Dáil debates
Tuesday, 18 September 2012
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (1 speech)
Before I call on the Minister, I remind Members that two minutes is allowed for the Minister's initial reply and four minutes overall for supplementary questions.
- Local Government Fund (24 speeches)
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding originally budgeted for the Local Government Fund in 2012; the total amount estimated to be spent in view of cuts...
- Pyrite Panel Report Implementation (8 speeches)
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the progress made on the implementation of the recommendations of the Pyrite report and any other work...
- Private Rented Accommodation Provision (6 speeches)
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the legal obligations for landlords in Dublin City to maintain a high standard quality of their rental accommodation, to...
- Water Charges (30 speeches)
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current timeframe for the introduction of water metering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39118/12]
- Other Questions (1 speech)
For the benefit of Deputies six minutes are allowed for each question, two minutes for the Minister's reply and four minutes for supplementary questions with a limit of one minute per...
- Proposed Legislation (26 speeches)
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress that has been made on the road map to develop a Climate Change Bill; and the contact he has had with his...
- Local Government Reform (25 speeches)
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of his local government reform document; the timeframe for its publication; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Water Meters (2 speeches)
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current time frame for the introduction of water metering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38988/12]
- Local Government Fund (37 speeches)
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the reduction in the Local Government Fund allocation to each local authority area in tabular form; and if...
- Septic Tank Registration Scheme (10 speeches)
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of septic tank owners that have signed up to the registration system; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Leaders' Questions (153 speeches)
Before the last general election, the Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, personally led a deeply cynical campaign on health promises and health issues. Across the length and breadth of the...
- Constitutional Referendum: Announcement by Taoiseach (11 speeches)
I wish to announce for the information of the House that the Government has finalised the wording of a constitutional amendment on the protection of children and has decided to hold a referendum...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (1 speech)
If Deputies want to have conversations could they please have them outside the Chamber? We are on questions to the Taoiseach.
- 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 Paschal Donohoe - the...
- Order of Business (135 speeches)
It is proposed to take No. 4, National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing...
- Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Thalidomide Victim Compensation (4 speeches)
I am grateful for the opportunity to raise this matter. I will begin with two dates and one number. The first date is 27 November 1961 and the second is 27 July 2012. The first date, 27...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (4 speeches)
I wish to raise the issue as to how it came to pass that the Department of Education and Skills signed off on and worked with Bank of Ireland on a punitive interest rate of 10.8% for postgraduate...
- Schools Building Projects Status (4 speeches)
I thank the Minister of State for attending. I compliment the Minister, Deputy Quinn, on the provision of six new schools in north Kildare, in Naas, Celbridge and Maynooth where new schools will...
- Waste Management Regulations (4 speeches)
I thank the Minister, Deputy Hogan, for coming to the Chamber to deal with this Topical Issue matter. I am fully aware that this problem is not one of his making but dates back to former...
- Message from Seanad (1 speech)
Seanad Éireann has passed the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012, without amendment; the Electorate (Amendment)(Political Funding) Bill 2011, without amendment; and the Public...
- Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality has completed its consideration of the Personal Insolvency Bill 2012 and has made amendments thereto.
- National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
Bill entitled an Act to make provision for the protection of children and vulnerable persons and, for that purpose, to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a National Vetting Bureau...
- National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Second Stage (10 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I want to begin by congratulating Deputy Collins on his appointment as justice spokesperson for Fianna Fáil.
- Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion [Private Members] (248 speeches)
I move:That Dáil Éireann has no confidence in the Minister for Health, James Reilly T.D., because of his inability to deliver on his budget commitments which were based on false and...
