Dáil debates

Tuesday, 29 September 2015

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Mortgage Interest Rates (13 speeches)
    118. To ask the Minister for Finance his views that reductions in fixed mortgage rates offered by the banks represent an inadequate response to the widespread public concern over high variable...
  • NAMA Loan Book (13 speeches)
    119. To ask the Minister for Finance the date on which the National Asset Management Agency notified him of an unsolicited approach by representatives of the Pacific Investment Management Company...
  • Mortgage Interest Rates (7 speeches)
    120. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has requested the banks to cut their high variable rates; the nature of their response; the reason his Department did not exert more pressure on the...
  • Budget 2016 (8 speeches)
    121. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the constraints on budget 2016 tax decisions arising from European Union and domestic rules; the impact of the carrying forward of previous...
  • Budget 2016 (13 speeches)
    122. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the permissible fiscal space under the expenditure benchmark available to him in budget 2016 and for the remainder of 2015, as part of the...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Property Tax Exemptions (7 speeches)
    123. To ask the Minister for Finance regarding the review of the local property tax, if he will explain why the pyrite issue was included in this process, rather than being dealt with promptly,...
  • Insurance Compensation Fund (11 speeches)
    124. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the liquidation process at Setanta Insurance; and the estimated total cost to the State through the use of the insurance...
  • Insurance Compensation Fund (7 speeches)
    125. To ask the Minister for Finance the current position regarding the payment of claims due by Setanta Insurance following the recent court ruling regarding the role of the Motor Insurance...
  • Mortgage Interest Rates (7 speeches)
    126. To ask the Minister for Finance the action he is taking to deal with overcharging of tracker mortgage customers; his views that it is a widespread problem in the banking industry; and if he...
• 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 Noel Harrington - the...
• Leaders' Questions (90 speeches)
  I am sure the Taoiseach will recall his billboards from the last general election on which he declared he would end the scandal of patients on trolleys. I fast forward to 30 June of this year...
• Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
  • UK Referendum on EU Membership (70 speeches)
    1. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department is assessing the impact of an exit by the United Kingdom from the European Union following a referendum being held; and if he will make a statement on...
• Order of Business (29 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 13, motion re referral to joint committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the transfer of proceeds from the sale of the State’s shareholding in...
• Central Bank (Code of Conduct) Bill 2015: First Stage (5 speeches)
  I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for measures to ensure a primary residence of a borrower is not repossessed by court order in circumstances where the...
• Aer Lingus Sale Proceeds Transfer: Referral to Joint Committee (1 speech)
  I move:That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the payment by the Minister for Finance, pursuant to section 46(1) of the National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act 2014,...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Industrial Disputes (4 speeches)
    Possible strike action by people contracted to work in An Post main delivery centres could bring a halt to all postal services on Thursday next as 34 maintenance delivery centre workers go on...
  • Bituminous Fuel Ban (20 speeches)
    As the Deputy who tabled the first Topical Issue matter, which also falls within the Minister's area, has not appeared, I will move on to the next Topical Issue which is to Minister for the...
  • Crime Prevention (4 speeches)
    I am sad to have to raise this issue about a scrap and precious metal dealers Bill, which I introduced here in November 2011. It was debated in 2012. The Minister for Justice and Equality...
• Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (40 speeches)
  Debate resumed on amendment No. 5:
• Social Housing Policy: Motion [Private Members] (17 speeches)
  I move:That Dáil Éireann: accepts that there is an emergency social housing crisis resulting from years of underinvestment in social housing builds and acknowledges that the only way...