Dáil debates

Thursday, 14 May 2015

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9.30 a.m.
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • GLAS Data (19 speeches)
    1. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made in the roll-out of the green low carbon agri-environment scheme; the number of completed applications likely to be...
  • GLAS Applications (9 speeches)
    2. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that over 2,000 letters were sent to farmers by Teagasc this week, informing them that their applications under the...
  • Fishing Industry (7 speeches)
    3. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider the abolition of the sub-segmentation of tonnage and kilowatts to allow for improvements in safety at sea and...
  • Land Parcel Identification System (14 speeches)
    4. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made in discussions with the European Union on achieving a reduction in the fine imposed on Ireland over claims on the...
  • Poultry Industry (7 speeches)
    5. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider the allocation of €25 million over five years, under the rural development programme targeted agricultural...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Food Harvest 2020 Strategy (8 speeches)
    6. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains satisfied that sufficient room for manoeuvre exists to ensure that the agri-food sector will not be...
  • Beef Industry (7 speeches)
    8. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine based on 2015 birth rates on dairy and suckler farms, the outlook for the beef market in the next two years; if a veal market needs to...
  • Dairy Sector (8 speeches)
    9. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the milk superlevy bill imposed on Ireland; the arrangements made for paying this superlevy on a phased basis; and if he will make a...
  • Agriculture Schemes Payments (9 speeches)
    11. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of rural environment protection scheme and agri-environment options scheme payments made this year or held up owing to...
  • Bovine Disease Controls (10 speeches)
    12. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of a report (details supplied) and the findings of the study that badgers avoid fields of cattle and farm buildings containing...
• Statute Law Revision Bill 2015: Order for Report Stage (4 speeches)
  I move: "That Report Stage be taken now".
• Statute Law Revision Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (3 speeches)
  No amendments have been tabled on Report Stage.
• National Dementia Strategy Implementation: Statements (10 speeches)
  At the outset, I would like to thank the Ceann Comhairle and his office for giving me the opportunity to address the House on the Irish national dementia strategy and its implementation. ...
• Topical Issue Matters (1 speech)
  Acting Chairman (Deputy Bernard Durkan): 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...
• Leaders' Questions (126 speeches)
  Reports this morning that the banks will not reduce the variable interest rate on mortgages make for disturbing reading. As the Tánaiste is well aware, there are over 300,000 variable rate...
• Order of Business (145 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No.a10, motion re referral to joint committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Companies Act 2014 (Section 1313) Regulations 2015; No. b10, motion re...
• Companies Act 2014 (Section 1313): Referral to Joint Committee (1 speech)
  I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Companies Act 2014 (Section 1313) Regulations 2015, copies of which have been laid in draft form before Dáil...
• Statute of the International Renewable Energy Agency: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
  I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the terms of the Statute of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), done at Bonn, Germany on 26 January, 2009, a copy of which was laid...
• Implementation of National Dementia Strategy: Statements (Resumed) (11 speeches)
  I welcome the opportunity to speak about the implementation of the national dementia strategy which was launched in December of last year and is delivering on a commitment in the programme for...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls (3 speeches)
    As the Minister is detained, does Deputy Eamonn Maloney wish to defer his matter?
  • Funding for ACCORD (70 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Paudie Coffey, for attending to take this matter. While he is a colleague from a...
  • Child Care Costs (4 speeches)
    I thank the Minister for attending to take this Topical Issue debate and the Ceann Comhairle's office for giving me the opportunity to raise what is an important matter that has been debated for...
  • Refugee Numbers (6 speeches)
    Hundreds of thousands are trying to get across the Mediterranean, not because they are chasing wonderful welfare benefits in Europe, but because their lives have been destroyed in the countries...