Dáil debates

Thursday, 21 November 2013

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9.30 a.m.
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Departmental Expenditure (7 speeches)
    1. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the new measures he is putting in place to ensure all Departmental expenditure targets are consistently met; and if he will make a...
  • Semi-State Bodies Issues (17 speeches)
    2. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the challenges the current difficulties regarding the ESB pension scheme will have on the programme of State asset disposal his Department...
  • Public Service Reform Plan Measures (7 speeches)
    3. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, in his programme of reforming the public service, he has included a detailed regional or sub-national planning model for the optimal...
  • Commemorative Events (7 speeches)
    4. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role of the Office of Public Works in national commemorations between 2013 and 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Public Sector Staff Remuneration (11 speeches)
    5. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has any plans to use the provisions of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2013; and if he will...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • EU Funding (7 speeches)
    6. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when Ireland will have in place a plan for the disbursement of European structural and investment funds for the period 2014-2021; and if...
  • Public Procurement Contracts Tenders (8 speeches)
    7. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total value of goods and services purchased by the State and its agencies in 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the way the results of...
  • Sale of State Assets (7 speeches)
    8. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the proceeds expected in 2013 and 2014 from the sale of State assets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49578/13]
  • Regulatory Bodies (7 speeches)
    9. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he is taking to streamline regulatory policing across the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49419/13]
  • Departmental Budgets (10 speeches)
    10. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which each Government Department remains capable of meeting its budgetary targets with particular reference to savings or...
  • Estimates Process (5 speeches)
    11. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to any supplementary estimates that will be required for 2013; and if he will make a statement on the...
• Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Report Stage (31 speeches)
  I move amendment No. 1:In page 12, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following:“(2) The Agency shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and power to sue and be sued in its...
• Leaders' Questions (96 speeches)
  There have been many debates on the pros and cons of selling State assets. The Government withdrew the option of selling Coillte, which was the right decision. Fine Gael had a plan in 2009 to...
• Order of Business (32 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 12, motion re proposed approval of the report by the Minister for Defence regarding service by the Defence Forces with the United Nations in 2012, back from committee;...
• Protection of Life in Pregnancy (Amendment) (Fatal Foetal Abnormalities) Bill 2013: First Stage (5 speeches)
  I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to permit medical treatment leading to termination of pregnancy in situations where the foetus has a fatal abnormality such that...
• Defence Forces Report: Motion (1 speech)
  I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the report by the Minister for Defence regarding service by the Defence Forces with the United Nations in 2012, copies of which were laid before...
• Estimates for Public Services 2013 (1 speech)
  I move the following Supplementary Estimates: Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Supplementary)That a supplementary sum not exceeding €50,994,000 be granted to defray the charge which...
• Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Financial Resolutions (2 speeches)
  I move:THAT section 253 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (No. 39 of 1997), which provides for relief to individuals on loans applied in acquiring interest in partnerships, be amended in the...
• Finance Bill (No. 2) Bill - Allocation of Time: Motion (1 speech)
  I move:That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders: (1) The proceedings in the Select sub-Committee on Finance on the Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013 shall be brought to a conclusion in...
• Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (19 speeches)
  Amendments Nos. 7 and 8 are related and may be discussed together.
• 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) Deputies Martin Heydon, Pat...
• Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (62 speeches)
  Amendments Nos. 13 and 15 are related and may be discussed together.
• Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Fifth Stage (5 speeches)
  Question proposed: "That the Bill do now pass."
• Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
  The Select Sub-Committee on Health has completed its consideration of the Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill 2013 and has made no amendment thereto.
• Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (53 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Electricity Transmission Network (15 speeches)
    I thank the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources for attending the Chamber to debate this important issue. The Grid Link project runs through my constituency, Kildare...
  • Northern Ireland Issues (4 speeches)
    I am glad the Minister of State is present to take this debate. More than 3,600 people died in the troubled era that scarred this island for more than three decades. The wave of violence that...
  • Services for People with Disabilities (4 speeches)
    I appreciate the opportunity to raise this issue and I am grateful the Minister of State is here to listen to my concerns and those of my constituents and I hope she will be in a position to...