Dáil debates

Tuesday, 21 October 2014

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • National Internship Scheme Placements (10 speeches)
    78. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the classifications of employment which have been prohibited from utilising the JobBridge scheme; the number of positions which have been removed by...
  • National Internship Scheme Administration (7 speeches)
    79. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has had any discussions with the Department of Education and Skills on the use of JobBridge in schools since 20 September 2014; and if she...
  • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (7 speeches)
    80. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she has taken to mitigate the shortcomings in the rent supplement section; her views that particularly in County Waterford the revised...
  • Data Protection (7 speeches)
    81. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the responsibility her Department accepts in the circumstances where private investigators accessed social protection information in breach of data...
  • Social Welfare Appeals (9 speeches)
    82. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way in which a social welfare inspector may refuse an application for jobseeker's allowance and make a negative decision where there is an active...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Departmental Customer Charters (9 speeches)
    83. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the key performance indicators and measures of evaluations that are in place to underpin the performance of the customer charter and action plan for...
  • National Internship Scheme Places (18 speeches)
    84. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons working in Departments and agencies under the JobBridge scheme and other such labour activation measures; and if she will make...
  • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (14 speeches)
    85. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department is insisting that community employment supervisors must retire at the age of 66, regardless of their ability to continue in the...
  • Social Welfare Payments Administration (5 speeches)
    86. To ask the Minister for Social Protection how the Department’s policy to migrate to electronic payments affects the Government’s stated objective of protecting the post office...
• 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 Brendan Smith - the need...
• Leaders' Questions (145 speeches)
  In 2009 the now Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Simon Coveney, published the NewERA policy platform of Fine Gael, which committed Fine Gael to establishing Irish Water as a...
• Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
  • Official Engagements (34 speeches)
    1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent discussions with the Governor of California; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30900/14]
• Order of Business (91 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 11, motion re referral to joint committee of a proposed recommendation by Dáil Éireann of appointment of members of the Irish Human Rights and Equality...
• Appointment of Members of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Referral to Joint Committee (1 speech)
  I move:That the proposal that Dáil Éireann, noting that the Government on the 14th October, 2014 nominated Emily Logan, Teresa Blake, Frank Conaty, Heydi Foster, Liam Herrick, David...
• St. Patrick's Hospital Dublin (Charter Amendment) Order 2014: Motion (1 speech)
  I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft: Saint Patrick's Hospital Dublin (Charter Amendment) Order 2014, copies of which have been laid in draft form before...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Ebola Crisis (4 speeches)
    The rapid rise in Ebola-related deaths is sounding alarm bells right around the globe. International leaders have been slow to ramp up the necessary humanitarian support in order to combat the...
  • Nursing Home Inspections (4 speeches)
    I welcome the presence of the Minister for Health. I wish to speak about a report on the HIQA website on the inspection of homes for the elderly. I praise HIQA for the tremendous commitment and...
  • Hospital Services (6 speeches)
    On the afternoon of 14 October management at Letterkenny General Hospital issued a statement to the general public in which it asked people to avoid the hospital's emergency department owing to...
  • Hospital Services (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this topic for discussion and the Minister, Deputy Varadkar, for being in the Chamber today to respond to it. The emergency department at Galway...
• Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
  Bill entitled an Act to amend the powers and functions of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission in relation to complaints, investigations and other procedures; for that purpose, to...
• Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Second Stage (27 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The 2013 Garda annual report which I recently laid before the Oireachtas is a document worth reflecting on and bringing to the attention of...
• Irish Water: Motion [Private Members] (72 speeches)
  I move:That Dáil Éireann:notes: — that the 2009 Fine Gael Party NewERA document advocated the establishment of Irish Water; — the announcement of the Irish Water Charges...
• Irish Fiscal Advisory Council's Pre-Budget 2015 Statement: Statements (6 speeches)
  I welcome the opportunity to discuss the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, IFAC's pre-budget 2015 statement. As a result of the actions of this Government and the sacrifices of the Irish people,...