Dáil debates

Wednesday, 15 May 2013

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Leaders' Questions (100 speeches)
  There has been worldwide coverage and publicity given to the decision by the actress Angelina Jolie to have a bilateral mastectomy because she has a mutation in the BRCA1 gene. Her decision to...
• Order of Business (160 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. a10, Non-Use of Motor Vehicles Bill 2013 - Financial Resolution; No. 16, Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013 - Second Stage (Resumed); and No. 2, Ministers and...
• Non-Use of Motor Vehicles Bill 2013: Financial Resolution (1 speech)
  I move:That provision be made in the Act giving effect to this Resolution:- to close an evasion loophole whereby vehicles are declared off the road retrospectively, which is unverifiable, by...
• Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (55 speeches, 1 comment)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
  I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality pursuant to Standing Order 82A(3)(a).
• 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 John Deasy - the...
• Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
  The Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality has completed its consideration of the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2013 and has made...
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Public Transport Provision (28 speeches)
    1. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions he has planned to ensure that Bus Éireann, Iarnród Éireann and Bus Átha Cliath have a viable future; and if...
  • Transport Costs (5 speeches)
    4. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he can take to reduce costs for all modes of transport thereby improving Ireland's cost competitiveness; and if he will make a...
  • Bus Éireann Services (13 speeches)
    3. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on Bus Éireann's application to the National Transport Authority to reverse changes to the number two...
  • Dublin Bus Services (24 speeches)
    5. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether Dublin Bus is adequately maintaining its fleet in order to cope with passenger demand; and if he will make a statement...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Rail Services (13 speeches)
    6. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the investment, if any, that is planned for Irish Rail over the coming year in view of the recent announcements from the National Roads...
  • State Airports (30 speeches)
    7. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the current status of legislation to merge Shannon Airport and Shannon Development; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Industrial Disputes (19 speeches)
    8. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is his intention to intervene in the developing dispute between Bus Éireann Staff and Management; and if he will make a...
  • Road Projects Status (15 speeches)
    9. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to upgrade the Castlebar to Westport N5 road. [22896/13]
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Commercial Rates Calculations (5 speeches)
    I tabled this matter due to the level of uncertainty regarding the setting of commercial rates following the announcement of the abolition of town councils and the amalgamation of certain local...
  • Food Safety Standards Regulation (6 speeches)
    Small food businesses have assumed a new importance at a time when the creation and maintenance of one or two jobs might be the difference between a family staying in this country or emigrating....
  • Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Staff (8 speeches)
    As the Minister knows, there is serious concern regarding the delay in bringing forward amending legislation to the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Act to modernise the senior management...
  • FÁS Local Training Initiatives Expenditure (4 speeches)
    I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this important issue. I feel I am repeating my words because on 27 September 2012, I raised the same questions. There may have been a...
• Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
  Bill entitled an Act to make provision for medium-term expenditure management and for that purpose to make provision for Government expenditure ceilings and Ministerial expenditure ceilings, and...
• Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (95 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The challenges we have faced over the past number of years continue to be a reality we must all confront. The sheer scale of the task to...
• Good Friday Agreement: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (22 speeches)
  The following motion was moved by Deputy Gerry Adams on Tuesday, 14 May 2013:That Dáil Éireann:notes that:- this year marks the 15th anniversary of the historic Good Friday Agreement in...