Dáil debates

Thursday, 16 October 2014

  • Prelude (0 speeches)
    Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9.30 a.m.
  • Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
    • Foreign Direct Investment (11 speeches)
      1. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps being taken to implement his Department’s policy statement on foreign direct investment; if recent developments in...
    • Employment Rights (9 speeches)
      2. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Workplace Relations Bill will provide protections for workers employed by subcontractors engaged in exploitative work practices....
    • Economic Competitiveness (7 speeches)
      3. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of Ireland’s continued fall down the competitiveness rankings, the policies being developed to improve our...
    • Credit Guarantee Scheme Application Numbers (7 speeches)
      4. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of loans guaranteed to date under the credit guarantee scheme; his plans to review the scheme to improve its take-up; and if...
    • Credit Availability (9 speeches)
      5. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total level of new credit facilities created for enterprises in the past four years and the draw-down to date. [39085/14]
  • Other Questions (0 speeches)
    • Military Exports (11 speeches)
      6. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to continue issuing licences for the export of military list items from Ireland to Israel. [39082/14]
    • National Minimum Wage (9 speeches)
      7. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the merits of a living wage separate to the current minimum wage; the way he feels this would impact on the prospects for...
    • Enterprise Support Services Provision (7 speeches)
      8. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on plans to streamline the process of setting up new businesses here; if a one stop shop is part of those...
    • Industrial Development (7 speeches)
      9. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the State supports available, from his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department, to support the establishment of...
    • National Minimum Wage (7 speeches)
      10. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views regarding multinational companies paying persons less than €3 per hour to do work equivalent of a full time employee,...
  • European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Order for Report Stage (1 speech)
    I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."
  • European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (72 speeches)
    I move amendment No. 1:In page 3, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following:"2. Following the passing of this Act the Minister for Finance shall in 2014 make an application for the direct...
  • 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 Terence Flanagan - the...
  • Leaders' Questions (137 speeches)
    Back in 2009 the Fine Gael Party, in a policy document entitled NewERA, said it would bring all of Ireland's water assets under the ownership of one State company, Irish Water. Its document goes...
  • Order of Business (79 speeches)
    I apologise. I saw Deputy Joe Higgins on his feet and thought the Leas-Cheann Comhairle was going to call him on Leaders’ Questions.
  • Ombudsman for Children (Amendment) Bill 2014, Leave to Withdraw: Motion (1 speech)
    I move:That leave be granted to withdraw the Ombudsman for Children (Amendment) Bill 2014.
  • Seanad Reform: Motion [Private Members] (41 speeches)
    I move:That Dáil Éireann:acknowledges that the citizens of this State rejected the Government’s Constitutional amendment to abolish the Seanad through referendum vote in October...
  • Message from Seanad (1 speech)
    Seanad Éireann has passed the Forestry Bill 2013, without amendment.
  • European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (2 speeches)
    Debate resumed on amendment No. 1: In page 3, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following:"2. Following the passing of this Act the Minister for Finance shall in 2014 make an application for...
  • Topical Issue Debate (5 speeches)
    I ask Deputy Seán Kyne to defer the Topical Issue matter he raised.
    • Anti-Social Behaviour (6 speeches)
      I thank the Ceann Comhairle for giving me the opportunity to raise this very important issue and the Minister for Justice and Equality for being here to hear about it. Anti-social behaviour in...
    • Orthodontic Service Provision (5 speeches)
      I thank the Minister for Health for coming into the Chamber to respond to this Topical Issue matter. The parents of children in my constituency who are on orthodontic waiting lists for treatment...