Dáil debates

Tuesday, 16 October 2012

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (1 speech)
  I remind the House that there are six minutes per question.
  • Social Insurance Rates (14 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the Programme for Government's commitment to maintain social welfare rates remains in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44637/12]
  • Advisory Group on Tax and Social Welfare (34 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she will publish her Advisory Group on Tax and Social Welfare's report on child income supports; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that...
  • Illness Benefit Costs (15 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position in relation to transferring the responsibility for the provision of sick pay from the State to employers for the first two to four weeks of...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Disability Allowance (48 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will clarify if eligibility criteria for the disability allowance have changed over the past year; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
• Leaders' Questions (66 speeches)
  The Taoiseach promised in page 6 of the programme for Government: Investment in the supply of more and better care for older people in the community and in residential settings will be a priority...
• Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
  • Official Engagements (98 speeches)
    To ask the Taoiseach if he has been in contact with Prime Minister Rajoy regarding developments in Spain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40046/12]
• Order of Business (114 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 12, motion re membership of committees; No. 16, statements on the pre-European Council meetings of 18 and 19 October 2012; and No. 4, Education and Training Boards Bill...
• 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 Brendan Griffin - the...
• Membership of Committees: Motion (1 speech)
  I move:That Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor be discharged from the Select Committee on Education and Social Protection and that Deputy Derek Keating be appointed in substitution for her. That...
• Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (23 speeches)
  The meeting of the European Council in Brussels on Thursday and Friday of this week will represent a welcome opportunity to take stock of developments in relation to a range of economic policy...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Flood Prevention Measures (4 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State for being present to reply on this matter. Over recent months the Minister and his officials have kept the Dáil and the relevant Oireachtas committee well...
  • School Transport (6 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this issue which is of considerable importance not only to two families in my constituency, but to young adults in general who may have a disability. It...
  • National Asset Management Agency (4 speeches)
    I thank the office of the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this matter this evening. I also thank the Minister of State, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, for coming to the Chamber personally to...
  • Priory Hall Development (22 speeches)
    Last Saturday, I walked with more than 1,000 citizens in Donaghmede, Dublin 13, which is in my constituency to mark the first anniversary of the traumatic evacuation of Priory Hall residents from...
• Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
  Bill entitled an Act to provide for the better co-ordination and delivery of education and training, and, for that purpose to provide for the establishment of bodies to be known as education and...
• Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Second Stage (1 speech)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to have the opportunity to address the House on Second Stage of the Education and Training Boards Bill 2012. The vocational...
• Home Help and Home Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (66 speeches)
  I move:That Dáil Éireann:- recognising the right of older people to live in dignity and independence, and to age well, in their own homes and communities and for as long as possible;...