Dáil debates
Tuesday, 16 June 2015
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- North-South Interconnector (7 speeches)
101. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the Government’s position on locating the cables for the North-South interconnector underground; and if he will...
- Energy Policy (7 speeches)
102. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the focus there will be on tackling fuel poverty in the upcoming White Paper on energy. [23467/15]
- Telecommunications Infrastructure (5 speeches)
103. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will subsidise the activation and connection of business premises to the metropolitan area network structure where...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation (18 speeches)
104. 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...
- Post Office Network (7 speeches)
105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the workings of the Post Office network business development group and when a report on...
- Other Questions (0 speeches)
Questions Nos. 106 to 108, inclusive, replied to with Written Answers.
- Wind Energy Guidelines (7 speeches)
109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an outline of the discussions he had with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local...
- Hydraulic Fracturing (11 speeches)
111. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the fact that Leitrim County Council recently unanimously passed a motion of no confidence in a company-led...
- Energy Conservation (7 speeches)
112. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there will be a proposed increase in funding for retrofitting, as part of the energy White Paper. [23136/15]
- Hydraulic Fracturing Policy (8 speeches)
115. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to set out his views on whether it is appropriate that the lead company, details supplied, employed to carry out the...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation (5 speeches)
116. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of homes estimated to have no access to high-speed broadband. [23140/15]
- 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...
- Visit of Iranian Delegation (1 speech)
Before proceeding with business, on my own behalf and that of the Members of Dáil Éireann, I offer offer a céad míle fáilte, a most sincere welcome, to His Excellency Dr....
- Deaths of Irish students in California: Expressions of Sympathy (4 speeches)
I am shocked and saddened to hear of the balcony collapse in Berkeley, California. My heart breaks for the parents who lost children this morning. I can only imagine the fear in the hearts of...
- Leaders' Questions (14 speeches)
I met with Clerys staff, suppliers and workers at midday on O'Connell Street today. I will speak in a non-partisan way on what has been a shocking, cold and callous way of closing an iconic and...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
- Cabinet Committee Meetings (37 speeches)
1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet sub-committee on Construction 2020, housing, planning and mortgage arrears last met. [3271/15]
- Cabinet Committees (24 speeches)
6. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on justice reform last met. [3272/15]
- Order of Business (32 speeches)
I understand from the Government Chief Whip there was a sixth fatality in the accident in Berkeley.
- Water Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 speech)
A division was challenged on Friday, 12 June 2015, on the question that the Water Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015 be read a Second Time. In accordance with Standing Order 117(1A), that...
- Disability (Amendment) Bill 2014: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to enable provision to be made for the prohibition of misleading language occasioned to unborn persons with disabilities by their...
- Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (1 speech)
I move:That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 25th September, 2014, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, Questions for...
- Membership of Committee: Motion (1 speech)
I move:That Deputies Charlie Flanagan (Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade), Helen McEntee, Patrick O’Donovan and Noel Harrington be discharged from the Joint Committee on Public...
- Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Educational Disadvantage (10 speeches)
Thank you, a Cheann Comhairle, for selecting this matter and I thank the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, for attending. Everybody acknowledges that the DEIS...
- Primary School Literacy Programme (4 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this matter and the Minister for Education and Skills for attending. Last Friday I attended a presentation of certificates in the Limerick Education...
- Post Office Network (4 speeches)
I welcome the opportunity to discuss the issue of post offices. I express my disappointment that a question I had tabled to the Minister earlier was disallowed for some technical reason. It...
- Water Quality (6 speeches)
I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Coffey, for his presence here to deal with this issue. Like many of my constituents in Dublin Bay North, I have major concerns about the presence of lead in...
- Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
Bill entitled an Act to make provision with respect to land in areas in which housing is required and in areas which are in need of renewal to prevent it lying idle or remaining vacant, to...
- Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Second Stage (6 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The primary background to this Bill is the housing supply shortage, which is one of the most pressing and important challenges facing...
- Employment Equality (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I intend to share time with Deputies Ruth Coppinger, Thomas Pringle and Catherine Murphy. It is now three and a half weeks since the...
- Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (31 speeches)
Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
