Dáil debates

Tuesday, 4 December 2012

  • Prelude (0 speeches)
    Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 14.00
  • Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
    • Leader Programmes (6 speeches)
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the legislation that will be used to amalgamate LEADER and Integrated local development companies into local authorities under...
    • National Asset Management Agency (15 speeches)
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has explored the possibility of lease agreements with the National Assets Management Agency housing which would result in...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme (16 speeches)
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, noting that the Homebond company which led house purchasers to believe that the were insured against major structural...
    • Motor Taxation (15 speeches)
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of motorists paying road tax broken down by band; the total amount paid per band to each local authority in 2011 and...
  • Other Questions (0 speeches)
    • Household Charge (43 speeches)
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the payment rate per local authority of the household charge to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54179/12]
    • Pyrite Issues (27 speeches)
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the recommendations of the recent report of the Pyrite Panel will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes (8 speeches)
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the Environmental Protection Agency is due to publish their National Inspection Plan under the Waste Water Services Bill;...
    • Building Regulations (7 speeches)
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, in view of the increasing incidence of post construction exposure of non-compliance with fire safety regulations in timber...
    • EU Directives (2 speeches)
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will revisit the issue of restrictions on slurry spreading times, taking account of the implementation method in other...
    • Housing Regeneration (4 speeches)
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the regeneration of Knocknaheaney, Cork, including what is currently under construction and...
  • 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 Willie Penrose - the...
  • Leaders' Questions (108 speeches)
    I am sure the Taoiseach will agree that Cabinet collegiality is important in terms of the smooth running of Government and honesty between colleagues, in particular, is important. When Fianna...
  • Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
    • Diplomatic Representation (81 speeches)
      To ask the Taoiseach if he held any bilaterals on his recent trip to America; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45688/12]
    • Constitutional Convention (25 speeches)
      To ask the Taoiseach if he has approached persons to chair the Constitutional Convention and the responses that have been received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45693/12]
  • Order of Business (81 speeches)
    It is proposed to take No. 11, motion re leave to introduce Supplementary Estimates - Votes 25, 37 and 39; No. 12, motion re referral of Supplementary Estimates - Votes 25, 37 and 39 - to select...
  • Misuse of Motor Vehicles (Public Spaces) Bill 2012: First Stage (5 speeches)
    I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to give powers to An Garda Síochána to deal with the use of motor propelled vehicles in areas designated public spaces...
  • Estimates for Public Services 2012: Leave to Introduce (6 speeches)
    I move: That leave being given by the Dáil to introduce the following Supplementary Estimates for the service of the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2012:- Vote 25 —...
  • Estimates for Public Services 2012: Referral to Committee (1 speech)
    I move:That, subject to leave being given to introduce the following Supplementary Estimates for the service of the year ending on 31st December, 2012, the Supplementary Estimates be referred to...
  • Topical Issues Debate (0 speeches)
    • Periodic Payment Orders (4 speeches)
      I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this matter for debate on the floor of the House this evening and I thank the Minister, Deputy Shatter, for attending personally in the House to address...
    • Gas and Oil Exploration (11 speeches)
      I appreciate the opportunity to speak on this matter. I call on the Government to consider establishing a State body to co-ordinate and develop the oil industry. I am anxious to see a proactive...
    • Hospice Services (4 speeches)
      I am thankful for the time to raise in the Dáil today the need for the provision of a hospice in County Wicklow and to seek an update on where plans for such a provision are currently within...
    • Hospital Services (4 speeches)
      In raising this matter, I express my sympathy to the family of the late Niall Comerford, his parents, Walter and Joan, brothers, Damien and Shane, and sister, Linda. Niall Comerford was a young...
  • Report of the Expert Group on the Judgment in the A, B and C v. Ireland Case: Statements (9 speeches)
    I am pleased to have the opportunity to make this statement on the report of the expert group on the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in A, B and C v. Ireland. The reason for this...
  • Funding of Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (44 speeches)
    I move: That Dáil Éireann: recognises: — the fact that there are over 600,000 people with disabilities in Ireland; — the deep concern among those with disabilities that...
  • Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (25 speeches)
    I move amendment No. 1: In page 4, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following: “(b) the necessity of ensuring, in the interests of societal and intergenerational solidarity, that the...