in terms of job creation, with a net figure of almost 6,000 jobs created. This is not the first time the...
- Suicide Incidence (7 speeches)
The next item is in the name of Deputy Billy Kelleher. This matter and the next matter in the names of Deputies Finian McGrath and Denis Naughten come under the remit of the Minister of State,...
- Services for People with Disabilities (7 speeches)
Deputies Denis Naughten and Finian McGrath should note the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, has sent her apologies as she has, unfortunately, been caught in traffic. The Minister for...
- Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Order for Report Stage (1 speech)
I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."
- Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Report Stage (28 speeches)
Amendments Nos. 1, 21, and 23 to 29, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together.
- Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
- Messages from Seanad (1 speech)
Seanad Éireann has passed the Industrial Relations (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2011, without amendment. It has also passed the Microenterprise Loan Fund Bill 2012, without amendment.
- Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (48 speeches)
I move amendment No. 9: In page 10, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following: "(8) (a) The Board shall make provision for the setting up of an assessment panel consisting of four members of...
