Dáil debates

Thursday, 16 May 2013

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Leaders' Questions (64 speeches)
  This week the Government published two reports, "The Establishment of Hospital Groups as a transition to Independent Hospital Trusts" and "Securing the Future of Smaller Hospitals". My party...
• Order of Business (76 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 1a, Taxi Regulation Bill 2012 [Seanad] - Second Stage; and No. 2, Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012 - Second Stage (resumed).
• Taxi Regulation Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (59 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am bringing forward the Taxi Regulation Bill 2012, as amended by the Seanad. This Bill provides a robust legislative basis for strengthened...
• Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
  The Select Sub-Committee on Environment, Community and Local Government has completed its consideration of the Non-Use of Motor Vehicles Bill 2013 and has made no amendments thereto.
• 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 Ann Phelan - the need...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Pension Provisions (6 speeches)
    Deputy Shortall and I have been tabling this matter for inclusion in a Topical Issue debate for the past three weeks. With all due respect to the Minister of State, Deputy Cannon, it is...
  • Child Protection Services (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to speak on this very important topic. I support Deputies Nulty and Shortall on the pension rights of the Waterford Crystal workers. The recent...
  • Charity Clothes Bank Thefts (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for choosing this matter and I thank the Minister, Deputy Shatter, for attending personally. This matter was raised in the Chamber during the Order of Business but...
  • Hospital Trusts (4 speeches)
    While nobody can object to hospitals working together in groups and sharing services, a number of issues arise from the Higgins report on the establishment of hospital groups as a transition to...
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Foreign Conflicts (6 speeches)
    1. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress he has made in conjunction with his EU colleagues in relation to building a UN consensus for a negotiated peace...
  • Human Rights Issues (6 speeches)
    2. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the on-going hunger strikes in the Guantánamo Bay Detention Facility; if his...
  • Foreign Conflicts (8 speeches)
    3. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of Ireland's hosting of the EU presidency, the proactive steps he has taken to address the violation of...
  • Northern Ireland Marching Season (6 speeches)
    4. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has held with the Northern Secretary of State, the Northern Executive, Parades Commission and the PSNI in...
  • European Union Foreign Policy (6 speeches)
    5. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the rate of expansion of Israeli settlements, and the deterioration of the situation on the ground in the past 12...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • European Union Accession (7 speeches)
    6. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support the urgent need for the European Union to conduct a strategic re-assessment of its approach in Bosnia in...
  • EU Diplomatic Service (6 speeches)
    7. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of his Department staff, or staff from other Departments or agencies, that are seconded to the European External...
  • Middle East Peace Process (7 speeches)
    8. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent announcement by Israel that it intends to build nearly 300 new homes in the West Bank; his views on...
  • Irish Heritage Certificate (4 speeches)
    9. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Certificates of Irish Heritage that have been issued by the Government; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Undocumented Irish (11 speeches)
    10. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland’s diplomatic staff in America are undertaking any new and specific initiatives to support immigration...