Dáil debates

Wednesday, 27 February 2013

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Leaders' Questions (99 speeches)
  The decision to abolish two key allowances - the mobility allowance and the motorised transport grant - for people with disabilities is incomprehensible and wrong, in particular without any...
• Order of Business (79 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 35, statements on the report of the interdepartmental committee to establish the facts of State involvement with the Magdalen laundries (resumed), to adjourn at 1.30...
• Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) (Amendment) Bill 2013: First Stage (5 speeches)
  I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to make provision for the reduction of pensions payable by credit institutions covered by the Credit Institutions (Financial...
• Magdalen Laundries Report: Statements (Resumed) (13 speeches)
  When the matter was adjourned yesterday evening I was suggesting that we must give recognition to the women who are the survivors of the Magdalen laundries. They stayed with the subject and were...
• 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 Maureen O'Sullivan - the...
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Croke Park Agreement (31 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the savings in payroll he is seeking in 2013 are contingent on a successful conclusion to talks to extend the Croke Park Agreement; the...
  • Public Sector Pensions (18 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider reducing the annual pension payments to former senior public servants, office holders, Taoisigh and Government Ministers....
  • Departmental Legal Costs (6 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that public bodies that engage the services of legal firms and legal practitioners are compelled to publish annual payments...
  • Appointments to State Boards (8 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to reform State board appointments; if he intends to ensure appointments are not influenced by political affiliations; and if he...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Croke Park Agreement (19 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the savings he is seeking under the extension of the Croke Park Agreement are gross savings; the expected saving, net of pensions costs...
  • Departmental Expenditure (7 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public sector workers who have retired in the last three years within his Department or any office or body under his aegis that...
  • Departmental Staff Numbers (13 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of agency and contract staff currently employed under the aegis of his Department; the mechanism in place for monitoring and...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Horsemeat Investigation (10 speeches)
    Ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghlacadh leis an Aire as teacht isteach sa Teach leis an cheist seo a thógáil. The controversy surrounding the discovery of horsemeat in food labelled...
  • Prison Accommodation (8 speeches)
    I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for giving me the opportunity to raise this important issue, namely, the lack of information from the Irish Prison Service in regard to the future use of...
  • Water Fluoridation (6 speeches)
    The Minister will be aware of the controversy that has surrounded the insertion of fluoride into our water supply, and it has been heating up recently. I draw his attention to an article in "Hot...
  • Disability Support Service (12 speeches)
    I raise this very serious matter because it has been described as a bolt out of the blue by various representatives of people with disabilities. I am very concerned at the direction the...
• Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
  The Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government has completed its consideration of the Water Services Bill 2013 and has made amendments thereto.
• Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Order for Report Stage (1 speech)
  I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."
• Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (98 speeches)
  Amendments Nos. 1, 2, 7, 10, 30, 50, 51 and 52 are related and will be discussed together.
• Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
  Bill entitled an Act to provide for the establishment of a body to be known as an tSeirbhís Oideachais Leanúnaigh agus Scileanna; to provide for the dissolution of an Foras...
• Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Second Stage (5 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I welcome the opportunity to address the House on Second Stage of the Further Education and Training Bill 2013. The further education and...
• State Forestry: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (60 speeches)
  The following motion was moved by Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett on Tuesday, 26 February 2013:That Dáil Éireann: notes, with dismay, the Government’s intention, under the Troika...