Dáil debates

Wednesday, 4 March 2015

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9.30 a.m.
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Social and Affordable Housing Provision (9 speeches)
    1. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made in the delivery of social housing units under the social housing strategy 2020; if he expects the targets...
  • Property Tax (23 speeches)
    2. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount collected through local property tax in 2014; the amount that was placed in the local government fund under his...
  • Water Charges Administration (16 speeches)
    3. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the contingencies his Department is taking for mass non-payment of water charges; the plans in place to increase funding...
  • Irish Water Remit (15 speeches)
    4. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if all outstanding assets and liabilities relating to water infrastructure have been transferred from the local authority...
  • Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls (7 speeches)
    5. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on his meeting with the Irish Property Owners Association; in view of rising rents and the homelessness...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Rural Development Plan (11 speeches)
    6. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the implementation process for the report of the Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas, and the specific...
  • Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (7 speeches)
    7. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent of engagement he has had with community workers in Dublin Central, in relation to the Social Inclusion Community...
  • Water Charges Administration (25 speeches)
    8. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will reassure tenants that their landlords, including local authorities, are not going to become debt collectors for...
  • Water Charges Administration (23 speeches)
    9. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on meetings or contacts he or his Department has had with private landlord representative bodies and local...
• Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2014: From the Seanad (5 speeches)
  The Dáil went into Committee to consider amendments from the Seanad.
• Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That 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 Anthony Lawlor - the...
• Leaders' Questions (105 speeches)
  I raise the question of how we are treating elderly people in our hospital system and the complete absence of dignity in such treatment. We were all appalled last week when we heard the story of...
• Order of Business (102 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 17, motion re membership of committee; No. 9, Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 - Second Stage (resumed); and No. 42, statements on the dairy sector,...
• Membership of Committee: Motion (1 speech)
  I move:That Deputy Dinny McGinley be appointed to the Committee on Procedure and Privileges.
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Seniors Alert Scheme (9 speeches)
    Some times when a Topical Issue matter is put down, it may not be clear what is being requested. In this instance we are looking for further and urgent consultation between the Department of the...
  • Assassination of Boris Nemtsov (4 speeches)
    I am very glad the Minister of State, Deputy Deenihan, is here to take this issue. I was appalled to learn of the brutal murder of Boris Nemtsov last weekend, as were the overwhelming majority...
  • Social Welfare Offices (4 speeches)
    I raise this important issue about the retention of Department of Social Protection jobs in Ballybay, County Monaghan. Ballybay is a small town, with a population of 1,500 people, and the loss...
• Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (54 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
  I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection pursuant to Standing Orders 82A(3)(a) and (6)(a) and 126(1) of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business.
• Dairy Sector: Statements (64 speeches)
  This is a timely debate. In the coming weeks we will be abolishing the dairy quota regime across the European Union in what is probably the most significant policy change in agriculture for the...
• Estimates for Public Services 2015: Messages from Select Sub-Committee (1 speech)
  The Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimate for public services for the year ending 31 December...
• Family Home Mortgage Settlement Arrangement Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (42 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."