Dáil debates
Tuesday, 30 June 2015
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Student Accommodation (9 speeches)
100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address concerns that the combination of rising rental prices and lack of supply of accommodation for students attending third level...
- Primary Online Database (8 speeches)
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the administration of her Department’s primary online database project, involving the collection and...
- Schools Health and Safety (7 speeches)
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the recent survey (details supplied) carried out by the Irish Heart Foundation which researched the state of nutrition standards in...
- School Funding (7 speeches)
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider ring-fencing the current capitation grant rates for primary schools and introducing a supplementary system whereby schools...
- School Guidance Counsellors (7 speeches)
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the impact of the Government’s decision in December 2011 to change the ex-quota status of the role of the guidance counsellor...
- Other Questions (0 speeches)
- State Examinations (7 speeches)
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the distress experienced by many students as a result of the difficult level of the leaving...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision (7 speeches)
106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reverse the 15% cut in resource teaching hours imposed in 2012 upon individual students with special educational needs prior to...
- Student Support Schemes (8 speeches)
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will increase the income threshold for the student support grant to compensate for the negative impact of the Government's austerity...
- School Transport Eligibility (18 speeches)
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the decision to remove free school transport for students from an area (details supplied) in County Donegal to their current...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision (7 speeches)
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the critical lack of autism spectrum disorder units for children in the north-western Kildare area; the measures she proposes...
- Student Support Schemes (7 speeches)
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has investigated the reason counties with the lowest disposable income have seen a significant drop-off in the number of students availing...
- English Language Training Organisations (6 speeches)
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 203 of 17 June 2015, if it is appropriate that students from recently closed colleges such as MEC who had...
- 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 Brendan Smith - job...
- Deaths in Tunisia: Expressions of Sympathy (7 speeches)
Before proceeding to Leaders' Questions, I understand the Taoiseach has a proposal to put to the House regarding expressions of sympathy.
- Leaders' Questions (69 speeches)
The Greek debt crisis is very serious, not just for the Greek people but for the entire eurozone and European Union. People need to approach the crisis from very credible perspectives. In that...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
- National Security Committee (9 speeches)
1. To ask the Taoiseach when the last meeting of the National Security Committee was held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4296/15]
- Commissions of Investigation (20 speeches)
3. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding the letter he mentioned during the Order of Business on 28 January 2015 that he received from a legal firm in respect of the terms of reference on...
- Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (24 speeches)
5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the Humanist Association of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6609/15]
- Order of Business (58 speeches)
It is proposed to take No. 5, Public Transport Bill 2015 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage; and No. 32 - statements on the forthcoming White Paper on defence, and the order shall not...
- Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (6 speeches)
We have been making the point for quite a long time that the cap on rent supplements is driving more and more people into homelessness. This report would seem to justify our worries in that...
- Child Protection Services (4 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this issue. I also welcome the Minister. Tusla is a very important organisation and the investigation into its work is carried out...
- Ambulance Service Provision (4 speeches)
On 18 May, I tabled this matter as a Topical Issue. It concerns the delay in ensuring that ambulance cover in west Roscommon and east Mayo is addressed. The HSE has simply not delivered on...
- National Lottery Funding Disbursement (25 speeches)
To the best of my knowledge, the Minister of State has done a fair job in distributing lottery money among the different counties but there is a serious issue in Wexford as to where the money...
- Public Transport Bill 2015: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
Bill entitled an Act to amend and extend the Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008, the Taxi Regulation Act 2013 and the Railway Safety Act 2005, to amend section 27 of the State Airports Act 2004...
- Public Transport Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." This Bill provides for amendments to the Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008, the Taxi Regulation Act 2013, the Road Traffic Act 1961, the...
- One-Parent Family Payment Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (53 speeches)
I move:“That Dáil Éireann:— condemns the choices made by the current Government and its predecessor to force lone parent households to disproportionately shoulder the...
- White Paper on Defence: Statements (41 speeches)
I am pleased to be in the House to discuss the forthcoming White Paper on defence prior to its finalisation and submission to Government. I hope this will happen in two weeks' time. First, I...
- Business of Dáil: Motion (1 speech)
I move:That notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, the House shall adjourn at 11.10 p.m.
- White Paper on Defence: Statements (Resumed) (6 speeches)
The Minister for Defence began his opening contribution by expressing one sentiment with which I agree and another with which I thoroughly disagree. I agree wholeheartedly with the Minister that...
