Dáil debates

Tuesday, 12 March 2013

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Housing Grant Payments (12 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown by county of funding provided for the housing aid for elderly persons scheme and the housing...
  • Priory Hall Development (6 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will support the residents of Priory Hall, Dublin, as a matter of priority. [12905/13]
  • Leader Programmes (6 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason his Department has not approved any Leader projects since the 29 January 2013; the amount of money left to approved...
  • Mortgage to Rent Scheme (14 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his position regarding local authorities taking on houses with distressed mortgages, for example, a house worth €200k...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Septic Tank Registration Scheme (36 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of septic tanks registered; the registration compliance rate broken down by county; and if he will make a statement...
  • Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (56 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on co-financing of rural development under CAP Pillar Two; the impact of Multi Annual Framework budget cuts to Pillar...
  • Water Charges (24 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will detail the charging system that will be imposed on non-metered homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Leader Programmes (27 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of LEADER projects of proposed grant level in excess of €150,000 awaiting approval in his Department broken...
  • Pyrite Panel Report Recommendations (14 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will bring forward legislation to facilitate the establishment of a pyrite levy fund as recommended by the Report of...
• 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 Gerald Nash - the need...
• Leaders' Questions (52 speeches)
  There have been so many pronouncements and declarations about the mortgage crisis over recent days that they are difficult to comprehend, and many people on the street are looking on with some...
• Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
  • International Relations (47 speeches)
    To ask the Taoiseach his plans to meet with Secretary of State Clinton when she visits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55221/12]
• Order of Business (152 speeches)
  The Order of Business is No. 21, Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012 [Seanad] - Second Stage (resumed); and No. 1, Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland)(Amendment) Bill...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Labour Market Issues (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to raise the matter of parents who wish to return to the workforce after a period in the home raising children. They are not provided with similar...
  • School Completion Programme (4 speeches)
    I am sure the Minister of State is well aware of the school completion programme and the vital role it plays in the school community and the community as a whole. He will know that one of its...
  • Services for People with Disabilities (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this important issue of the restrictions announced by the Health Service Executive, HSE, Beechpark services for autistic children in north...
  • Cochlear Implants (4 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister to the House and thank him for attending personally. This issue is topical. There have been interviews in recent days involving parents of children who are waiting for a...
• Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Message from Seanad (1 speech)
  Seanad Éireann has passed the Electoral (Amendment) Dáil Constituencies Bill 2012, without amendment.
• Job Creation and Economic Growth: Motion [Private Members] (17 speeches)
  I move:“That Dáil Éireann:notes that: — the disastrous economic management of the previous Fianna Fáil Government resulted in unemployment rates rising from 5 per...