Dáil debates

Tuesday, 24 March 2015

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Cyber Security Policy (7 speeches)
    119. To ask the Minister for Defence the role he envisages for the Defence Forces in addressing cyber-security issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11697/15]
  • European Council Meetings (7 speeches)
    120. To ask the Minister for Defence the discussions that took place at the informal meeting of EU Defence Ministers in Riga on 18 February 2015; the position he took on the review of the...
  • Defence Forces Personnel (9 speeches)
    121. To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied with the manner in which Defence Forces personnel are being deployed for ATCP duties at Shannon, with particular reference to the two...
  • Air Corps Equipment (7 speeches)
    122. To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that the Air Corps is capable of dealing with unauthorised incursions into Irish airspace by military aircraft from other countries; the...
  • Overseas Missions (7 speeches)
    123. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update of the work of Irish troops who are deployed with a task force to help in the fight against Ebola in Sierra Leone, the work they...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • White Paper on Defence (9 speeches)
    124. To ask the Minister for Defence when the White Paper on Defence will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11641/15]
  • Defence Forces Recruitment (7 speeches)
    125. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to address the staffing deficit within the Army bomb disposal units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11622/15]
  • Air Corps (9 speeches)
    126. To ask the Minister for Defence if he remains satisfied that the Defence Forces are adequately equipped to detect incursions into Irish air space by potentially hostile intruders, manned or...
  • Defence Forces Operations (15 speeches)
    127. To ask the Minister for Defence the protocol that exists when the Defence Forces are called upon to carry out aid-to-civil power duties, in terms of chain of command, with particular...
  • Defence Forces Deployment (8 speeches)
    128. To ask the Minister for Defence if Ireland has received, or expects to receive, any request for the Defence Forces to participate in any mission to Libya; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Proposed Legislation (6 speeches)
    129. To ask the Minister for Defence when he will publish the Red Cross (amendment) Bill; his views regarding recent events at the Irish Red Cross; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
• 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 or Members in each case: (1) Deputies Clare Daly...
• Leaders' Questions (96 speeches)
  I wish to raise the issue of the unedifying spectacle of the HSE threatening legal injunctions against the Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, in the context of an investigation into...
• Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
  • Cabinet Committee Meetings (63 speeches)
    1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social policy last met. [44835/14]
  • International Summits (15 speeches)
    5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the Asia-Europe meeting, in Milan, Italy, in October 2014. [44903/14]
• Order of Business (66 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 11, motion re Referral to Joint Committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council repealing...
• EU Regulation on Police and Judicial Co-operation in Criminal Matters: Referral to Joint Committee (1 speech)
  I move:That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in...
• Freedom of Information Act 2014 Orders: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
  I move:That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the following Orders in draft:(i) Freedom of Information Act 2014 (Effective Date for Certain Bodies) Order 2015, and (ii) Freedom...
• European Council: Statements (43 speeches)
  I regret the loss of a German-registered aircraft today in the French Alps, with a total loss of life of approximately 148 or 150 people. On behalf of the country, I have sent a message to...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Foreign Conflicts (6 speeches)
    The Minister of State and I will both agree that Syria is in a terrible situation with 3.3 million refugees, 5.5 million displaced within the country and another 3 million who have left the...
  • Garda Stations (5 speeches)
    I ask the Minister of State, Deputy Dara Murphy, to confirm the opening hours status of Boyle Garda station and to provide an update on the matter. There has been local speculation about changes...
  • Industrial Disputes (4 speeches)
    I compliment the Minister of State, Deputy Nash, on the good work he has been doing in this general area over a period of time. The particular issue I am addressing is a serious one. A date for...
  • Road Safety Data (6 speeches)
    The Minister will be familiar with the survey released today that demonstrates road users are more likely to lose their lives in counties where the fewest penalty points are issued. County...
• Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (52 speeches)
  I move:“That Dáil Éireann:notes:— that from 1 April, one week from now, the first bills for water charges will start to be sent out to householders around the country;...