Dáil debates

Tuesday, 9 October 2012

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 PM
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Schools Guidance Counsellors (6 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has conducted an audit of the impact that cuts to guidance and counselling services at second level made in Budget 2012 is having on the student...
  • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (6 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to implement proposals to assess capital assets and income when means testing student grants in the 2013-2014 academic year; if he will...
  • Teacher Training (6 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in view of the cuts to salary levels for new entrants to the teaching profession, he has performed a risk assessment on the demand for teacher...
  • Third Level Fees (11 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that third level students and their families are not levied with a further increase in the student contribution fee in 2013; if he...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • School Funding (7 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of the transition year programme per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43015/12]
  • Mental Health Guidelines (7 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider the introduction of a whole school approach to tackling mental health in education rather than the current curriculum based...
  • Universities Global Ranking (7 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the most recent world university rankings which showed that universities here have slipped again; the steps he is taking to address this...
  • Bullying in Schools (10 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the growing and worrying trend of youth self-harm and youth suicide, his plans to develop a policy to deal with the growth of social media...
  • Special Educational Needs Services Provision (8 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the recent policy advice from the National Council for Special Education in relation to tackling challenging behaviour in schools; and if...
  • Third Level Admissions Reform (5 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the progress that has been made in achieving the goal set out in the Programme for Government to double the number of...
  • Teachers' Remuneration (10 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the Croke Park Agreement and the protection of teachers' pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43059/12]
• Leaders' Questions (51 speeches)
  After he was elected, the Taoiseach said the Government would act decisively, forcefully and effectively with the banks and anybody else in the interests of those who held mortgages and were in...
• Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
  • Constitutional Convention (82 speeches)
    To ask the Taoiseach the reason the Gay and Lesbian Equality Network were not included in the membership of the Constitutional Convention; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Constitutional Amendments (26 speeches)
    To ask the Taoiseach the progress he has made with the commitment in the Programme for Government on the abolition of Seanad Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38806/12]
• 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 Derek Keating - the...
• Order of Business (94 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 4, Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the Dáil shall sit...
• Assaults on Emergency Workers Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 speech)
  A division was challenged on Friday, 5 October 2012 on the question that the Assaults on Emergency Workers Bill 2012 be read a Second Time. In accordance with Standing Order 117A(4), that...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Fee Paying Schools (6 speeches)
    I am pleased to have the opportunity to raise this important issue with the Minister for Education and Skills and I thank him for his attendance. The House will be aware that the Government has...
  • Property Services Regulation (8 speeches)
    I thank the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn, for taking the time to listen to my concerns about this issue. I want to highlight a number of issues that affect...
  • Pension Provisions (9 speeches)
    The pension time bomb has never ticked more loudly. A recent unpublished report commissioned by the Government indicates that the gap between future social welfare liabilities, of which pensions...
• Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
  Bill entitled an Act to make provision for securing that the rules in Article 3 of the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union take effect in the law...
• Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Second Stage (6 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I thank the House for agreeing to discuss this Bill today. As Deputies will be aware, the Irish people voted to ratify the stability treaty...
• Agriculture: Motion [Private Members] (133 speeches)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann:- acknowledges the central role that agriculture plays at the heart of rural life and as the engine of the economy of rural Ireland; - recognises the vital...