Dáil debates
Wednesday, 26 September 2012
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
- Leaders' Questions (116 speeches)
I refer the Taoiseach to the joint statement of the Ministers for Finance from Germany, Finland and Holland on the separation of bank debt from government debt and the June European Council...
- Order of Business (127 speeches)
It is proposed to take No. 11a, motion re ministerial rota for parliamentary questions; and No. 4, Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012 - Second Stage (resumed). It is...
- 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, or in the Order of...
- 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 Peadar Tóibín...
- An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Leanaí) 2012: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 speeches)
Atairgeadh an cheist: "Go léifear an Bille an Dara hUair anois." Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Child and Family Support Agency Establishment (6 speeches)
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of special needs assistants being provided to children availing of the free pre-school year this year; and the way this compares to...
- Children in Care (6 speeches)
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children who have sought aftercare on leaving the care system during each of the last seven years; the number of children who have...
- Budget 2013 (6 speeches)
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the input she has had in the preparation of the annual budget specifically in relation to proposed cutbacks in State funded services to children...
- Child Care Costs (6 speeches)
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has had discussions with groups representing childcare providers regarding the impact that Minister Burton’s proposed sick pay...
- Children in Care (6 speeches)
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children currently receiving special care in overseas facilities; the facilities in which they are placed; the cost of providing...
- Other Questions (1 speech)
The same time limits apply to Other Questions.
- United Nations Conventions (7 speeches)
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the State has signed the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Communications Procedure; and if so, when...
- Child and Family Support Agency Establishment (7 speeches)
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she remains committed to establishing the new Child and Family Support Agency by early 2013 as stated at the Committee on Health and Children...
- Child Care Services (8 speeches)
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an update on the development of the Inter-Jurisdictional protocol for the transfer of child care cases between this State...
- National Play and Recreation Policies (6 speeches)
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the recent report by the Irish Refugee Council entitled "State Sanctioned Child Poverty and Exclusion: the...
- Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- School Patronage (7 speeches)
I call Deputy Martin Ferris.
- Banks Recapitalisation (12 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this important issue for debate. The statement last night by the Finance Ministers of Germany, the Netherlands and Finland can only be seen as a major...
- Television Reception (4 speeches)
I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy O'Dowd, to the House. I have correspondence from a party colleague, Councillor Mickey Doherty, regarding his and his community's concerns with the...
- Missing Persons Issues (6 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for giving me the opportunity to speak. I raised this issue last week and he assured me I would have an opportunity to raise it in the Topical Issue debate. I...
- An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Leanaí) 2012: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (38 speeches)
Atairgeadh an cheist: "Go léifear an Bille an Dara hUair anois." Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
- Magdalene Laundries: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (24 speeches)
The following motion was moved by Deputy Mary Lou McDonald on Tuesday, 26 September 2012: That Dáil Éireann: notes that this motion has been drawn up with a survivor centred ethos;...
- An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Leanaí) 2012: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 speeches)
Atairgeadh an cheist: "Go léifear an Bille an Dara hUair anois."
- Order of Business (127 speeches)
It is proposed to take No. 11a, motion re ministerial rota for parliamentary questions; and No. 4, Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012 - Second Stage (resumed). It is...
- 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, or in the Order of...
- 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 Peadar Tóibín...
- An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Leanaí) 2012: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 speeches)
Atairgeadh an cheist: "Go léifear an Bille an Dara hUair anois." Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Child and Family Support Agency Establishment (6 speeches)
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of special needs assistants being provided to children availing of the free pre-school year this year; and the way this compares to...
- Children in Care (6 speeches)
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children who have sought aftercare on leaving the care system during each of the last seven years; the number of children who have...
- Budget 2013 (6 speeches)
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the input she has had in the preparation of the annual budget specifically in relation to proposed cutbacks in State funded services to children...
- Child Care Costs (6 speeches)
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has had discussions with groups representing childcare providers regarding the impact that Minister Burton’s proposed sick pay...
- Children in Care (6 speeches)
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children currently receiving special care in overseas facilities; the facilities in which they are placed; the cost of providing...
- Other Questions (1 speech)
The same time limits apply to Other Questions.
- United Nations Conventions (7 speeches)
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the State has signed the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Communications Procedure; and if so, when...
- Child and Family Support Agency Establishment (7 speeches)
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she remains committed to establishing the new Child and Family Support Agency by early 2013 as stated at the Committee on Health and Children...
- Child Care Services (8 speeches)
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an update on the development of the Inter-Jurisdictional protocol for the transfer of child care cases between this State...
- National Play and Recreation Policies (6 speeches)
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the recent report by the Irish Refugee Council entitled "State Sanctioned Child Poverty and Exclusion: the...
- Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- School Patronage (7 speeches)
I call Deputy Martin Ferris.
- Banks Recapitalisation (12 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this important issue for debate. The statement last night by the Finance Ministers of Germany, the Netherlands and Finland can only be seen as a major...
- Television Reception (4 speeches)
I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy O'Dowd, to the House. I have correspondence from a party colleague, Councillor Mickey Doherty, regarding his and his community's concerns with the...
- Missing Persons Issues (6 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for giving me the opportunity to speak. I raised this issue last week and he assured me I would have an opportunity to raise it in the Topical Issue debate. I...
- An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Leanaí) 2012: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (38 speeches)
Atairgeadh an cheist: "Go léifear an Bille an Dara hUair anois." Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
- Magdalene Laundries: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (24 speeches)
The following motion was moved by Deputy Mary Lou McDonald on Tuesday, 26 September 2012: That Dáil Éireann: notes that this motion has been drawn up with a survivor centred ethos;...
- An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Leanaí) 2012: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 speeches)
Atairgeadh an cheist: "Go léifear an Bille an Dara hUair anois."