Dáil debates

Tuesday, 28 January 2014

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Unemployment Data (11 speeches)
    105. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to outline the progress made through the Pathways to Work strategy; the current long-term unemployment statistics; the current rate of youth...
  • Work Placement Programmes (7 speeches)
    106. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the planned JobPath programme, including the expected start-up and annual costs; the approximate portion of these costs that...
  • Drug Treatment Programmes Places (7 speeches)
    107. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding drug community employment schemes; the numbers on the scheme; the vacancies; the reasons for the vacancies; the age profile...
  • Housing Assistance Payments Implementation (13 speeches)
    108. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to reform the rent supplement scheme; if her attention has been drawn to reports that many tenants are being asked to pay top-up payments...
  • National Internship Scheme Administration (26 speeches)
    109. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the conclusion of the Union of Students of Ireland in its document, Vision for Post-Bailout Ireland, that the JobBridge scheme is...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Respite Care Grant Payments (29 speeches)
    110. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has carried out any analysis of the impact of the respite grant cut in the 2013 budget on the lives of persons with disabilities; and if she...
  • Job Initiatives (15 speeches)
    111. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she concerned is that a company (details supplied) has advertised for 28 positions through the JobBridge scheme; and if she will make a statement...
  • Civil Registration Legislation (7 speeches)
    112. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill and its progress in view of ongoing concerns regarding the registration of...
  • Youth Employment Initiative (6 speeches)
    113. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she and her Department expect to make major inroads on youth unemployment in the current year, unilaterally or with the assistance of the...
• Estimates for Public Services 2014: Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
  The Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection has completed its consideration of Vote 37 for the year ending 31 December 2014.
• Leaders' Questions (97 speeches)
  On 15 January the Taoiseach said to me and the House:This is a public utility in public ownership. Therefore, there is nothing that should be secret about it and there is nothing that will be...
• 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 Aengus Ó Snodaigh -...
• Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
  • Northern Ireland Issues (55 speeches)
    1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will outline his discussions as Head of the Irish Government with the British Government about the work of Dr Richard Haass in Northern Ireland. [44108/13]
• Order of Business (83 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 13, motion re: Standing Orders 90, 97A, 97B, 97C, 99, 107A, 107B, 107C, 107D, 107E, 107F, 107G and 107H; and No. 1, European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2013...
• Censorship of Publications Board Repeal Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 speech)
  A division was challenged last Friday on the question that the Censorship of Publications Board Repeal Bill 2013 be read a Second Time. In accordance with an order of the Dáil of 24 January...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Hospital Accommodation Provision (3 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle's Office for selecting for discussion this important issue regarding the development of special facilities at Cork University Hospital for people with cystic fibrosis....
  • Drainage Schemes Status (4 speeches)
    I am raising this matter not for the first time. I have raised the issue of flooding in Kiltiernan-Ballinderreen area in south Galway previously. The Jennings O'Donovan & Partners...
  • Waste Management Issues (14 speeches)
    I thank the Minister, Deputy Phil Hogan, for coming to the House to address this important issue. The fire at the weekend at a waste recycling facility in Ballymount industrial estate in Dublin...
• Standing Orders: Motion (49 speeches)
  I move:That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, the following amendments be made to the Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann relative to Public Business:(a) Replacement of Chairman...
• European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (5 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." In commending the European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill to this House, I am asking Dáil Éireann to continue the...
• Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (38 speeches)
  I move:That Dáil Éireann agrees that the 2014 National Service Plan of the Health Service Executive is inadequate to meet fully all of the growing demands being placed on the health...
• Estimates for Public Services 2014: Message from Select Sub-Committee (1 speech)
  The Select Sub-Committee on Health has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimates for public services for the service of the year ending 31 December 2014: Votes 38 and 39.