Dáil debates

Wednesday, 27 May 2015

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9.30 a.m.
• Business of Dáil: Motion (246 speeches)
  Before proceeding to Question Time, I call the Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach, Deputy Paul Kehoe, who has a proposal to put to Members regarding the business of the Dáil.
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Child Protection Services (31 speeches)
    1. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the number of unaccessed files found in protection and welfare services in the Laois-Offaly area; the measures being taken to...
  • Child Care Services Data (9 speeches)
    2. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the interdepartmental group which was established by his Department to address the child care crisis is addressing the issue of low wages...
  • Child Care Services Data (9 speeches)
    3. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an update on his Department's plan for sustaining the work of preparing for life, the Area Based Childhood Programme, from...
• Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (21 speeches)
  I move:That Dáil Éireann, pursuant to section 3(5) of the Aer Lingus Act 2004, approves the general principles of the disposal of shares in Aer Lingus Group Plc by the Minister for...
• Leaders' Questions (74 speeches)
  The Taoiseach must accept that his attitude to this House, in terms of the manner in which he has facilitated the debate here today on Aer Lingus, is one of contempt. Yesterday, when asked...
• Order of Business (183 speeches)
  The Order of Business is No. b13, motion re membership of committee; and No. a13, motion re Aer Lingus Group plc (resumed). It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the...
• Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
  The Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government has completed its consideration of the Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014 and has made no amendments thereto.
• Topical Issue Matters (3 speeches)
  Deputy Doherty has arrived.
• Membership of Committee: Motion (1 speech)
  I move:That Deputy Robert Dowds be discharged from the Select Committee on Health and Children and that Deputy Michael McNamara be appointed in substitution for him.
• Central Bank (Mortgage Interest Rates) Bill 2015: First Stage (5 speeches)
  I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide the Central Bank with the power to direct the covered institutions to lower mortgage interest rates in certain...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Property Tax Exemptions (4 speeches)
    I thank the Minister for taking this Topical Issue today regarding the exemption from local property tax for those people afflicted by pyrite in their homes. It is Government policy, as...
  • Services for People with Disabilities (4 speeches)
    Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as ucht bheith anseo chun an díospóireacht seo a thógaint. Earlier this year, on 17 February, the Minister for the Environment, Community and...
  • State Examinations (4 speeches)
    I raise an issue which affects approximately 1,000 students who are due to sit the leaving certificate examination in the coming week. They have special needs and applied through the Department...
  • Miscarriages of Justice (4 speeches)
    I am disappointed the Minister has not shown up to the Chamber for this debate. As the House will be aware, on 1 April the Department of Justice and Equality released on its website a press...
• Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (140 speeches)
  The following motion was moved by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Paschal Donohoe, on Wednesday, 27 May 2015:That Dáil Éireann, pursuant to section 3(5) of the Aer...
• Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
  The Select Committee on Finance has completed its consideration of the Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2015 and has made amendments thereto.
• Midland Regional Hospital: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (45 speeches)
  The following motion was moved by Deputy Billy Kelleher on Tuesday, 26 May 2015:"That Dáil Éireann: extends its deepest sympathies to the parents and families of babies that died at...