Dáil debates

Thursday, 17 October 2013

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Leaders' Questions (138 speeches)
  I must congratulate the Tánaiste and the Government on the budget presentation which was a masterpiece in spin and public relations. However, reality is dawning more quickly than could have...
• Order of Business (82 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. c7, motion re referral to select committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the terms of the Arms Trade Treaty; No. d7, motion re Standing Orders 19,...
• Arms Trade Treaty: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
  I move:That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the terms of the Arms Trade Treaty, done at New York on 3rd June, 2013, a copy of which was laid before Dáil Éireann on...
• Business of Dáil (152 speeches)
  Before I commence the next item of business, I wish to correct the record of the House. Last evening, when I was not in the Chair, Deputy Gerry Adams made a statement which was totally...
• Standing Orders: Motion (146 speeches)
  I move:That, with effect from 5th November, 2013 and notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, the following amendments be made to the Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann relative to...
• Cochlear Implants: Motion [Private Members] (57 speeches)
  I move:That Dáil Éireann:notes that:-- international best practice in treating children who are profoundly deaf is for the provision of bilateral cochlear implants; -- children in this...
• Allocation of Time: Motion (1 speech)
  I move:That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders or the Order of the Dáil of today, the Dáil shall sit later than 5.45 p.m. and shall adjourn on the conclusion of Oral Questions.
• 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 Stephen S. Donnelly -...
  • Valuation Office (11 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this issue which relates to the significant hike in rates levied on major sports stadia in Dublin and which will have major knock-on effects if...
  • Defence Forces Medicinal Products (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for accepting this issue. According to media reports yesterday, a study on the use of the controversial anti-malarial drug, Lariam, received by the Minister for...
  • Local Authority Staff Code of Conduct (6 speeches)
    Tá mé fíorbhuíoch seans a bheith agam labhairt ar an ábhar tábhachtach seo inniu. I am sure the Minister of State would agree that one of the biggest factors...
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Social Welfare Overpayments (11 speeches)
    1. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the fact that her Department has been pursuing some social welfare recipients to repay overpayments that occurred as far back as the...
  • Budget 2014 (14 speeches)
    2. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has conducted research assessing the capacity of those targeted by Budget 2014 to absorb the changes affecting them; her views on the impact...
  • Social Welfare Appeals Issues (6 speeches)
    3. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the serious delays in processing claims which require medical assessment and the consequent delays in the appeals process are directly related to...
  • Social Welfare Schemes (6 speeches)
    4. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress made on implementing Pathways to Work; the number of caseworkers currently working with long-term jobseekers to help them back to full...
  • National Internship Scheme Data (51 speeches)
    5. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there has been an assessment of job displacement prior to the extension of JobBridge to 18 months and the introduction of the Gateway programme in...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Child Benefit Appeals (12 speeches)
    6. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the decision to remove child benefit from a person (details supplied) in County Cavan has been upheld by the deciding officer despite the...
  • National Internship Scheme Placements (16 speeches)
    7. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the number of Government Departments that are making use of JobBridge interns with no hope of offering them employment due to the...
  • Departmental Customer Charters (6 speeches)
    8. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she will take to ensure that the customer charter action plan of her Department is implemented in all local and district offices; and the...