Dáil debates

Thursday, 28 May 2015

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9.30 a.m.
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • General Practitioner Contracts (9 speeches)
    1. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the implementation of free general practitioner, GP, care for the under sixes; the number of GPs who have signed up to the new...
  • Patient Safety Agency Establishment (9 speeches)
    2. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Government decided to drop plans by the former Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, to establish a patient safety authority and who described the...
  • Cancer Services (10 speeches)
    3. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm for the people of County Waterford and the south east the reason access to prostate cancer services at University Hospital Waterford is...
  • Services for People with Disabilities (7 speeches)
    4. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he will put in place to reduce waiting lists for disability-specific services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21017/15]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists (10 speeches)
    5. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the details of all public hospitals using private facilities to provide treatment for those on waiting lists; the number of cases that have...
• Other Questions (1 speech)
  The Deputy who tabled Question No. 6 apologises that he is doing a radio programme. The Deputy who tabled Question No. 7 is not present in the Chamber.
  • Hospital Waiting Lists (7 speeches)
    8. To ask the Minister for Health when the upward trend in hospital waiting lists is expected to be halted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20781/15]
  • Mental Health Services Provision (13 speeches)
    9. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish an acute mental health unit in Wexford General Hospital in view of the fact that the need for same has been long recognised; and if he...
  • Patient Safety Agency Establishment (10 speeches)
    10. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the programme for Government commitment to establish a Patient Safety Authority has not been honoured; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Health Services Reports (16 speeches)
    11. To ask the Minister for Health the position on the second investigation into the tragic loss of baby Jamie Flynn and other cases of concern, including the loss of another newborn baby on 12...
  • Surgical Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme (7 speeches)
    19. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the payment scheme to which survivors of symphysiotomy may apply is being administered consistently and constitutes an effective remedy;...
• Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (34 speeches)
  The following motion was moved by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Paschal Donohoe, on 27 May 2015:That Dáil Éireann, pursuant to section 3(5) of the Aer Lingus Act...
• 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 Seán Ó...
• Leaders' Questions (188 speeches)
  As the House should be aware, nine years ago Aer Lingus was transformed from a crisis-ridden airline on the verge of collapse into a vibrant, reformed, modernised, healthy, independent carrier...
• Order of Business (101 speeches)
  The Order of Business shall be as follows: No. c13, motion re modification of referral to select sub-committee of the proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the terms of the Statute of...
• Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Bill 2015: First Stage (5 speeches)
  I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Act 1993 in order to make an addition to the First Schedule, to expand...
• International Renewable Energy Agency: Motion (1 speech)
  I move:That the Order of Dáil Éireann of 14th May, 2015 referring the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the terms of the Statute of the International Renewable Energy Agency...
• Companies Act Regulations: Motion (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...
• Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (229 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...
• Topical Issues (0 speeches)
  • Tourism Promotion (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this Topical Issue, and the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Paschal Donohoe, for coming to the House to address the topic. I hope the...
  • Road Projects Status (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this issue and the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for taking it. He has had a busy day and I am grateful that he remained in the Chamber for...
  • Ambulance Service Provision (4 speeches)
    As a Government Deputy, I have delivered on my promise to secure the future of Roscommon County Hospital through the roll-out of a substantial investment programme totalling €20 million....
  • Credit Availability (4 speeches)
    I thank the Minister for his presence for this Topical Issue. I presume he is familiar with the report carried by the UCD Geary Institute, published a week or so ago, under the title Creating...