Dáil debates

Thursday, 24 September 2015

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9.30 a.m.
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Question (0 speeches)
  • Beit Collection (7 speeches)
    1. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on her efforts to ensure the paintings in the Beit collection remain here; and if she will make a...
  • City of Culture Initiative (7 speeches)
    2. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason more than €150,000 of public finances was transferred from three Limerick City of Culture 2014 events to other...
  • Wildlife Protection (7 speeches)
    3. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the action she plans to take to deal effectively with the problem of the population of Asian clams at Lanesborough, County Longford and...
  • Seirbhísí Eitilte (7 speeches)
    4. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht céard atá beartaithe aici maidir le haersheirbhís go dtí Oileáin Árann, an bhfuil sí sásta...
  • Turbary Rights (7 speeches)
    5. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will give an undertaking that the proposed closure of natural heritage area bogs will not proceed until and unless alternative...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • National Library (7 speeches)
    6. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in view of the recent merger of the Chief Herald function and the genealogical function at the National Library of Ireland into a new...
  • Cultural Policy (7 speeches)
    7. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress being made in the development of Culture 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32193/15]
  • Wildlife Conservation (5 speeches)
    8. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has reviewed the regulations regarding grass cutting and hedge cutting on roadsides here; her plans to extend the...
  • Irish Language (6 speeches)
    9. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the lifting of the derogation for the Irish language to be recognised as an official language in the...
  • EU Directives (7 speeches)
    10. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the habitats directive is under review in the European Union; if that review is taking place, her plans to make a submission...
• Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (15 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The establishment of an independent policing authority represents a key element of the Government's comprehensive programme of justice...
• 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 - the need...
• Leaders' Questions (322 speeches)
  We are in the midst of a full-blown national housing crisis. It is a crisis which needs to be tackled with determination and a real sense of urgency. As the Tánaiste knows, rents are...
• Order of Business (20 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 1 - Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 [Seanad] - Second Stage.
• Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
  I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality pursuant to Standing Order 82A(3)(a) and 126(1) of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business and...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Homelessness Strategy (4 speeches)
    I thank the Office of the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this matter. I begin by referring to a previous debate in the House on the same subject matter, not last month or the previous month but...
  • Employment Rights (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this issue. It is not new and the matter has been ongoing for two years. It involves 12 families in the town I am privileged and honoured to...
  • Road Projects (10 speeches)
    As the Minister knows, master plans for the north fringe of the Dublin City Council area and the adjoining south fringe of the Fingal County Council area were first drafted around 15 years ago by...