Dáil debates

Tuesday, 23 September 2014

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (1 speech)
  As Deputy Ó Cuív is not present, Priority Question No. 2 cannot be taken at this point. I call Deputy Ferris to introduce Priority Question No. 3.
  • Agriculture Schemes Eligibility (5 speeches)
    3. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that those working commonage will not be disadvantaged if 50% of shareholders do not take up the green low-carbon...
  • Green Low-carbon Agri-environment Scheme (11 speeches)
    4. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that no commonage farmer will be excluded from access to GLAS by the 50% threshold; that all commonage land will...
  • Beef Industry (22 speeches)
    2. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to deal with the present crisis in the beef trade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35430/14]
  • Rural Development Plan (11 speeches)
    5. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the proposed rural development plan submitted to Brussels; if the plan may be amended; and if he will make a...
  • Agriculture Schemes Eligibility (7 speeches)
    6. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding issues that farmers face on the land eligibility penalties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35260/14]
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Beef Industry (13 speeches)
    7. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he, along with the Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development in the North, met representatives of the British multiples to...
  • Commonage Framework Plans (22 speeches)
    8. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to resolve the difficulties faced by farmers with commonage land due to his proposals in relation to eligibility for the...
  • Departmental Expenditure (7 speeches)
    9. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of all the contracts between Coillte and other State agencies and the total amount of funding from all State...
  • TB Eradication Scheme (22 speeches, 1 comment)
    10. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he is pursuing a badger cull when guarantees have been given about rolling out a vaccination programme for badgers infected...
• 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 Joe Costello - the need...
• Leaders' Questions (67 speeches)
  I want to return to the issue of social housing, which has rightly been raised frequently in this House over the past number of years. There are currently around 100,000 social housing...
• Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
  • Employment Data (53 speeches)
    1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a breakdown by sector of jobs created in the economy this year; and if he will provide figures for the average wage levels for these jobs by sector....
• Order of Business (29 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 15, motion re: referral to Select Sub-Committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of Double Taxation Relief Orders 2014; No. 4, Health (Miscellaneous...
• Double Taxation Relief Orders: Motion (1 speech)
  I move:That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the following Orders in draft: (i) Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Kingdom of Belgium) Order 2014, (ii) Double Taxation...
• Topical Issues (0 speeches)
  • Corporation Tax Regime (5 speeches)
    I am glad the Minister for Finance is in the Chamber to deal with the issue of the OECD base erosion and profit shifting deliverables report 2014. I feel it is important to raise the issue in...
  • Accident and Emergency Departments Closures (8 speeches)
    I want to raise the very important issue of the future of the accident and emergency unit at Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise. The Minister of State will be aware that the national director...
• Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
  Bill entitled an Act to amend the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 to provide for the application of that Act to the health or social care professions of optometrist and dispensing...
• Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (8 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to have an opportunity to address the House on Second Stage of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014. This is quite a...
• Defence Forces Mission on the Golan Heights: Statements (32 speeches)
  Since 1974, the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force, UNDOF, has successfully supervised the implementation of the disarmament agreement maintaining an area of separation between Israeli...
• Housing Provision: Motion [Private Members] (17 speeches)
  I move:That Dáil Éireann:notes that: - the State is in the midst of the most severe housing crisis in its history, due mostly to a drastic shortage of social housing; - 89,872...
• Message from Seanad (1 speech)
  Seanad Éireann has passed the National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014, without amendment, the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Bill 2014, without amendment, and the...