Dáil debates
Tuesday, 3 December 2013
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
- Business of Dáil (2 speeches)
Before proceeding to Question Time, I invite the Minster of State at the Department of the Taoiseach, Deputy Paul Kehoe, to move a motion.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- North-South Implementation Bodies (16 speeches)
1. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the Ulster-Scots Agency spent more than €480,000 of public funds over 12 months without proper authority in 2010; the...
- Commemorative Events (7 speeches)
2. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on the current status of plans to commemorate the centenary of 1916; if key historical projects such as Teach an Phiarsaigh,...
- National Archives (7 speeches)
3. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason 70,000 boxes of archives held by the National Archives are at present uncatalogued and in need of archival and preservation...
- Air Strips (7 speeches)
4. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current status of the airstrips at Inishbofin and Cleggan in Connemara; the way his Department plans to ensure that the airstrips...
- Irish Language Issues (6 speeches)
5. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will consider Irish text only day; if he or his Department officials have examined this idea in the past; and if he will make a...
- Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme (10 speeches)
6. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will review the content and conditions of contracts issued to turf cutters under the cessation scheme; the number of contracts...
- Appointments to State Boards (8 speeches)
7. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when he intends to fill the current vacancies on the board of the Arts Council; his views on the length of time for which those...
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Relocation Options (33 speeches)
9. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number and location of turf cutters affected by SACs, NHAs or other conservation measures who have so far been offered and have...
- Topical Issue Matters (1 speech)
Acting Chairman (Deputy Robert Troy): 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...
- Leaders' Questions (54 speeches)
I put it to the Tánaiste that the Government's policy on discretionary medical cards is hitting hardest people with disabilities and children with special needs. In a survey, Down Syndrome...
- Order of Business (138 speeches)
It is proposed to take No. 9, proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2013, back from committee; No. 9a, Credit Reporting Bill 2012, motion...
- Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2013: Motion (1 speech)
I move:That Dáil Éireann approve the following Order in draft:Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2013,a copy of which Order in draft was laid before Dáil Éireann on...
- Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (4 speeches)
I thank the Minister of State for coming into the House. I am disappointed that his senior colleague is not here, but no doubt there is a good reason for that. I presume he is not in the...
- Homelessness Strategy (12 speeches)
I take this opportunity to express my sympathies to the family of Paul Doyle, who died of exposure in November while sleeping rough in Bray. I also convey my sympathies on the death of the man...
- Services for People with Disabilities (4 speeches)
Today is international day of persons with disabilities. I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to raise the important issue of Wi-Fi access for staff or service users, which creates a...
- General Practitioner Services (4 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this matter. This is not the first occasion on which I have raised the issue of GPs charging medical card holders for service to which, I...
- Credit Reporting Bill 2012: Instruction to Committee (6 speeches)
I move:That, pursuant to Standing Order 177, Standing Order 131 is modified to permit an instruction to the Committee to which the Credit Reporting Bill 2012 may be recommitted in respect of...
- Credit Reporting Bill 2012: Order for Report Stage (1 speech)
I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."
- Credit Reporting Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (50 speeches)
Amendments Nos. 1 and 10 form a composite proposal and will be discussed together. The Minister of State must move the motion for recommittal.
- Estimates for Public Services 2013: Message from Select Sub-Committee (1 speech)
The Select Sub-Committee on Finance has completed its consideration of the following Supplementary Estimate for Public Services for the year ending 31 December 2013: Vote No. 18.
- Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
Bill entitled an Act to provide for the reform of the law relating to persons who require or may require assistance in exercising their decision-making capacity, whether immediately or in the...
- Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Second Stage (5 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am delighted to present to the Dáil the much anticipated Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013. It is fitting it should be...
- Electricity Infrastructure: Motion [Private Members] (15 speeches)
I move:That Dáil Éireann: agrees that Ireland’s electricity infrastructure and transmission capability be modernised, as well as expanded, to allow for a clean, sustainable and...
- Messages from Select Committees (1 speech)
The Select Sub-Committee on Health has concluded its consideration of the Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013 and has made amendments thereto. The Select Sub-Committee on the Environment,...
