Dáil debates

Tuesday, 20 January 2015

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Child Care Services Provision (14 speeches)
    106. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide the details of his proposed child care plan; the way it will make child care more affordable; and if he will make a...
  • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (7 speeches)
    107. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide details of all homes and institutions that were excluded from the proposed inquiry into mother and baby homes, including...
  • Child Poverty (7 speeches)
    108. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to deal with child poverty in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2324/15]
  • Child Care Services Regulation (7 speeches)
    109. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to address the concerns regarding the conditions of those who work in the childcare sector in view of those who are concerned...
  • Children in Care (7 speeches)
    110. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide details of the revelations that a care home run by Tusla for teenagers was found to contain drug paraphernalia; his...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (12 speeches)
    111. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of all homes and institutions that were excluded from the proposed inquiry into mother and baby homes, including the Magdalene...
  • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (7 speeches)
    112. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the terms of reference for the commission of investigation into mothers and baby homes and certain related matters do not cover...
  • Child and Family Agency Staff (12 speeches)
    113. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action he will take to deal with the shortage of social workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2204/15]
  • Child Care Services Provision (3 speeches)
    114. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans for addressing the current shortage of social workers for children in care. [2125/15]
• 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 Joan Collins - the need...
• Leaders' Questions (69 speeches)
  I am seeking some clarity and transparency regarding the future of publicly-run nursing homes. There was a very strong article in last Sunday's Sunday Business Poston what is an impending crisis...
• Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
  • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (32 speeches)
    1. To ask the Taoiseach if he has met church leaders recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37620/14]
  • Appointments to State Boards (23 speeches)
    6. To ask the Taoiseach if there is an agreed process in his Department for statutory board appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37625/14]
• Order of Business (99 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 46, statements on Northern Ireland and the Stormont House Agreement. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that: the Dáil shall sit later...
• Northern Ireland and the Stormont House Agreement: Statements (36 speeches)
  I welcome the opportunity to open this debate on Northern Ireland and the outcome of the political talks in Belfast, which concluded on 23 December last with the Stormont House Agreement. ...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Homeless Persons Supports (4 speeches)
    This Topical Issue debate was supposed to take place last Thursday. In the past month, I have been continually in touch with the homeless services checking whether the night café proposed...
  • Airport Landing Slots (11 speeches)
    The next item, on the need to retain the Aer Lingus Heathrow slots to ensure balanced development, has been raised by Deputies McNamara, Dooley, Carey and O'Donnell, who have two minutes each.
  • Sport and Recreational Development (4 speeches)
    Ar an gcéad dul síos, ba mhaith liom mo bhuíochas a ghabháil as an deis a labhairt ar an ábhar seo sa Teach anocht. I thank the Minister coming in to take the matter. It...
  • One-Parent Family Payments (6 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for allowing me to raise what I regard as a grave injustice being perpetrated against the most vulnerable group in society, namely, lone parents. We live in...
• Junior Cycle Reform: Motion [Private Members] (34 speeches)
  I move:That Dáil Éireann: — notes that the previous Government examined axing the junior certificate examination structures as a cost-saving initiative and that such axing of...