Dáil debates

Thursday, 18 July 2013

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Leaders' Questions (91 speeches)
  As we reach the end of this session, on behalf of the Fianna Fáil Party I express our sincere thanks to the staff of the House for their dedication and commitment throughout the session. It...
• Order of Business (109 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 13b, motion re statement of Estimates for the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission; No. 14, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann for a directive of the...
• Estimates for the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission: Motion (1 speech)
  I move:That Dáil Éireann take note of the Statement of Estimates of moneys required in respect of ongoing expenditure for the period beginning on 1 January 2014 and ending on 31...
• European Union Directive on Combating Fraud: Motion (1 speech)
  I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of...
• European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Co-operation and Training (Europol): Motion (3 speeches)
  I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of...
• Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (1 speech)
  I move:That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 9 March 2011, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, or in the Order of the...
• Non-Use of Motor Vehicles (Section 3) Regulations 2013: Motion (1 speech)
  I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft:Non-Use of Motor Vehicles (Section 3) Regulations 2013,copies of which have been laid in draft form before Dáil...
• Membership of Committees: Motion (1 speech)
  I move:That Deputies Charlie McConalogue, Seán Ó Fearghaíl and Peter Mathews be discharged from the Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions and that Deputies...
• Proposed Deployment of the Permanent Defence Force to UNDOF: Motion (45 speeches)
  I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the despatch, pursuant to section 2 of the Defence(Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1960, as applied by section 2 of the Defence (Amendment) Act 2006, of a...
• Electoral, Local Government and Planning and Development Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 speeches)
  Acting Chairman (Deputy Bernard Durkan): This Bill is to conclude after two and a half hours, if not previously concluded. I call the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local...
• Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: From the Seanad (0 speeches)
  The Dáil went into committee to consider amendments from the Seanad.
• Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (28 speeches)
  Amendments Nos. 1 to 3, inclusive, have been ruled out of order as they involve a potential charge on the Exchequer.
• Report of the Convention on the Constitution: Statements (21 speeches)
  I am pleased today to provide in the Oireachtas the first Government response to recommendations of the Convention on the Constitution. The establishment of the convention was a commitment in...
• 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 O'Mahony - the...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Garda Recruitment (6 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for choosing this subject for the Topical Issue debate. A few days ago, the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, announced that Garda recruitment would...
  • Hospital Services (4 speeches)
    The Minister of State may be aware that inflammatory bowel disease affects 15,000 to 20,000 people in this country. I am one of those people. Dr. Seamus Hussey, who is a specialist paediatric...
  • Thalidomide Victims Compensation (4 speeches)
    I am aware the Acting Chairman, Deputy Jack Wall, has an interest in this issue and I am pleased the Minister of State, who has also demonstrated a keen interest in it over many years, is present...
  • Company Takeovers (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me the opportunity to raise a serious matter on C&C Group and its existing operations in Tipperary and Dublin. Since the takeover of M&J Gleeson,...
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Defence Forces Medicinal Products (6 speeches)
    1. To ask the Minister for Defence his views regarding the concerns expressed regarding lariam; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36050/13]
  • Overseas Missions (9 speeches)
    2. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the possible ending of the triple lock mechanism prior to Irish Defence Forces participating in overseas missions. [36427/13]
  • Green Paper on Defence (13 speeches)
    4. To ask the Minister for Defence when the Green Paper on Defence will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36051/13]
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Overseas Missions (11 speeches)
    6. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel presently engaged in overseas operations; and the net cost to the Exchequer of each of these operations. [35791/13]
  • Cybersecurity Policy (9 speeches)
    7. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the recent Brussels seminar on cybersecurity, hosted by the Irish Presidency of the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Overseas Missions (7 speeches)
    8. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the Defence Forces mission in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35732/13]
  • Foreign Conflicts (15 speeches)
    9. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will expand on his recent statement that the experience from the Mali mission would suggest that, while individual member states could respond rapidly,...
  • Defence Forces Personnel (2 speeches)
    10. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of promotional opportunities that have arisen in the Defence Forces in each of the past three years to date; the number of such positions filled by...
  • Defence Forces Properties (6 speeches)
    11. To ask the Minister for Defence the security measures in place and their cost at closed army bases. [35930/13]
  • Defence Forces Recruitment (6 speeches)
    12. To ask the Minister for Defence if the Permanent Defence Force will be recruiting during 2013; if he expects there to be 9,500 personnel strength at year end; and if he will make a statement...
  • Defence Forces Reserve Funding (7 speeches)
    13. To ask the Minister for Defence the financial supports that will be available to members of the Reserve Defence Forces in the future. [35932/13]