Dáil debates

Thursday, 4 October 2012

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Address by H.E. Mr. Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament (30 speeches)
  On my own behalf, and on behalf of my fellow Deputies, I would like to extend a very warm welcome to Mr. Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament on this his first visit as President....
• Leaders' Questions (131 speeches)
  The ongoing saga of the selection of primary care centres, particularly in north County Dublin, continues unabated. The more the Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, endeavours to explain...
• Order of Business (40 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 5, Europol Bill 2012 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that in regard to the Assaults on...
• 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 and Thomas...
• Europol Bill 2012: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
  Bill entitled an Act to give effect to Council Decision 2009/371/JHA of 6 April 2009 establishing the European Police Office (Europol); to repeal the Europol Act 1997; to extend the application...
• Europol Bill 2012: Second Stage (20 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." A Cheann Comhairle, I am pleased to present this Bill to the House which will enable Ireland to implement an EU Council decision establishing...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Suicide Prevention (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this important issue. I welcome the Minister of State and thank her for coming in to hear what I have to say and to give her opinion on it. The lack...
  • (8 speeches)
    Sunday, 7 October will mark one year since 525 people lost their jobs in Waterford with the closure of TalkTalk. The last time I raised the matter of unemployment in Waterford and the south east...
  • Gangland Killings (4 speeches)
    The past number of weeks have seen an escalation of gang violence in the streets of Dublin and elsewhere in Ireland. This poses a number of challenges to the State and our communities. I am...
  • Social Welfare Benefits Applications (6 speeches)
    I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important issue today. In these times of severe economic difficulty, people are under tremendous pressure to make ends meet and some are finding it...
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Budget 2013 (35 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Finance if he has raised with the Troika the possibility of substituting a range of alternative taxation measures for the property tax in Budget 2013; and if he will make...
  • Bank Debt Restructuring (14 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Finance if he has contacted any of the EU counterparts following the statement issued by the Finance Ministers of Germany, Finland and the Netherlands last week; if so, if...
  • Bank Guarantee Scheme (21 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Finance if he will identify the unsecured AIB bondholders who were paid €1,000,000,000 earlier in the week; the steps he has taken to date to identify them; and if...
  • European Stability Mechanism (8 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Finance if he or the National Pensions Reserve Fund has examined the implications of the European Stability Mechanism investing in the pillar banks; if he has studied the...
  • Property Taxation Application (6 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Finance the advice he has received from the inter departmental tax strategy group on the property tax he intends to introduce in Budget 2013; if he will make the advice of...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Tax Yield (10 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Finance if he will comment on reports that companies (details supplied) based in Shannon, County Clare, are paying very low effective rates of corporation tax; and if he...
  • Tax Code (20 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a memorandum prepared for the US Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations which states that Microsoft used Irish subsidiaries to reduce its US...