Dáil debates
Thursday, 5 December 2013
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9.30 a.m.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (15 speeches)
I wish to clarify that we have no difficulty with Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív taking Question No. 1 on behalf of Deputy Barry Cowen.
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (12 speeches)
2. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made in the past 12 months on phase 2 and phase 3 of the Mountmellick sewage scheme; and the progress in having...
- Homeless Accommodation Provision (7 speeches)
3. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on supported temporary accommodation; if he will further provide details of matters outstanding...
- Leader Programmes Expenditure (13 speeches)
4. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total allocation for projects under the Leader programme 2007-2013; the latest date for companies to submit payment...
- Traveller Accommodation (7 speeches)
5. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, in view of the €50 million underspend by local authorities relating to Traveller accommodation discussed at...
- Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Unfinished Housing Developments (12 speeches)
6. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of housing units in ghost estates that are to be demolished; the location of same; the criteria for same; and...
- Homeless Accommodation Provision (12 speeches)
7. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to deal with the very large increase in homelessness; and the deadline for the proposed delivery of 450 National...
- International Agreements (8 speeches)
11. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has assessed the cost benefits of the Antarctic Treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51930/13]
- Electoral Reform (5 speeches)
15. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that all necessary statutory instruments and orders will be signed by the end of this month in order...
- Local Authority Housing Issues (9 speeches)
25. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of housing units now leased under the rental assistance scheme and social leasing schemes under local...
- Unfinished Housing Developments (7 speeches)
29. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the estates that are to be demolished due to their unfinished state; the criteria for deciding on these developments; and...
- Fire Safety Regulations (11 speeches)
31. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the latest evacuation of residents due to non-compliance with fire safety building regulations in Navan and...
- Pyrite Resolution Board Membership (12 speeches)
36. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to his statements, echoed by the manager of the Pyrite Resolution Board that Homebond's staff will be available for...
- Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 speeches)
Debate resumed on amendment No. 31:In page 69, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following:“48. Section 119 of the Finance Act 2001(as amended by section 99 of the Finance Act 2010)...
- Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation has completed its consideration of the Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 and has made no amendments thereto.
- Leaders' Questions (20 speeches)
The ESB unions served strike notice last Friday and the notice is due to expire on Sunday week. We understand there is a wide gulf between ESB management and unions on the pension fund. This...
- Order of Business (61 speeches)
It is proposed to take No. 17, Supplementary Estimates for Public Estimates [Votes 18, 31 and 35] (back from committee); No. 19, Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013 - Report and Final Stages (resumed); and...
- Supplementary Estimates for Public Services 2013 (1 speech)
I move the following Supplementary Estimates: Vote 18 — Shared Services (Supplementary Estimate)That a supplementary sum not exceeding €1,000 be granted to defray the charge which...
- Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 speeches)
Debate resumed on amendment No. 36:In page 87, to delete lines 14 to 30.-(Deputy Thomas P. Broughan).
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (37 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill and the measures contained in it will not in any way affect people who are in receipt of either...
- 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 Ann Phelan - Ireland's...
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (34 speeches)
Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013: Referral to Select Committee (2 speeches)
I understand it is proposed to refer the Bill to the Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection. I call on the Minister to move the motion.
- Message from Seanad (1 speech)
Seanad Éireann has passed the Child and Family Agency Bill 2013 without amendment.
- Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- State Pathologists (4 speeches)
I welcome the opportunity to raise this issue and I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, for coming to the House to reply to it. Recent reports suggest that all is not well in the...
- Public Sector Allowances Payments (29 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise the important issue of top-up payments made to senior executives of the Central Remedial Clinic in Clontarf in my Dublin constituency. I...
- Job Losses (10 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for the opportunity to raise this matter. Yesterday morning 150 staff from Pfizer's Newbridge plant were called in by management to be told that there would...
- NAMA Operations (12 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this topic for debate. The statement yesterday from NAMA announcing senior bond redemptions totalling €700 million will have caught the attention...
