Dáil debates

Tuesday, 28 April 2015

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 1.30 p.m.
• Leaders' Questions (111 speeches)
  I must move onto the Spring Economic Statement at 2 p.m. so I ask the Leaders to be conscious of those coming behind them. We need to divide our time properly.
• Spring Economic Statement (131 speeches)
  Here comes the election manifesto.
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Electricity Transmission Network (7 speeches)
    1. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the latest EirGrid proposals on the North-South interconnector, Grid West and Grid South; if he supports...
  • Gas Exploration Licences (6 speeches)
    2. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied with the Environmental Protection Agency progress report on Unconventional Gas Exploration and...
  • Energy Production (7 speeches)
    3. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will publish the cost-benefit analysis report of wind energy and its potential effects on consumers' energy bills;...
  • National Broadband Plan Implementation (7 speeches)
    4. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide the latest update on the Government’s application to the Commission for state aid approval of the...
  • Energy Efficiency (8 speeches)
    5. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the efforts that have been made at European level to ring-fence funding for energy efficiency measures; and the position...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Renewable Energy Generation Targets (7 speeches)
    6. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount Ireland will have to pay in annual fines if it does not meet the European Union Directive target of 12% of...
  • Post Office Network (16 speeches)
    7. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the Irish Postmasters' Union's Six Point Plan to sustain the post office network and support local...
  • Electricity Grid Connection Fees (5 speeches)
    8. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to establish a scheme to allow micro generation units to provide electricity to the national grid, and to...
  • Mobile Telephony (10 speeches)
    9. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 446 of 15 July 2014 and 579 of 7 October 2014, if he is aware that there has been...
  • Broadband Service Provision (7 speeches)
    12. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the order by which locations will be selected for works, as part of the national broadband plan, in view of areas such as...
  • Renewable Energy Projects (8 speeches)
    13. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the value for money of subsidies for wind energy on consumer energy bills; if these subsides will be continued, post 2017;...
• Mortgage Arrears and Repossessions: Motion [Private Members] (36 speeches)
  I move:That Dáil Éireann: recognises: — that mortgage arrears in Ireland, at 156,352 mortgages as of December 2014, are significantly higher than in comparable countries;...