Dáil debates

Thursday, 14 November 2013

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9.30 a.m.
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Single Payment Scheme Payments (20 speeches)
    1. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who have received letters regarding over-claims under the single farm payment scheme and other schemes for 2013...
  • Trade Agreements (9 speeches)
    2. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the health information Canadian beef and pork producers will be obliged to provide before their exports will be allowed onto the Irish...
  • Electricity Transmission Network (29 speeches)
    3. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there has been any risk-benefit analysis carried out regarding the impact that the EirGrid grid link project will have on the...
  • Common Agricultural Policy Reform (23 speeches)
    4. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding his consideration of the Common Agricultural Policy programme for Ireland 2014-20; the level of co-funding being...
  • Sugar Industry (7 speeches)
    5. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding restarting the beet industry as a result of the proposed end of the beet quota in 2017; and if he will make a...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Beef Imports (5 speeches)
    6. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he expects the announcement by the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service in relation...
  • Trade Agreements (7 speeches)
    7. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the current trade negotiations between the USA and EU and the possible industrialisation of agricultural production. [48349/13]
  • Milk Quota Cessation (12 speeches)
    8. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any analysis or research has been carried out on the effect the ending of milk quotas will have on other sectors of agriculture such...
  • Commonage Division (6 speeches)
    9. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number and name, in tabular form, of each commonage inspected in County Galway in 2013; the pre-inspection digitised area of each...
  • Aquaculture Development (5 speeches)
    11. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the fact that there are serious delays in the assessment of suitable sites for oyster farming, his views on whether it...
  • Aquaculture Licences Applications (9 speeches)
    12. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the assessment of Waterford Estuary and Bannow Bay as suitable sites for oyster farming; if he is willing to...
• Local Government Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (47 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Business of Dáil (28 speeches)
  I move: That notwithstanding in Standing Orders the proceedings on No. 21 shall be interrupted at 11.30 a.m. to allow statements from the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste and statements in reply...
• EU-IMF Programme: Statements (71 speeches)
  We will proceed with statements in accordance with the agreed arrangements. I call the Taoiseach, who has five minutes.
• Leaders' Questions (13 speeches)
  Prior to the Cabinet meeting this morning, the significant issue of the day was the extraordinary and gigantic criminal offence that has occurred and which concerns, we are told, up to 1.1...
• Order of Business (56 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 10, motion re proposed approval for a Council Decision on the signature of the Agreement between Canada and the European Union on the transfer and processing of...
• EU Council Decisions on Passenger Data: Motions (2 speeches)
  I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of...
• Arms Trade Treaty: Motion (1 speech)
  I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the terms of the Arms Trade Treaty, done at New York on 3 June 2013, a copy of which was laid before Dáil Éireann on 10 October 2013.”
• 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 Michael McNamara - the...
• Local Government Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (41 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
  The Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform has completed its consideration of the Freedom of Information Bill 2013 and has made amendments thereto.
• Local Government Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Tobacco Control Measures (4 speeches)
    Each morning as I pass the Coombe Women & Infants University Hospital on my way to the Dáil, I see pregnant women standing outside taking a smoke break before they return to their...
  • Special Educational Needs Services Provision (4 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State for attending to discuss this issue, which has been raised in my constituency and in respect of which I am finding it difficult to get clarity. I understand that...
  • Rare Diseases Strategy Implementation (4 speeches)
    Ehlers-Danlos syndrome or EDS is classified in European Union terms as a rare disease because it affects less than one in every 5,000 of the population. EDS is mainly thought if as being a...
  • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (4 speeches)
    I discussed this issue earlier with the Minister for Social Protection as I was aware she would not be here this evening. This issue falls between two Departments, namely, the Departments of...