Dáil debates

Wednesday, 23 January 2013

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Leaders' Questions (125 speeches)
  A medical breakthrough that can double life expectancy is something that we should embrace and not shy away from. The discovery and emergence of the drug kalydeco is regarded as the biggest...
• Order of Business (161 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 12a, motion re Membership of Committee; No. 3, Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2013 - Second and Remaining Stages (resumed); No. 28, Residential Tenancies...
• Membership of Committee: Motion (1 speech)
  I move:That Deputy Joan Collins be discharged from the Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions and that Deputy Mick Wallace be appointed in substitution for her.
• Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• 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 Paschal Donohoe - the...
• Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Croke Park Agreement (13 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will commit to independent verification of the achievability of proposed savings that are to be targeted under a successor to the Croke...
  • National Procurement Service (8 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has assessed the impact of Public Procurement (Framework Agreements) circular 06/12, for the procurement of goods and services on local...
  • Sale of State Assets (10 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that the proceeds from the sale of the National Lottery licence are ringfenced for key infrastructure investment; if he...
  • Public Sector Reform (6 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if officials from his Department will engage directly with front line public service staff, un-mediated by union officials, to identify...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Public Service Reform (37 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on his recent discussions with the public service unions regarding a successor to the Croke Park agreement. [2908/13]
  • Public Procurement Contracts (10 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the percentage of construction related public procurement projects of €100,000 and over that were awarded to Irish companies,...
  • State Agencies (14 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date on which he will publish an updated list of State agencies and organisations that will be rationalised or amalgamated; and if he...
  • Public Sector Staff Grades Review (4 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date on which his review of the grading structure of the Civil Service will be concluded; if this review includes primary school,...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Local Authority Housing Provision (4 speeches)
    I am grateful to the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to raise this important topic. Historically, one of the prime responsibilities of a local authority was to house people who, through no...
  • Remedial Works in Housing Estates (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for affording me time to discuss the important issue of the ongoing position at Gleann Riada Estate in County Longford. I ask the Minister of State with...
  • Suicide Prevention (12 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State for taking this debate. We are raising this issue on foot of the launch of the report, Young Men and Suicide Project, which reveals the suicide rate for young men...
  • Appointments to State Boards (10 speeches)
    I thank you, a Cheann Comhairle, for selecting this matter. Coming on the heels of the latest food safety issue, we find that the Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, has failed to appoint...
• Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (39 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Education (Welfare) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (46 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
  The Select Sub-committee on Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht has concluded its consideration of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2012 and has made an amendment thereto.