Dáil debates

Tuesday, 10 June 2014

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Respite Care Services (53 speeches)
    81. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to improve services to those who depend on the respite care grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24272/14]
  • Youth Guarantee (16 speeches)
    82. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will revise the youth guarantee to make specific positive provisions for young persons with disabilities. [24274/14]
  • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (11 speeches)
    83. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the mechanism her Department has in place to respond to a family or persons facing eviction from private rented accommodation because a landlord is...
  • National Internship Scheme Funding (23 speeches)
    85. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has researched and estimated the total loss to the Exchequer, including social welfare payments made and tax/PRSI forgone, which...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Social Welfare Benefits Applications (8 speeches, 1 comment)
    86. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is satisfied with the processing times for current social welfare payments that require a medical assessment. [24201/14]
  • State Pensions Reform (7 speeches)
    87. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address the unfair and disproportionate impact that the change to the PRSI bands has had on women's pensions and, in particular,...
  • Social Welfare Rates (12 speeches)
    88. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will raise the possibility of restoring any of the cuts made by the current or previous Governments to social welfare payments in the context...
• 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 Kevin Humphreys - the...
• Leaders' Questions (29 speeches)
  I welcome the statement by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Charles Flanagan, that the Government will establish a statutory commission of inquiry into the operation of mother...
• Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
  • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (50 speeches)
    1. To ask the Taoiseach the meetings he held during the St. Patrick's Day visits in the USA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7477/14]
• Order of Business (137 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 9, motion regarding Standing Order 83A; No. a21, statements on mother and baby homes; No. 21, Health Identifiers Bill 2013 [Seanad] - Order for Report, Report and Final...
• Reform of Judicial Appointments Procedures Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 speech)
  Last Friday, 6 June, a division was challenged on the question that the Reform of Judicial Appointments Procedures Bill 2013 be read a Second Time. In accordance with Standing Order 117(i)(a),...
• Standing Order 83A: Motion (1 speech)
  I move:That, pursuant to Standing Order 99(1)(a), the Committee on Procedure and Privileges recommends that the Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann relative to Public Business are hereby...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Local Government Reform (4 speeches)
    I thank the Minister for taking this issue. The local elections are over and the political landscape has changed. However, the need for a directly elected mayor for Dublin city has not gone...
  • Medicinal Products Supply (4 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State, Deputy White, for coming to the House to respond to this matter. I first became aware of this problem on Facebook, when a constituent tagged me on a post uploaded...
  • Register of Electors Administration (4 speeches)
    I thank the Office of the Ceann Comhairle for affording me the opportunity to raise this issue with the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Phil Hogan. Members...
  • Banking Sector (4 speeches)
    This is the first time I have faced the Minister, Deputy Noonan, across the floor of the House since he made the statement about his medical condition. I genuinely want to wish him all the very...
• Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (8 speeches)
  I welcome the opportunity given by the House for statements on mother and baby homes in the Dáil tonight and I thank my colleagues on all sides of the House for facilitating these...
• Health Identifiers Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Order for Report Stage (1 speech)
  I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."
• Health Identifiers Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (13 speeches)
  I move amendment No. 1:In page 13, to delete lines 11 to 13.This amendment seeks to delete lines 11 to 13 on page 13, which read:The assigning of an individual health identifier to an individual...
• Death and Burial of Children in Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (17 speeches)
  I move:That Dáil Éireann: acknowledges the scandal that occurred at the Bon Secours Sisters institution in Tuam, County Galway, where almost 800 children died while in the...