Dáil debates
Wednesday, 1 April 2015
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9.30 a.m.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Mortgage Interest Rates (7 speeches)
1. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the standard variable mortgage interest rates banks are charging customers; the difference between rates charged to new and existing customers; the...
- Mortgage Debt (8 speeches)
2. To ask the Minister for Finance the legislative steps he will take to tackle the ongoing mortgage crisis and the mounting number of repossessions; and his views on the establishment of a body,...
- Personal Debt (8 speeches)
4. To ask the Minister for Finance his views and those of his Department on the proposed reduction in the discharge period from bankruptcy; if his Department is planning to introduce new measures...
- Mortgage Data (9 speeches)
3. To ask the Minister for Finance his views that bank profit on individual restructured mortgages, including those where banks are seeking possession, should be capped at the expected level...
- EU Budget Issues (7 speeches)
5. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on negotiations regarding the expenditure benchmark and the application of European Union budgetary rules with his European Union...
- Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Petrol Stretching (15 speeches)
6. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the meeting between Teachtaí Dála, the Minister of State and senior officials, the progress, to date, on investigations into petrol...
- Banking Sector Regulation (9 speeches)
7. To ask the Minister for Finance when he, in his capacity as Minister for Finance or as a member of the Economic Management Council, last met the State supported banks for an exchange of views...
- Tax Code (8 speeches)
8. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on his recent visit to the United States of America; if he will provide details of the companies he met with and an update in relation to any...
- Mortgage Arrears Proposals (7 speeches)
10. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are limits to the powers of local branches of banks in negotiating and seeking a resolution for borrowers who are in mortgage arrears; and if he will...
- Protected Disclosures in the Public Interest (6 speeches)
11. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware that many of the whistleblowers at Provident Personal Credit Limited have had their contacts terminated; and if he will raise the issue with the...
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Order for Report Stage (1 speech)
I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (31 speeches)
Amendments Nos. 1 to 5, inclusive, are related and may be taken together.
- Leaders' Questions (61 speeches)
Tomorrow morning thousands of workers from Dunnes Stores will go on strike across the country. They do not want to do this but they are being forced. This reflects a broader casualisation of...
- Order of Business (77 speeches)
It is proposed to take No. 1, motion re proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council repealing certain acts in the field of police co-operation and judicial...
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2015: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Water Services Act 2013 to make provision for requiring individual consent to all information provided to the...
- EU Police and Judicial Co-operation in Criminal Matters: Motion (1 speech)
I move: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 respect of the area of...
- 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 Michael McCarthy -...
- Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Community Development Projects (16 speeches)
I am grateful to the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to raise this issue and I thank the Minister of State for being present. The VEC halls on Clogher Road in Crumlin and in Inchicore are...
- Post Office Network (21 speeches)
I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House. I am very concerned. I hope he will be like the previous Minister of State, who got rid of the script and spoke honestly. He knows, given...
- Disability Legislation Terminology (4 speeches)
I have chosen to raise this issue with the Minister of State as it is very emotive and poignant for many people throughout the State. The Health Act 1970 acknowledges the moral imperative of the...
- Domestic Violence (4 speeches)
The situation in respect of civil legal aid has now reached an absolute crisis point. People deemed eligible for civil legal aid have a waiting time for a full appointment with a solicitor of...
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 speeches)
Amendments Nos. 8 to 17, inclusive, not moved.
- Sport Ireland Bill 2014: Order for Report Stage (1 speech)
I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."
- Sport Ireland Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (16 speeches)
Amendments Nos. 1 to 4, inclusive, and amendments Nos. 10, 12 and 13 are related and will be discussed together.
- Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (45 speeches)
I move amendment No. 1:In page 5, to delete line 19 and substitute the following:“(3) The Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2014 and Part 5 may be cited together as the Road Traffic Acts 1961 to...
- Message from Seanad (1 speech)
Seanad Éireann has passed the Thirty-fifth Amendment to the Constitution (Age of Eligibility for Election to the Office of President) Bill 2015, without amendment.
- Residential Mortgage Interest Rates: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (44 speeches)
The following motion was moved by Deputy Michael McGrath on Tuesday, 31 March 2015:"That Dáil Éireann:notes that: — the standard variable rate for residential mortgages charged...
