Dáil debates

Wednesday, 15 April 2015

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2.30 p.m.
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Child Protection Services (8 speeches)
    1. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to address continuing child protection and welfare concerns in respect of children at risk who are waiting to be allocated a social...
  • Child Protection Services (8 speeches)
    2. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the actions taken to urgently address the substandard and inadequate provision of care to minors, in view of the recent report by the Health...
  • Preschool Services (9 speeches)
    4. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on concerns that the inspection system for preschools is not robust enough to identify centres that pose risks to the health and...
• Visit of New Zealand Delegation (1 speech)
  Before I move to the next question, on my own behalf and that of the Members of Dáil Éireann, I offer a céad míle fáilte, a most sincere welcome, to the Right Honorable...
• Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions (Resumed) (1 speech)
  We will go back to Question No. 3 because Deputy Seamus Healy has arrived.
  • Child Care Services Provision (6 speeches)
    3. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if, in view of the fact that, effective from 2 July 2015, single parents of children over seven years of age will be required to participate...
  • Early Child Care Education (9 speeches)
    5. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will increase the capitation fee payable under the early childhood care and education scheme to the level required to provide the...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (7 speeches)
    6. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the role of the mother and baby homes commission of investigation in relation to its powers to order exhumations and excavations of graves....
  • Child Protection (9 speeches)
    7. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the recent report by the Health Information and Quality Authority into services provided by Tusla - Child and Family Agency - in...
  • Child Protection Services (7 speeches)
    8. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children deemed at risk who have not been allocated a social worker, particularly in view of the recent Health Information and...
  • Child and Family Agency Services (5 speeches)
    9. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children's services committees; the local authority areas which have such a committee; if it is envisaged that all counties...
  • Foster Care (7 speeches)
    10. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the provision this Government made for survivors of child abuse, who lived under State-paid foster care during the period 1953 to 1967,...
• 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 John Deasy - the...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Wild Atlantic Way Project (5 speeches)
    This is an issue that has been discussed actively within Fáilte Ireland and the Department for some time. Over the last nine months we have discussed the facilitation of a presentation to...
  • School Completion Programme (8 speeches)
    In the last few budgets there were cuts to the LINK school completion programme. The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs will be aware that the service provided under the programme is for...
  • Small and Medium Enterprises Debt (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle and his office for allowing me to raise this issue. The Minister will not be surprised that I am raising it again. Small to medium-sized enterprise, SME, debt,...
  • Employment Rights (6 speeches)
    I welcome the opportunity to raise this issue of paramount importance to the 80 permanent staff at the Bord na Móna briquette plant at Littleton and the bog production area at Templetuohy....
• Leaders' Questions (52 speeches)
  I am sure the Taoiseach will agree that for many families the most significant financial outlay is their monthly mortgage payment. It has a huge impact and can create enormous pressure in their...
• Order of Business (64 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 7, Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2015 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that Private...
• Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2015: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
  Bill entitled an Act to amend the Health Act 1970 to provide for the making available without charge of a general practitioner medical and surgical service to persons who are ordinarily resident...
• Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2015: Second Stage (9 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." It is my pleasure to introduce Second Stage of the Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2015 to the Dáil. The Bill will provide...
• Fair Pay, Secure Jobs and Trade Union Recognition: Motion [Private Members] (57 speeches)
  I move:That Dáil Éireann: acknowledges the establishment of the Low Pay Commission and the Government’s decision to fund research by the University of Limerick into the...