Dáil debates
Thursday, 12 March 2015
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9.30 a.m.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Broadband Service Provision (9 speeches)
1. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made by his Department in implementing the national digital strategy; if he is satisfied with the progress...
- Trade Agreements (6 speeches)
2. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Ireland is at risk of hydraulic fracturing being introduced if the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, TTIP,...
- Renewable Energy Projects (7 speeches)
3. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on placing a moratorium on the construction of onshore wind farms until all other possible renewable energy...
- Energy Policy (7 speeches)
4. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources following the publication of a new European Union energy package in which Ireland is singled out as one of the member...
- Broadband Service Provision (7 speeches)
5. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of the roll-out of high speed broadband in rural areas that will be delivered by fibre wrapped cable on the...
- Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Apprenticeship Programmes (7 speeches)
6. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if an apprenticeship initiative will be rolled out across other semi-State companies and State bodies similar to the one...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation (9 speeches)
7. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the criteria he will prioritise in seeking tenders to implement the national broadband plan in respect of those areas which...
- Postal Services (8 speeches)
11. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the discussions he has had with An Post regarding delivering its services to all communities; the type of business model...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation (11 speeches)
12. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which he expects targets in respect of high-speed broadband to be achieved in all areas throughout the...
- Television Licence Fee Payments (7 speeches)
13. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that moneys collected via the RTE licence fee are being spent in the most efficient way; if a value for...
- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Order for Report Stage (1 speech)
I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."
- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (83 speeches)
I move amendment No. 1:In page 9, to delete lines 23 to 30, and in page 10, to delete lines 1 to 12 and substitute the following: "Short title, collective citations and commencement 1. (1) This...
- Leaders' Questions (93 speeches)
I am sure the Minister will accept that since the 1990s this House has debated many scandals, allegations and issues surrounding sexual abuse, particularly of children and young people, and the...
- Order of Business (76 speeches)
It is proposed to take No. b11 motion re membership of committees; No. c11, motion re ministerial rota for parliamentary questions; No. 33, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann...
- Multi-Unit Developments (Amendment) Bill 2015: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move:That leave be granted to introduced a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 in order to better provide for the clear definition of multi-unit development...
- Road Traffic (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Road Traffic Act 1961 to provide for dual language road signs and related matters.Tá práinn uafásach...
- Protection of the Environment (Criminal Activity) (Amendment) Bill 2015: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the amendment of the Protection of the Environment Act 2003 in order to establish a cross-Border statutory agency...
- Membership of Committees: Motion (1 speech)
I move:That Deputy Derek Keating be discharged from the Select Committee on Education and Social Protection and that Deputy Noel Harrington be appointed in substitution for him. That Deputy Noel...
- Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (1 speech)
I move:That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 25th September, 2014, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, Questions for...
- Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund): Motion (1 speech)
I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft:Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2015,copies of which have been laid in draft...
- Topical Issues 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...
- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (148 speeches)
Debate resumed on amendment No. 46:In page 37, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following:“(b) in subsection (4)—(i) in paragraph (c), by the deletion of “child,”...
- Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Health Services Staff (7 speeches)
As a member of the Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children, I endeavour to take an extra interest in such issues. I refer specifically to the research published today in the online journal,...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision (4 speeches)
I welcome the opportunity to speak. I have submitted this matter several times over about five weeks, but it seems that when the House is due to close down for a week one has a better chance of...
- Mobile Telephony (7 speeches)
I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for the decision to allow me to raise this issue. I am glad the Minister of State, Deputy Joe McHugh, is here as he should have great empathy for consumers in...
- Message from Seanad (1 speech)
Seanad Éireann has passed the Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014 without amendment.
