Dáil debates

Wednesday, 3 October 2012

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Leaders' Questions (169 speeches)
  This morning, we should be discussing AIB's mortgage interest rate increase or the Exchequer returns. Instead, we find the sordid, grubby affair of primary care centre selection dominating the...
• Order of Business (89 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 4, Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2012 - Second Stage (resumed) and No. 16, Statements on Philanthropy and the Arts. It is proposed,...
• 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 Tony McLoughlin - the...
• Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2012: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
  I move: That the Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2012 be referred to the Select Sub-Committee on Health pursuant to Standing Orders 82A(3)(a) and (6)(a) and 126(1) of the...
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Merger of Cultural Institutions (6 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the further discussions he has had with affected staff on the amalgamation of the National Library and the National Archives; the costs...
  • Cultural Policy (8 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the efforts he has made to address the fact that Dublin is suffering loss of competitive position against other major European city...
  • Hare Coursing (5 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if, in view of the report from the Ranger on the coursing meeting at Kilflynn, County Kerry, during last season stating that the very wet...
  • Bille um Choimisiún Thithe an Oireachtais (6 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén fáth nár fhoilsigh sé an leagan deireanach den Chaighdeán Oifigiúil a d'ullmhaigh coiste a chuir an...
  • Turbary Rights (13 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason that he did not propose or seek a phased transition period for the implementation with the EU Commission of the Turf Cutters...
• Other Questions (1 speech)
  To clarify the terms of engagement, the rules are that there are two minutes for the Minister's reply and four minutes overall for any Deputy present to have an exchange with the Minister.
  • National Archives (7 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress that has been made regarding the mergers and amalgamations of national cultural institutions; and if he will make a statement...
  • National Museum (12 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress that has been made in the appointment of a new director of the National Museum; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Arts Funding (6 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which he has been in a position to offer financial incentivisation to various amateur groups and or societies involved in...
  • Heritage Council Funding (8 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to extend the school heritage scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42024/12]
  • National Monuments (18 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has met with representatives of the save Moore Street campaign to hear their concerns regarding the need to preserve the site; and...
  • Scéim Tacaíochta Teaghlaigh (8 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé mhéid coip den scéim tacaíochta teaghlaigh atá eisithe ag an Rialtas; cad atá sa phacáiste sin; agus...
• Private Notice Questions (0 speeches)
  • Primary Care Centres Provision (107 speeches)
    We now come to deal with private notice questions to the Minister for Health. Three Deputies have submitted private notice questions and I will call them in the order in which my office received...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Pension Provisions (8 speeches)
    As the Minister of State will hopefully be aware, a massive crisis has been brewing within the pension industry in Ireland. A large part of that crisis has arisen because of the recession and...
  • Health Services Provision (4 speeches)
    I am grateful to the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this topical issue. I welcome the Minister of State. The HSE national service plan for 2012 includes a commitment to roll out a new kind of...
  • Human Rights Issues (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this issue for the third time in the House. While all our energy goes to dealing with the economic situation here and across Europe, we must...
  • Local Authority Housing Provision (4 speeches)
    I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important issue. People have a right to live peacefully and not to live in fear or to be terrorised by other people in their neighbourhood. I am aware...
• Philanthropy and the Arts: Statements (36 speeches)
  Ireland is one of the great philanthropic countries of the world. It is a core characteristic of ours, and one that we rate highly, that we take an interest in others and that we support their...
• Message from Seanad (1 speech)
  Seanad Éireann has passed the Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012 without amendment.
• Sittings and Business of the Dáil: Motion (1 speech)
  I move:That notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders or the Order of the Dáil of 27 September 2012, No. a13 on the Supplementary Order Paper shall be taken now and shall be taken and...
• Address by President of the Euoprean Parliament: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: "That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, or the Order of the Dáil of 27th September 2012, the speaking arrangements for the sitting of Dáil Éireann in Committee...
• Addiction Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (43 speeches)
  The following motion was moved by Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan on Tuesday, 2 October 2012:That Dáil Éireann:recognises:— the scale of the problem of addiction throughout Ireland and...