Dáil debates

Wednesday, 22 April 2015

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9.30 a.m.
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • EU Court Rulings (7 speeches)
    1. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills with regard to the ruling by the European Court of Human Rights in the case of a person (details supplied), if she will commit to making...
  • Student Universal Support Ireland Administration (7 speeches)
    2. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the report from the Comptroller and Auditor General on the issue of the operation of Student Universal Support Ireland; and her plans...
  • Schools Building Projects Status (8 speeches)
    3. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the location, patronage, timeline and proposed opening date of the recently announced primary school in...
  • Educational Disadvantage (6 speeches)
    4. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will commit to removing the cap on the expansion of the Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Programme; if she will put in place...
  • Educational Disadvantage (7 speeches)
    5. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the Economic and Social Reseach Institute's report, Learning from the Evaluation of Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • School Transport Eligibility (12 speeches)
    6. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will put in place an appeal mechanism to facilitate, review and change outcomes generated by the nearest school rule under the school...
  • School Enrolments (18 speeches)
    7. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to totally remove the ability of schools to reserve places for children of past pupils; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Special Educational Needs Service Provision (7 speeches)
    8. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that adequate resource support hours are provided for children with Down's syndrome; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • School Meals Programme (7 speeches)
    9. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role her Department plays in the provision of free school meals to students at primary level; her views on whether her Department should assume...
  • School Enrolments (16 speeches)
    10. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for changes to the school admissions policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15514/15]
  • State Examinations (10 speeches)
    11. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondary school teachers who have participated in the new round of training for junior certificate reforms; her plans for...
• Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (42 speeches)
  Debate resumed on amendment No. 30a:In page 19, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following:"(10) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Authority shall not distinguish between...
• 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 Brendan Griffin - the...
• Leaders' Questions (95 speeches)
  Yesterday I raised with the Taoiseach concerns over the sale of Siteserv by IBRC to Millington following very serious revelations in Department of Finance memos released under freedom of...
• Order of Business (100 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 36, Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2015 - Second Stage (resumed); and No. 35, Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011 - Report and Final Stages (resumed). It...
• 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 Brendan Griffin - the...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Job Losses (18 speeches)
    I thank the Acting Chairman for the opportunity to speak to this urgent and important debate on the need for a more proactive interagency support in respect of the Cadbury chocolate factory in...
  • Mental Health Services Provision (35 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for this opportunity to raise this important matter. I welcome the positive news that this issue, as it applies to the Galway acute psychiatric unit, is to...
• Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2015: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
  I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Sub-Committee on Health pursuant to Standing Orders 82A(3)(a) and (6)(a) and 126(1).
• Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (72 speeches)
  Debate resumed on amendment No. 49a:In page 35, to delete lines 25 and 26 and substitute the following:"35.(1) Subject to subsection (2)a legal practitioner shall be entitled to hold client...
• Self-Employed and the SME Sector: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (30 speeches)
  The following motion was moved by Deputy Dara Calleary on Tuesday, 21 April 2015:That Dáil Éireann: notes: — the importance of the self-employed and micro, small and medium...