Dáil debates

Wednesday, 3 December 2014

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9.30 a.m.
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Banking Sector (7 speeches)
    1. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for the future of the State's ownership of AIB; the reason for his recent comments in relation to the price of AIB shares; his plans to dispose of a...
  • IBRC Liquidation (9 speeches)
    2. To ask the Minister for Finance if junior bondholders who refused to share in Anglo Irish Bank's losses are likely to receive payments as a result of the liquidation process at Irish Bank...
  • Wealth Audit (11 speeches)
    3. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has read the Credit Suisse global wealth report 2014; if so, his views on the staggering inequalities in the distribution and concentration of wealth here...
  • Tax Code (6 speeches)
    4. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce changes to the pay and file arrangements for 2015, particularly in respect of filing dates; his views on the need to give certainty as...
  • Housing Data (9 speeches)
    5. To ask the Minister for Finance his views regarding the continued upward spiral in house prices and rent, the increasing concentration of property ownership in the hands of a small number of...
• Other Questions (1 speech)
  Deputy Alan Farrell has the next question, but he is not present.
  • Personal Insolvency Act (7 speeches)
    7. To ask the Minister for Finance the numbers of times State-backed banks have vetoed proposals in the personal insolvency process in cases in which they were the majority creditor. [45944/14]
  • Budget 2015 (13 speeches)
    8. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason his proposed income tax and universal social charge budget measures disproportionately favour those on higher incomes; and if he will make a...
  • EU-IMF Programme of Support (7 speeches)
    9. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the main points of discussion he or his officials had with the troika on its most recent visit. [45945/14]
  • Mortgage Interest Rates (7 speeches)
    10. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether mortgage holders in this State are paying a fair price for their mortgages in view of the record low levels of ECB interest rates. [45946/14]
• Social Welfare Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (26 speeches)
  I move:That, pursuant to Standing Order 177, Standing Order 131 is modified to permit an instruction to the Committee to which the Social Welfare Bill 2014 may be recommitted in respect of an...
• Social Welfare Bill 2014: Order for Report Stage (1 speech)
  I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."
• Social Welfare Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (18 speeches)
  Bill recommitted in respect of amendment No. 1.
• 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 Paul J. Connaughton -...
• Leaders' Questions (45 speeches, 2 comments)
  If the tragic death of Mr. Jonathan Corrie is to mean anything, it has to be a catalyst for change. Anyone who saw the place where he had tragically passed away could not have been untouched....
• Order of Business (94 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 20a, motion re Leave to Introduce Supplementary Estimates [Votes 12, 17, 25, 26, 30, 31, 32, 35, 36 and 40]; No. 20b, motion re Referral of Supplementary Estimates...
• Supplementary Estimates for Public Services: Leave to Introduce (1 speech)
  I move:That leave be given by the Dáil to introduce the following Supplementary Estimates for the service of the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2014:Vote 12 — Superannuation...
• Supplementary Estimates for Public Services: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
  I move:That, subject to leave being given to introduce the following Supplementary Estimates for the service of the year ending on 31st December 2014, the Supplementary Estimates be referred to...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Flood Relief Schemes Status (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this important matter for debate. Major floods have taken place in Ennis through the years. Townspeople will recall serious floods in 1989, 1994, 1995,...
  • Ambulance Service Provision (4 speeches)
    I thank the office of the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this most important topical issue. Yesterday, the Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, review of pre-hospital care emergency...
  • Graffiti Issues (4 speeches)
    This issue is by no means the most important before us, but it is a regular niggle. I have been approached by one of the many groups in my constituency involved in the Tidy Towns competition....
  • Job Losses (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for affording me the opportunity to raise an issue of paramount concern to the 360 employees of Lisheen Mine, County Tipperary, the entire community of Moyne and the...
• Social Welfare Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (142 speeches)
  Bill recommitted in respect of amendment No. 1. Debate resumed on amendment No. 1:In page 3, line 5, after "Acts;" to insert "to amend the Pensions Act 1990;".-( Minister for Social Protection)
• Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
  The Select Sub-Committee on Health has completed its consideration of the Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2014 without amendment.
• Estimates for Public Services 2014: Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
  The Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality has completed its consideration of the following Supplementary Estimates for public services for the year ending 31 December 2014: Vote 35 -...
• Health Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 speeches)
  The following motion was moved by Deputy Deputy Billy Kelleher on Tuesday, 2 December 2014: That Dáil Éireann:agrees that:— the health services are underfunded; — the...