Dáil debates

Thursday, 10 October 2013

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Leaders' Questions (39 speeches)
  I express my deepest sympathies to the family of Savita Halappanavar and her husband, Praveen, as the anniversary of her tragic death on 28 October 2012 approaches. The report published by the...
• Order of Business (63 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 9a, motion re membership of committees; No. 9b, motion re sittings and business of the Dáil; No. 17, statements on the Second Report of the Constitutional...
• Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Amendment) Bill 2013: First Stage (5 speeches)
  I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Land Conveyancing and Reform Act 2013 to afford greater protection to mortgagors where faced with an order of...
• Energy Regulation (Code of Practice) Bill 2013: First Stage (5 speeches)
  I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide the extension of the functions of the commission for energy regulation to ensure compliance, by electricity and gas...
• Membership of Committees: Motion (3 speeches)
  I move:That Deputy Michael McCarthy be discharged from the Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions and that Deputy Willie Penrose be appointed in substitution for him. That...
• Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (1 speech)
  I move:That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, unless the Dáil shall otherwise order, the following arrangements shall apply in relation to the sittings of the Dáil on 15th,...
• Second Report of the Convention on the Constitution: Statements (11 speeches)
  I am pleased to present the Government's response to recommendations of the Second Report of the Convention on the Constitution. The Government welcomes this second report. We continue to be...
• 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 Paudie Coffey - the...
• Second Report of the Convention on the Constitution (Women in the Home): Statements (Resumed) (9 speeches)
  I will let Deputy Mac Lochlainn know when he has used ten minutes. I will give him some latitude.
• Forestry Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 speeches, 1 comment)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time".
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Mental Health Awareness (6 speeches)
    I apologise for my late arrival. I wish to raise the issue that was highlighted in media reports this morning regarding a practice that in America is called the fainting game or sometimes the...
  • Adoption Issues (5 speeches)
    I address this issue in the context of many people who have approached me on it and which is obviously an increasingly difficult problem for a large number of people. It is the issue of...
  • Northern Ireland Issues (4 speeches)
    I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for the opportunity to raise this important issue. The latest claim of responsibility by so-called dissident republicans for the murder of a man found in north...
  • Job Losses (4 speeches)
    I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this important topic. I am glad the Minister, Deputy Bruton, is in attendance in the Chamber to hear my concerns in this regard. Over...
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Microenterprise Loan Fund Applications (6 speeches)
    1. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way the operation of the microfinance fund will be improved to ensure a greater level of successful take-up of the scheme; if he...
  • Employment Support Services (6 speeches)
    2. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he will take to promote employment for those considering emigration and the number of emigrants that have returned to take up...
  • Employment Data (6 speeches)
    3. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the latest official forecast for employment, if he will provide a breakdown of the number of jobs he and his Department...
  • IDA Site Visits (6 speeches)
    4. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason some counties have received only one Industrial Development Agency-sponsored visit by potential overseas investors to date in...
  • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (6 speeches)
    5. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of meetings that he has had with banks to deal with the issue of small and medium enterprise lending. [42596/13]
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Seed Capital Scheme (7 speeches)
    6. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way the venture capital fund he recently announced will operate; the process to ensure it does not suffer from a slow take-up...
  • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (9 speeches)
    7. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the action he will take to assist small businesses in this current economic climate in view of the fact that they are the largest...
  • Regional Aid (9 speeches)
    8. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will request a review of the decision that the Border, midlands and western region will no longer qualify for preferential...