Dáil debates

Thursday, 5 November 2015

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9.30 a.m.
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Leader Programmes Applications (7 speeches)
    1. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the progress made to date in the roll-out of the Leader programme; the number of sub-regions where there is only...
  • Wind Energy Guidelines (9 speeches)
    2. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the new wind farm regulations will be put in place; and whether they will include mandatory set-back distances based...
  • Housing Provision (8 speeches)
    3. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the unprecedented crisis in the Irish housing system, and the need for a significant shift in policy in order...
  • Social and Affordable Housing Data (24 speeches)
    4. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether the 2015 to 2017 targets for capital and current funded social housing units under the social housing...
  • Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls (31 speeches)
    5. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures his Government is putting in place to deal with the problem of escalating rents in the private rental sector....
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Local Authority Housing Provision (20 speeches)
    6. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for local authority housing in the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38323/15]
  • Social and Affordable Housing Data (14 speeches)
    7. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the level of progress being made on social housing provision targets for 2015; the number of new social housing units that...
  • Homelessness Strategy (21 speeches)
    8. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report to Dáil Éireann on the implementation plan for the State's response to homelessness and the...
  • Wind Energy Guidelines (9 speeches)
    9. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the wind energy development guidelines will be published. [38228/15]
  • NAMA Social Housing Provision (12 speeches)
    10. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will contact each local authority to encourage them to engage with the National Asset Management Agency on lands...
  • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (5 speeches)
    11. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he plans to implement the recommendations of the national rural water services committee and provide a special funding...
• Finance Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• 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 Joan Collins - the need...
• Leaders' Questions (88 speeches)
  This time yesterday my colleague, Deputy Micheál Martin, raised the case of a 91 year old man who had been kept on a trolley in the emergency department in Tallaght hospital. The Taoiseach...
• Order of Business (20 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 9, Finance Bill 2015 - Second Stage (resumed), No. 8, Social Welfare Bill 2015 - Second Stage (resumed) and No. 10, Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015 - Order for...
• Finance Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (50 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Social Welfare Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (42 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Social Welfare Bill 2015: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
  I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection pursuant to Standing Orders 82A(3)(a) and (6)(a) and 126(1) of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business.
• Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
  Bill entitled an Act to amend and extend the Credit Guarantee Act 2012; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
• Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." Finance is the lifeblood of every business, a fact acknowledged in the programme for Government and in the actions this Government has taken...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • UK Referendum on EU Membership (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this very important matter for discussion and I am glad that the Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Deenihan, is...
  • Inspector of Prisons Reports (4 speeches)
    Without meaning any disrespect to the Minister who is present, I reiterate the point made by the Ceann Comhairle on Tuesday that it is regrettable when Departments do not furnish Ministers to...
  • Schools Site Acquisitions (5 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Deenihan, for coming in to discuss this matter. When the then Minister, Deputy Ruairí Quinn, announced what was perhaps one of the most significant...
  • Educational Projects (7 speeches)
    The next matter is in the names of Deputies Martin Ferris and Michael Healy-Rae to the Minister for Education and Skills concerning the need to provide support to Kerry Life Skills Will Deputy...