Dáil debates

Thursday, 13 November 2014

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9.30 a.m.
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Defence Forces Contracts (8 speeches)
    1. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will revise the 21 year rule to enable members of the Defence Forces who are willing and able to continue in service to do so; and if he will make a...
  • Defence Forces Fatalities (5 speeches)
    2. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will meet with family members of a person (details supplied) who was killed in a training accident on 12 October 2009 to listen to their concerns; and if...
  • Overseas Missions (7 speeches)
    3. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will re-examine the effectiveness of the Irish Defence Forces in overseas missions and, to that end, limit involvement to fully-fledged UN missions,...
  • Defence Forces Remuneration (7 speeches)
    4. To ask the Minister for Defence his views on recent claims about the standard of living of members of the Defence Forces that were made at this year's PDFORRA conference; and if he will make a...
  • Defence Forces Remuneration (7 speeches)
    5. To ask the Minister for Defence his views regarding reports of over 20% of enlisted personnel experiencing poverty; if he will take urgent action to address this problem; and if he will make a...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Air Ambulance Service Provision (7 speeches)
    6. To ask the Minister for Defence the discussions his Department has had with the Department of Health to make the emergency aeromedical service in Athlone, County Westmeath permanent; and if he...
  • Defence Forces Recruitment (7 speeches)
    7. To ask the Minister for Defence the plans for new recruitment for the Defence Forces for the coming years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43238/14]
  • Defence Forces Medicinal Products (7 speeches)
    8. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to continue the use of lariam as the anti-malarial drug of choice for future deployments in the affected region. [43269/14]
  • Defence Forces Contracts (14 speeches)
    9. To ask the Minister for Defence the assurances he will provide that the Defence Forces public procurement policy excludes companies which have been linked to violations of international law,...
  • Defence Forces Deployment (15 speeches)
    10. To ask the Minister for Defence when Irish Defence Forces personnel currently participating in ISAF will be withdrawn from Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43271/14]
• Social Welfare Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (52 speeches, 1 comment)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• 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 (97 speeches)
  I wish to raise a bread and butter issue with the Tánaiste which has a real impact on the level of disposable income of many people, the 300,000 or so, mortgage-holders who are paying a...
• Suspension of Member (9 speeches)
  I move: "That Deputy Mary Lou McDonald be suspended from the service of the Dáil."