Dáil debates
Tuesday, 19 November 2013
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Northern Ireland Issues (7 speeches)
81. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has made a formal submission to the panel of parties in the Northern Ireland Executive; if he will provide an update...
- Middle East Issues (7 speeches)
82. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the Swiss forensic test which suggests that Yasser Arafat was poisoned with radioactive...
- Biofuel Obligation Scheme Targets (7 speeches)
83. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade following the Minister of State for Development's statement to supporting a 5% EU cap on food based biofuels because of its...
- Humanitarian Aid (7 speeches)
84. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed with his counterparts in the EU Foreign Affairs Council and with the European Commission the need for...
- Middle East Issues (13 speeches)
85. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the pressure his Department is putting on the Israeli Government, through the Irish embassy in Tel Aviv or other channels,...
- Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Military Aircraft Landings (11 speeches)
86. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there is a new special arrangement in place regarding refuelling for Canadian military aircraft at Shannon; if sovereign...
- Nuclear Proliferation (7 speeches)
88. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether the current multi-country talks on Iran’s nuclear programme will achieve a positive outcome; if...
- Ministerial Meetings (38 speeches)
89. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he has taken in response to the demand by Germany’s Social Democratic Party that Ireland raise its...
- 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 Peadar Tóibín...
- Leaders' Questions (50 speeches)
Reports in The Irish Times today make the disturbing revelation that more than one quarter of the country's health and disability agencies are in breach of public pay policy. There are related...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
- Cabinet Committee Meetings (41 speeches)
1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU affairs met last. [39244/13]
- Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 speeches)
4. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Irish and the Gaelteacht last met. [39245/13]
- Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (15 speeches)
We will now hear expressions of sympathy on the very sad death of our former colleague, former Minister Mr. Patrick Power, otherwise known as Paddy. I am delighted to welcome here this afternoon...
- Order of Business (59 speeches)
It is proposed to take No. 9, motion re referral to joint committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2013; No. 10, motion re leave...
- Local Government Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 speech)
A division was challenged last Thursday on the question that the Local Government Bill 2013 be read a Second Time. In accordance with an order of the Dáil of 14 November, that division must...
- Local Government Bill 2013: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Sub-committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government, in accordance with Standing Order 122(1) and paragraph 1(a)(i) of the Orders of...
- Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2013: Referral to Joint Committee (1 speech)
I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft:Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2013,a copy of which Order in draft was laid before...
- Supplementary Estimates for Public Services: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That leave be given by the Dáil to introduce the following Supplementary Estimates for the service of the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2013:Vote 20 — Garda...
- Supplementary Estimates for Public Services: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
I move: That, subject to leave being given to introduce the following Supplementary Estimates for the service of the year ending on 31st December, 2013, the Supplementary Estimates be referred...
- Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- HSE Staff Remuneration (6 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for giving me the opportunity to raise the issue of salary top-ups to senior staff in various areas of the health service. I am very pleased the Minister for Health,...
- Primary Care Centres Provision (4 speeches)
I welcome the opportunity to raise this matter and thank the Minister for Health for being present to answer my query. I acknowledge the progress he is making in reforming the health system,...
- Fuel Laundering (4 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for giving me the opportunity to raise this issue and the Minister for Finance for attending the Chamber to respond to it. It involves a serious criminal matter. The...
- Job Protection (12 speeches)
With my colleagues, Deputies Joanna Tuffy, Emmet Stagg and Jack Wall, I am very concerned about the risk to more than 400 jobs at the Lufthansa Technik plant at Rathcoole, County Dublin. These...
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Order for Second Stage (13 speeches)
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Health Insurance Act 1994 to specify the amount of the hospital bed utilisation credit applicable from 1 March 2014; to amend that Act to specify the amount of...
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (1 speech)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I welcome the opportunity to address the House on Second Stage of the Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013. I would like Deputies to note...
- Youth Employment: Motion [Private Members] (21 speeches)
I move:That Dáil Éireann:notes that: — our young people want to work and contribute but are starved of the opportunity of quality employment; — 64,700 young people are...
