Dáil debates

Thursday, 26 September 2013

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Leaders' Questions (72 speeches)
  The Government and all of us share the aim of creating more jobs and resolving the unemployment crisis. It is the collective aim of the Deputies from every party in this House and the...
• Order of Business (59 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 3, Fines (Payment and Recovery) Bill 2013 - Second Stage (resumed).
• Fines (Payment and Recovery) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (46 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Fines (Payment and Recovery) 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 82A3(a) and 126(1) of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business and paragraph (8) 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 Michael McNamara - the...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Teaching Council of Ireland (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to discuss this important issue that is critical to Dún Laoghaire colleges of further education and other colleges of further education...
  • Tourism Employment (4 speeches)
    Today, the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Varadkar, announced that visitor numbers increased by 6.5% in the first eight months of 2013. Coupled with figures published by the...
  • Services for People with Disabilities (10 speeches)
    As the Acting Chairman, Deputy Terence Flanagan, knows, the St. Michael’s House group is an excellent organisation providing care, residential services and respite to persons with...
  • Homelessness Strategy (8 speeches)
    I hope to have a full debate shortly when the Minister is available. Otherwise the Minister of State, Deputy Cannon, and I can have this debate at the Ballinasloe fair next weekend. The...
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • General Practitioner Services (10 speeches)
    1. To ask the Minister for Health the consultation his Department has undertaken with general practitioners in relation to the proposed introduction of free general practitioner care for under...
  • Symphysiotomy Survivors (11 speeches)
    2. To ask the Minister for Health the progress he has made towards providing justice and truth for the victims of symphysiotomy and, if he has had discussions with the Department of Justice and...
  • Services for People with Disabilities (7 speeches)
    3. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the crisis in disability services in St. Michael's House; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40365/13]
  • Home Care Packages (6 speeches)
    4. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the possibility of introducing paediatric care packages for children with life-limiting conditions; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors Recruitment (8 speeches)
    5. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to ensure immediate progress in reform of hospital medical staffing and in our medical training and recruitment system to ensure...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors Working Conditions (19 speeches)
    6. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he proposes to improve the working conditions of non-consultant hospital doctors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39992/13]
  • Misuse of Drugs (6 speeches)
    8. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in updating the misuse of drugs regulations to deal with the misuse of benzodiazepines; the timeline for the enactment of same; and if...
  • Medical Card Numbers (8 speeches)
    9. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards that have been withdrawn in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40013/13]
  • Health Insurance Prices (9 speeches)
    10. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he and his Department has monitored private health insurance costs; if any particular reason has been identified for increases in such...