Dáil debates

Thursday, 31 January 2013

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Leaders' Questions (97 speeches)
  Yesterday a Redemptorist priest, Fr. Michael Cusack, had some things to say about the Government's policy on rural policing. He "urged fresh thinking on policing resources so that people in...
• Order of Business (73 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 26, Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2012 Seanad - Order for Report Stage and Report and Final Stages; and No. 1, Health Service Executive...
• Climate Change Bill 2013: First Stage (5 speeches)
  I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to set a target for the year 2050 for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions; to establish the Department of the Taoiseach as...
• 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 Thomas Pringle - the...
• Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Order for Report Stage (1 speech)
  I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."
• Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (94 speeches)
  Amendment No. 1 in the name of Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh is out of order. Therefore, we will proceed to amendment No. 2 in the name of Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív.
• Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 speeches)
  : Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Seirbhísí Farrantóireachta (6 speeches)
    Ba mhaith liom leithscéal a ghabháil leis an gcathaoirleach agus leis an Aire Stáit as bheith mall. Mar is eol don Aire Stáit, ó thráthnóna anocht ar aghaidh,...
  • Syrian Civil War (7 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to speak on this vitally important matter. Deputy Smith and I have raised the conflict in Syria on numerous occasions. I sometimes think I am wasting...
  • Health Service Staff (4 speeches)
    When I was a Member of the other House I had cause to lament when a Minister for the relevant Department was not in attendance to deal with my Adjournment matters. I have no argument with the...
  • Forestry Sector (18 speeches)
    The Government's plan to sell the rights to fell and sell trees in State-owned forests puts at risk 100 years of public forestry in the country. The industry is worth €2.2 billion per...
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Post Office Network (6 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his strategy to ensure a viable post office network, especially in rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Renewable Energy Generation (6 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the consultation process he will instigate with local residents who may have concerns regarding wind turbines; and if he will...
  • Electricity Transmission Network (10 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason Eirgrid's East West Interconnector's commercial operation was delayed from September to 21 December, when it...
  • Gas and Electricity Disconnections (6 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the measures he will take to reduce the number of disconnections of services by gas and electricity companies in homes around...
  • Gas Pipelines (8 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason Bord Gáis are being allowed to place a high pressure gas main at minimum level depth along main residential...
• Message from Seanad (1 speech)
  Seanad Éireann has passed the Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2013, without amendment.
• Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Energy Schemes (14 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the updated National Energy Efficiency Action Plan will be published; the specific role that the Action Plan will have in...