Dáil debates
Thursday, 21 February 2013
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
- Leaders' Questions (103 speeches)
As the Tánaiste is aware, yesterday the Government published the Mangan report on tax and social welfare, precisely 11 months after having received it. Commenting on this report, this...
- Order of Business (63 speeches)
It is proposed to take No. 6, Finance Bill 2013 - Second Stage (resumed); and No. 7, Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2013 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage, to adjourn at 7 p.m....
- Public Holidays (Lá na Poblachta) Bill 2013: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the amendment of the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 and establishment of a body to be known as Bord Lá...
- Employment Equality (Amendment) Bill 2013: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move:That leave be granted to introduce Bill entitled an Act to amend the Employment Equality Acts 1998 to 2011 and thereby extend the general definition of discrimination to include...
- Finance Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (51 speeches)
Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
- Finance Bill 2013: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Sub-Committee on Finance pursuant to Standing Orders 82A(3)(a) and (6)(a) and 126(1) of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business.
- Motor Vehicles (Duties and Licences) Bill 2013: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
Bill entitled an Act to amend and extend the Finance (Excise Duties) (Vehicles) Act 1952 and the Finance (No. 2) Act 1992 in respect of certain duties or licences leviable or issuable thereunder;...
- Motor Vehicles (Duties and Licences) Bill 2013: Second Stage (55 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to open the debate in the Dáil on the Motor Vehicles (Duties and Licences) Bill 2013. The primary purpose of the Bill is to...
- Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2013: Referral to Committee (1 speech)
I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government pursuant to Standing Order 82A(3)(a) and (6)(a) and 126(1).
- 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 Michael McNamara - the...
- Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Regeneration Projects (4 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for agreeing to take this issue. Since 1999, when I was elected to Dublin City Council, I have been deeply involved in regeneration projects across the south inner...
- Rights of the Child (6 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for giving me the opportunity to raise this important issue. First, I acknowledge the Children's Rights Alliance gave the Government an "A" grade for the...
- Penalty Point System (4 speeches)
Section 63 of the Road Traffic Act 2010 requires that when people are alleged to have committed a road traffic offence, they must produce their driver's licence and a photocopy of the licence...
- Garda Transport (4 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for giving me an opportunity to discuss a matter of national interest, one which has been the subject of considerable scrutiny, discussion and, I regret,...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Action Plan for Jobs (6 speeches)
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the date on which the next action plan on jobs will be published; if it will align job creation targets with each initiative for each...
- Job Statistics (10 speeches)
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs created and the number of jobs lost in Industrial Development Agency and Enterprise Ireland supported companies in...
- Industrial Development (7 speeches)
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of visits by industrialists to south Tipperary in 2012, facilitated by his Department and the various job development agencies;...
- Credit Guarantee Scheme Applications (7 speeches)
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress made regarding the uptake of the credit guarantee scheme and the microfinance scheme; his views on whether the pricing of both...
- Economic Development (6 speeches)
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether local government or existing enterprise agencies are best placed to promote local economic development. [9408/13]
- Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Professional Fees (7 speeches)
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress that has been made in negotiations with the professional bodies in relation to the provision of advance price quotations; and...
- Construction Sector Strategy (9 speeches)
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures he has taken or proposes to take in the wake of the Forfás report on the construction industry; and if he will make a...
- Grocery Industry (7 speeches)
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views that the recent assessment of the Consumer Association that there is not genuine competition in the supermarket sector; and if he...
- Skills Shortages (10 speeches)
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if in relation to his stated aim of attempting to fill the skills gap that exists in the technology industry, he intends to advance...
- Exports Growth (5 speeches)
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the efforts that have been made by the Industrial Development Agency and Enterprise Ireland to create jobs deriving from exports to the...
- Local Enterprise Offices (10 speeches)
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is willing to revisit the proposals to establish LEOs in view of the opposition of the small business sector. [9046/13]
