Dáil debates
Thursday, 9 May 2013
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
- Leaders' Questions (49 speeches)
On Sunday public transport users are facing industrial action by hard-pressed Bus Éireann workers. As the Tánaiste knows, this action has arisen after 11 long months of deliberations,...
- Order of Business (38 speeches)
It is proposed to take No. 9a, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for...
- Statistics (1926 Census) Bill 2013: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Statistics Act 1993, in relation to the first census of population of Ireland taken since the establishment of the...
- Housing (Purchase of Voluntary and Co-Operative Housing) Bill 2013: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to make further provision for purchase by existing tenants of dwellings owned by voluntary housing bodies, under incremental...
- Health (Fluoridation of Water Supplies) (Repeal) Bill 2013: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to repeal the Health (Fluoridation of Water Supplies) Act 1960, to provide for offences for the fluoridation of water and to...
- EU Directive: Motion (1 speech)
I move:That Dáil Éireann:1) notes the agreed Report of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine under Standing Order 105 on the Proposal for a Directive of the European...
- Membership of Committee: Motion (1 speech)
I move:That Deputy John Halligan be discharged from the Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation and that Deputy Tom Fleming be appointed in substitution for him.
- Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical goods) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (62 speeches)
Debate resumed on amendment No. 4: In page 14, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following:“(3) The Board shall, in determining an application under subsection (2), have regard to...
- Housing (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 speeches)
Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
- Housing (Amendment) Bill 2013: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Sub-Committee on Environment, Community and Local Government pursuant to Standing Order 82A(3)(a) and (6)(a) and 126(1) of the Standing Orders...
- 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 Sean Fleming - the need...
- Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Enterprise Support Schemes (4 speeches)
I thank the Office of the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this matter and I welcome the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to the House to discuss it. The Minister was in Galway a number...
- Workplace Safety (4 speeches)
We were all shocked and appalled by the collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh on 24 April, which has now claimed more than 900 lives. The figures remain sketchy because it is...
- Croke Park Agreement Review (6 speeches)
I am seeking the publication of the third implementation report on the Croke Park agreement showing the savings made in public sector pay and non-pay areas in the period to 31 December 2012, that...
- Narcolepsy Incidence (8 speeches)
I thank the Office of the Ceann Comhairle for the selection of this topic. On 19 April, a report entitled "Investigation of an increase in the incidence of narcolepsy in children and...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (1 speech)
Before we commence I remind the House that two minutes are allowed for the Minister's initial reply and four minutes are allowed overall, with one for each supplementary question and reply. It...
- Preschool Services (7 speeches)
1. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she intends to introduce a second free pre-school year; the evaluation she has conducted of the effectiveness of the free pre-school...
- Child and Family Agency (8 speeches)
2. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has proceeded to seek expressions of interest from interested persons or nominations of specific persons who would be prepared to...
- Youth Services (6 speeches)
3. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider reversing the recent cuts to City of Dublin Youth Services Board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22121/13]
- After-School Support Services (7 speeches)
4. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a progress report on the new after-school childcare scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22027/13]
- Adoption Records (6 speeches)
5. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied that adoption records are adequately protected; her plans to improve their protection; and if she will make a statement...
- Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Adoption Services Provision (8 speeches)
6. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the Adoption (Tracing and Information) Bill will be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21860/13]
- Ombudsman for Children Reports (4 speeches)
7. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will advise her and her Department’s analysis, if same has been done, of the more than 1,200 complaints recorded and addressed...
- Child Development (9 speeches)
8. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans, if any, to address the need for prospective parent awareness of the importance of love, nurture and stability in the early and...
- Estimates for Public Services 2013: Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
The Select Sub-Committee on the Department of the Taoiseach has completed its consideration of Votes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 for the year ending 31 December 2013.
