Dáil debates

Wednesday, 2 October 2013

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Leaders' Questions (107 speeches)
  From last week’s presentation to the Oireachtas finance committee by the Governor of the Central Bank, Patrick Honohan, the Taoiseach will be aware there are now more than 97,400 mortgages...
• Order of Business (79 speeches)
  The Order of Business is No. 18, Taxi Regulation Bill 2012 [Seanad] - Order for Report and Report and Final Stages; and No. 3, Freedom of Information Bill 2013 - Order for Second Stage and Second...
• Taxi Regulation Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Order for Report Stage (1 speech)
  I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."
• Taxi Regulation Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (70 speeches)
  Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan has conveyed her apologies to me for her absence today. I have agreed to allow Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett to take her amendments.
• 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 Gerald Nash - the need...
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Foreign Conflicts (6 speeches)
    1. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement he has had at European Union level and at United Nations level in relation to the urgent need to bring an end...
  • Homophobic Crime (6 speeches)
    2. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to recent anti-LGBT legislation passed in Russia; the accompanied increase in violent...
  • Extraordinary Rendition Operations (7 speeches)
    3. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he will take in response to the statement on 11 September 2013 by Nils MuiŽnieks, Commissioner for Human...
  • Northern Ireland Issues (10 speeches)
    4. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the engagement he has had to date with the Haass talks about flags, parades and legacy issues arising...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Humanitarian Aid (9 speeches)
    6. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the proposals he has to raise at European Union level the need for the international community to provide immediately...
  • Human Rights Issues (6 speeches)
    7. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the recent detention of Bahraini opposition leader Khalil al-Marzooq; if he will raise...
  • Foreign Conflicts (6 speeches)
    8. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the arrest and jailing of five Palestinian fishermen in Egypt in September, for...
  • Diplomatic Representation Issues (10 speeches)
    9. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the refusal of the Egyptian authorities to allow Irish officials from his Department to visit four Irish...
  • Human Rights Issues (10 speeches)
    10. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the number of citizens being held in prison in Northern Ireland without being tried or charged, in one case...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (4 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister. Members of every household in the country want clean and safe water when they turn on their taps. I commend the Minister on his ambition for this country that a uniform...
  • Road Projects Issues (8 speeches)
    I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and the Ceann Comhairle for giving me the opportunity to raise this important matter. The Narrow Water Bridge project has been a long-running saga for the...
  • Medical Card Applications (4 speeches)
    I am glad to have this opportunity to raise an issue which will be familiar to all Members. All of us have at some stage been asked for advice or help with regard to medical card applications....
  • Child Benefit Reform (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to raise this important issue. One in ten primary school children and one in six secondary school children miss more than 20 days of school every...
• Taxi Regulation Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 speeches)
  Amendment No. 10 in the name of Deputy Dessie Ellis has already been discussed with amendment No. 2.
• Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
  Bill entitled an Act to enable members of the public to obtain access, to the greatest extent possible consistent with the public interest and the right to privacy, to information in the...
• Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Second Stage (11 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I welcome the opportunity to introduce the Freedom of Information Bill 2013 to the House. In line with the Programme for Government...
• Mortgage Restructuring Arrangement Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Message from Seanad (1 speech)
  Seanad Éireann has passed the Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) Amendment Bill 2012, without amendment.
• Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
  The Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform has completed its consideration of the Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) (Amendment) Bill 2013 and has made no...
• Mortgage Restructuring Arrangement Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (63 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."