Dáil debates

Tuesday, 12 November 2013

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Child Care Services Inspections (8 speeches)
    9. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of additional inspectors for child care services that have been appointed since the end of May this year; the areas of the country...
  • Children in Care (11 speeches)
    10. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her response to the taking into care, and subsequent early return to their families, of children from Roma families in Dublin and Athlone;...
  • Adoption Records Provision (7 speeches)
    11. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for the lack of progress and the inordinate delays experienced by adopted persons attempting to trace their birth mothers and...
  • Early Years Strategy Publication (25 speeches)
    12. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to explain the reason the issue of child care affordability was not considered in the recent expert group report on early years strategy;...
  • Child Care Services Provision (9 speeches)
    13. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her response to the Health Information and Quality Authority report into Rath na nÓg high support unit; her future plans for the unit;...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Child and Family Agency Establishment (6 speeches)
    14. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether adequate resources are available for social care work; the additional resources that will be provided to ensure the...
  • Budget 2014 (7 speeches)
    15. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide the full year effect of all expenditure reductions for her Department as set out in the expenditure report 2014 as was...
  • Departmental Reports (22 speeches)
    16. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the role played by the Health Service Executive in the decision to remove Roma children from their families; and if she will make a...
  • Child Care Services Regulation (5 speeches)
    17. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to ensure highest standards are reached and adhered to and an appropriate inspection regime across all preschool child care...
• Leaders' Questions (43 speeches)
  I will begin by expressing the sympathy of the Fianna Fáil Party and, I am sure, all Members of the House to the people and government of the Philippines on the disaster that has befallen...
• Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
  • Political Reform (43 speeches)
    1. To ask the Taoiseach his plans to bring forward proposals for Dáil reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39057/13]
• Order of Business (180 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 8, motion re ministerial rota for parliamentary questions; No. 20, Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013 - Second Stage (resumed); and No. 21, Local Government Bill 2013 - Second...
• Health (Fluoridation of Water Supplies)(Repeal) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 speech)
  A division was challenged last Friday, 8 November 2013, on the question that the Health (Fluoridation of Water Supplies)(Repeal) Bill 2013 be read a Second Time. In accordance with Standing...
• Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (1 speech)
  I move:That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 9th March, 2011, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, Questions for oral...
• 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 Paul J. Connaughton -...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Single Payment Scheme Administration (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this matter. I understand that before the vote there was a discussion on Dáil reform. One of the issues was that a Topical Issue could be deferred...
  • Unfinished Housing Developments (4 speeches)
    I welcome the opportunity to raise the question of the financial bonds issued by the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, IBRC, in respect of various building developments, particularly housing...
  • Prescription Charges (4 speeches)
    The second global conference on family planning was held in London last year, involving not just politicians and advocates but also philanthropic organisations. Some €2.6 billion was...
  • Schools Amalgamation (4 speeches)
    This is an important matter. Parents in Ballyfermot were shocked last week when they learned by way of letter from the De La Salle national school that it proposes to amalgamate with three other...
• Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Access to Credit: Motion [Private Members] (16 speeches)
  I move:That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — accessing credit remains very difficult for businesses and personal customers throughout the country; — the continuing decline...