Dáil debates

Tuesday, 26 November 2013

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Schools Review (11 speeches)
    91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the value for money review of small primary schools will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50478/13]
  • Special Education Review (7 speeches)
    92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the working group established by the National Council for Special Education on its proposal to develop a new model...
  • Special Educational Needs Services Provision (7 speeches)
    93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that all pupils with Down's syndrome in mainstream schools receive adequate resource hours. [50605/13]
  • State Examinations Reviews (12 speeches)
    94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his response to continuing concerns among teachers and parents regarding junior certificate reforms and the need for independent assessment of...
  • Industrial Disputes (11 speeches)
    95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the efforts that are being made to resolve the on-going industrial relations dispute with the ASTI; if he will...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Early Child Care Education Issues (8 speeches)
    96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the resources he is providing for the implementation of the Aistear framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50228/13]
  • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (13 speeches)
    97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if plans to include the family farm in means test assessments for third level support have now been discontinued; and if he will make a statement...
  • State Examinations Issues (8 speeches)
    98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the increased numbers taking up higher level maths for examination at leaving certificate as a result of the reintroduction of bonus...
  • Summer Works Scheme Expenditure (17 speeches)
    99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the works that will be completed to schools in Dublin 5, 13 and 17 under the school works scheme, the funding for...
  • School Patronage (7 speeches)
    100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he intends to change the status of a school (details supplied) from that of a multi-denominational school to that of a catholic ethos; if his...
  • School Enrolments (6 speeches)
    101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether it is appropriate for schools to request payment of a registration fee every year; and the measures he proposes to deal with...
• Leaders' Questions (140 speeches)
  The cull of discretionary medical cards continues unabated. This involves taking cards from very sick and terminally ill people. Such people are still being asked to document and prove they...
• 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 Patrick Nulty - the need...
• Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
  • Official Engagements (141 speeches)
    1. To ask the Taoiseach the contact he had with other EU leaders over the summer recess. [39079/13]
• Order of Business (82 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 10, motion re leave to introduce Supplementary Estimates (Votes 18, 31 and 35); No. 11, motion re referral of Supplementary Estimates (Votes 18, 31 and 35) to select...
• Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (1 speech)
  A division was challenged on Thursday, 21 November 2013 on the question that the Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013 be read a Second Time. In accordance with an order of the Dáil of...
• Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
  I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Sub-Committee on Health pursuant to Standing Orders 82A(3)(a) and (6)(a) and 126(1) of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business.
• Local Government (Town Centres) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 speech)
  A division was challenged last Friday on the question that the Local Government (Town Centres) Bill 2013 be read a Second Time. In accordance with an order of the Dáil of 21 November 2013,...
• Supplementary Estimates 2013: 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 18 — Shared...
• Supplementary Estimates 2013: 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 to...
• Topical Issues (0 speeches)
  • Marine Safety (13 speeches)
    I thank the office of the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this topic and the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for his attendance. It is a measure of the seriousness of this issue that...
  • Third-Level Feeder Schools (4 speeches)
    Information on third-level feeder schools has been published in almost every national newspaper today and it makes for interesting reading. The data highlight the advantages and disadvantages in...
  • Child Care Services Funding (7 speeches)
    I thank the office of the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this issue for discussion. I welcome that the Minister has secured €900,000 for allocation in 2013 to the delivery of training...
  • Maternity Services (4 speeches)
    I understand the Health Service Executive was due to deliver a report to Government last night setting out is proposals for achieving the required saving of more than €660 million next...
• Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Order for Report Stage (3 speeches)
  I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."
• Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (86 speeches)
  Amendment No. 1 in the names of Deputies Ó Caoláin and Kelleher proposes to delete section 1. Section 1 sets out the principle embodied in the Bill, that is, the introduction of a...
• Bond Repayments: Motion [Private Members] (66 speeches)
  I move:“That Dáil Éireann: calls on the Government: — to immediately lobby the European Central Bank for a one-off exemption from the rules of monetary financing, to...