Dáil debates
Tuesday, 6 October 2015
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Special Educational Needs Data (7 speeches)
121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address concerns regarding the new system of allocation of special needs assistants that is being piloted this year; her plans to...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio (6 speeches)
122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of reducing the primary school pupil-teacher ratio by one point for each of the next five years, accounting for rising demographics; and...
- Schools Building Projects Status (13 speeches)
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's involvement in the process of constructing an access road to a planned school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the resulting...
- State Examinations Reviews (17 speeches)
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her proposals for progressing with junior certificate reform following the rejection of the proposals by members of the Association of Secondary...
- Schools Building Projects Administration (9 speeches)
125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the failure to lodge a planning application on time for a temporary building for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15, given...
- Other Questions (0 speeches)
Question No. 126 replied to with Written Answers.
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision (7 speeches)
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that parents in County Cork are finding it difficult to access mainstream secondary school places for their children with autism,...
- School Accommodation (12 speeches)
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision on a preferred site for new school (details supplied) in County Donegal will be made; the reason for the delay in securing a...
- Bullying in Schools (11 speeches)
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which her Department continues to monitor the level of school bullying at primary and second level schools; if particular issues...
- State Examinations Reviews (7 speeches)
131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the implementation of junior cycle reforms. [33940/15]
- School Patronage (15 speeches, 1 comment)
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made in providing a greater choice of school patronage to parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33954/15]
- School Accommodation (9 speeches)
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the substandard accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Cork; if her Department plans to consolidate the...
- 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 Helen McEntee - the need...
- Leaders' Questions (135 speeches)
We now move on to Topical Issues.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
- Official Engagements (57 speeches)
1. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding his breakfast meeting with the Vice-President of the United States of America, Mr. Joe Biden; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12766/15]
- Order of Business (77 speeches)
It is proposed to take No. 12, motion re proposed authorisation by Dáil Éireann for the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission to instruct legal representatives; No. 13, motion re Joint...
- Authorisation to Instruct Legal Representatives: Motion (1 speech)
I move:That Dáil Éireann, pursuant to section 4(2)(f)(iv) of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Acts 2003 to 2013, hereby authorises the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission to...
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Motion (1 speech)
I move:That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, the Order of the Dáil of 25 November 2014 relating to the Joint Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis is amended in paragraph...
- Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Disease Incidence (4 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for giving me this opportunity to raise a most important issue that has arisen on foot of the HIQA report into a possible outbreak of Legionnaire’s disease at...
- Misuse of Drugs (4 speeches)
While I appreciate that this topic has been chosen, I would have liked one of the Ministers or Ministers of State directly involved in this matter to be here to provide answers. I do not mean...
- Community Employment Schemes Funding (4 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to discuss this important issue. This problem has come out of the blue. Supervisors of community employment schemes are discovering when renewing...
- Schools Building Projects Status (4 speeches)
I thank the office of the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this important matter and the Minister for Education and Skills for attending to take it. I have no doubt that she has a list the length...
- Memorandum of Understanding on Establishment of Battle Groups: Motion (24 speeches)
I move:That Dáil Éireann approves Ireland's accession to the Memorandum of Understanding concerning the principles for the establishment and operation of a Battlegroup to be made...
- Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
- Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." It is my pleasure to introduce the Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2012 on Second Stage. The Bill will provide...
- Corporate Tax Policy: Motion [Private Members] (22 speeches)
I move:That Dáil Éireann:notes: — the growing international consensus that aggressive tax avoidance and evasion by multinational corporations is now a major contributory factor...
