Dáil debates

Tuesday, 22 October 2013

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Acting Chairman (Deputy Peter Mathews) i gceannas ar 2.00 p.m.
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Departmental Funding (6 speeches)
    53. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the projects that will be deferred and the schemes that will be curtailed in his Department as a result of the reduction in his...
  • Architectural Heritage (6 speeches)
    54. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on current condition of Vernon Mount House in Cork city; the action that has been taken to ensure its protection as a...
  • Special Areas of Conservation Designation (39 speeches)
    55. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on whether the various restrictions now being placed on turf cutting here will lead to a situation where turf cutting will...
  • Straitéis don Ghaeilge (6 speeches)
    56. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad é an dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir le húsáid na Gaeilge a spreagadh ar fud na tíre; cén...
  • Scoileanna Gaeltachta (7 speeches)
    57. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas maidir le todhchaí Eagraíocht na Scoileanna Gaeltachta Teoranta ó thaobh...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Expenditure Reviews (6 speeches)
    58. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if any progress has been made on a website portal and joint commercial and marketing strategy as outlined in the Comprehensive Review...
  • Cross-Border Co-operation (6 speeches)
    59. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of cross-Border work being undertaken by agencies under the aegis of his Department; the way in which relationships between...
  • Arts Funding (16 speeches)
    60. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will restore the 30% cut in arts funding which has taken place over the past five years, as a necessary measure to protect our...
  • Arts Funding (7 speeches)
    61. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans he has to advance further subsidised living space for artists in our cities, similar to the scheme established in Limerick;...
• 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 Jonathan O'Brien - the...
• Leaders' Questions (145 speeches)
  It is very clear that the policy choices that the Government took last year and in has taken in this year's budget impact far more severely on children, sick people and our older population....
• Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
  • Cabinet Committee Meetings (103 speeches)
    1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Sub-Committee on Economic Recovery and Jobs last met. [39089/13]
• Order of Business (138 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 3, Local Government Bill 2013 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the next fortnightly Friday,...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Local Drugs Task Forces Funding (6 speeches)
    I am sure the Minister of State is very aware of the work of local drugs task forces. On 2 October the co-ordinator of the Cork local drugs task force wrote to all the elected representatives in...
  • Symphysiotomy Report (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to raise this matter. The issue of symphysiotomy is rather topical and important in the north east but the debate is not confined to there. A...
  • Rail Services (11 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State with responsibility for public transport, Deputy Alan Kelly, for being in the House this evening to take this important debate. Irish Rail stated that it needed to...
  • Planning Issues (10 speeches)
    I thank the Acting Chairman for allowing me to raise this issue. I want to find out the reasons behind the decision of the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to require...
• Local Government Bill 2013: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
  Bill entitled an Act to make further and better provision in relation to local government and, in particular, to amalgamate Limerick County Council with Limerick City Council, Waterford County...
• Local Government Bill 2013: Second Stage (15 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." This Bill provides for the most fundamental overhaul of the local government sector in 100 years, bringing the Irish local government system...
• Older Citizens: Motion [Private Members]: Motion [Private Members] (32 speeches)
  I move:"That Dáil Éireann:agrees that Irish society should protect the rights of older citizens and solidarity between the generations; accepts that services for older people should be...