Dáil debates
Tuesday, 4 November 2014
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Unemployment Levels (7 speeches)
94. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who are long-term unemployed; the actions she has taken to address the challenge of long-term unemployment; and if she will...
- One-Parent Family Payments (8 speeches)
95. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the cuts that had been scheduled to be made to the one parent family payment scheme next year, including the lowering of the cut-off age to seven...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals (7 speeches)
96. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the existing processing and the adjudication of invalidity pension applicants due to the high percentage of initial refusal...
- Personal Public Service Numbers (7 speeches)
97. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the actions she will take to protect the use of PPS numbers against abuse; if she will consider new legislation to increase the...
- Water Charges Administration (21 speeches)
98. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of jobseeker's allowance or jobseeker's benefit who will not receive either a Christmas bonus or a water support payment...
- Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Housing Assistance Payments Administration (12 speeches)
99. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the work of her Department to date in transferring its function in regard to the administration of the rent supplement scheme to local authorities...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (8 speeches)
100. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans for a review of the current system of rent supplement in view of rising rental prices; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Water Charges Administration (31 speeches)
102. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will report on the implementation of the €100 allowance for Irish Water bills through the household benefits package. [41680/14]
- Messages from Select Committees (6 speeches)
The Select sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport has concluded its consideration of the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Bill 2013 and has made amendments thereto.
- 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 Peter Mathews - the need...
- Leaders' Questions (114 speeches)
Last Saturday, more than 150,000 people marched in opposition to the Taoiseach’s Irish Water project. It is clear they are angry at his arrogance, at the detached nature of the Government...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
- Official Engagements (12 speeches)
1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the Lebanese Prime Minister and other local officials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26762/14]
- Constitutional Convention Recommendations (39 speeches)
5. To ask the Taoiseach the referenda scheduled for the period ahead. [35179/14]
- Resignation of Member (5 speeches)
I wish to make an announcement for the information of the House. I have received a communication from former Deputy Phil Hogan in regard to his appointment as a member of the Commission of the...
- Order of Business (116 speeches)
It is proposed to take No. 15, motion re referral to select committee of the proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Doha amendment to the Kyoto Protocol, to be found on a...
- Housing (Homeless Prevention) Bill 2014: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Housing Act 1988 to update the definition of "homelessness", to include prevention of homelessness within its remit,...
- An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 3) 2014 - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 3) Bill 2014 (5 speeches)
Tairgim:Go gceadófar go dtabharfar isteach Bille dá ngairtear Acht chun an Bunreacht a leasú.I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the...
- Terms of the Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
I move:That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approve the terms of the Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol, done at Doha on 8 December 2012, a copy of which was laid before Dáil...
- Estimates for Public Services 2014: Leave to Introduce (1 speech)
I move:That leave be given by the Dáil to introduce the following Supplementary Estimate for the service of the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2014:Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage and the...
- Estimates for Public Services 2014: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
I move:That, subject to leave being given to introduce the following Supplementary Estimate for the service of the year ending on 31 December 2014, the Supplementary Estimate be referred to the...
- Irish Collective Asset-management Vehicles Bill 2014: Financial Resolution (1 speech)
I move:THAT provision be made in the Act giving effect to this Resolution for the amendment of section 739B of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (No. 39 of 1997), in the manner and to the extent...
- Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Provision (4 speeches)
Ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil leis an Cheann Comhairle as ucht an deis seo a thabhairt dom an cheist seo a ardú. I know this matter was selected before the recess but I...
- Home Care Packages (6 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this matter. To revert briefly to the previous issue, I salute the Minister of State and her predecessors for what has been done in terms of...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (39 speeches)
The next issue will be raised by Deputies Mattie McGrath, John O'Mahony and Denis Naughten.
- Road Projects (4 speeches)
I welcome the opportunity to raise this issue which is important in my locality. The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Paschal Donohoe, recognises it is not only a constituency...
- Finance Bill 2014: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
Bill entitled an Act to provide for the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration and regulation of taxation, of stamp duties and of duties relating to excise and otherwise to make further...
- Finance Bill 2014: Second Stage (2 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The economy is growing at the fastest rate in the European Union; the public finances are under control and our debt is on a downward...
- Mortgage Arrears: Motion [Private Members] (28 speeches)
I move:"That Dáil Éireann: notes the continuing difficulties faced by tens of thousands of homeowners in mortgage arrears due to loss of employment and income as a result of the deep...
- Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Order for Report Stage (1 speech)
I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."
- Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (8 speeches)
Amendments Nos. 1 to 3, inclusive, are out of order.
- Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Fifth Stage (1 speech)
Question proposed: "That the Bill do now pass."
