Dáil debates
Wednesday, 18 November 2015
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9.30 a.m.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Mortgage Lending (13 speeches)
1. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has asked the Central Bank of Ireland to carry out a review of residential mortgage lending rules; his views on the apparent inability of first-time...
- Mortgage Arrears (8 speeches)
2. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for additional measures to tackle the ongoing mortgage crisis and the repossession crisis, including through legislative and policy changes. [40616/15]
- Corporation Tax Regime (7 speeches)
3. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the spike in corporation tax receipts and the over-performance of €800 million from this source of revenue; if the increase comes from the...
- Banking Operations (9 speeches)
4. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on restrictions being placed on bank customers in relation to branch cash lodgements and withdrawals; if the Consumer Protection Code will be reviewed...
- Mortgage Interest Rates (7 speeches)
5. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the progress he has made in his efforts to force Bank of Ireland to reduce its variable rate mortgages; to state the banks that have reduced variable...
- Other Questions (0 speeches)
- EU Membership (8 speeches)
6. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the economic implications for Ireland of a potential exit by the United Kingdom from the European Union; how this impact would be mitigated; and if...
- Pyrite Panel Report Recommendations (7 speeches)
8. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners have agreed to the change in local property tax procedures, on an administrative basis, for home owners with properties affected by...
- Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (7 speeches)
9. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on funding through the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland for Irish small and medium-sized enterprises and for agriculture; if he is...
- Mortgage Interest Rates (9 speeches)
10. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is actively pursuing plans to force banks to reduce variable interest rates for mortgage customers; if he is concerned by the high rates charged by banks...
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2015: Order for Report Stage (1 speech)
I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2015: Report Stage (50 speeches)
Amendment No. 1 in the name of Deputy O'Dea is ruled out of order.
- 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 Griffin - the...
- Leaders' Questions (148 speeches)
In his political messages and speeches to the people and this Dáil, the truth simply does not matter to the Taoiseach. He will say anything to get elected. He will say anything to cover up...
- Order of Business (73 speeches)
It is proposed to take No. 13, motion re ministerial rota for parliamentary questions; No. 42, Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2015 - Report Stage (resumed) and Final Stage; No. 43, Financial...
- Multi-Units Development (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 speech)
A division was challenged last Friday on the question that the Multi-Units Development (Amendment) Bill 2015 be read a Second Time. In accordance with an order of the Dáil of 15 May 2003,...
- Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (1 speech)
I move:That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 25th September, 2014, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, Questions for...
- Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Company Closures (4 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this matter. Last Thursday evening, the village of Clarecastle and County Clare were rocked by the news that Roche Ireland is to withdraw from...
- Mental Health Services Staffing (4 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting the Topical Issue on Maryville health centre, a five-day hospital service for 60 to 70 patients in New Ross and surrounding areas. Recently a...
- Neonatal Health Services (4 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this very important issue. It was intended to be raised yesterday, which was World Prematurity Day, but due to the change in business and the...
- General Practitioner Services (4 speeches)
This issue concerns Shannondoc, which is a general practitioner, GP, co-operative based in County Clare that provides out-of-hours services to cover what GPs normally do during office hours in...
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (51 speeches)
Debate resumed on amendment No. 9: (Deputy Willie O'Dea)
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Order for Report Stage (1 speech)
I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Report Stage (67 speeches)
Amendment No. 1 is out of order.
- Message from Seanad (1 speech)
Seanad Éireann has passed the Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 without amendment.
- Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Order for Report Stage (1 speech)
I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."
- Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (21 speeches)
I move amendment No. 1:In page 6, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following:“(c) A citizen over 18 applying to be included on the supplementary register may supply photocopies of...
- Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (4 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I wanted to share time with the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan. She regrets that owing to the length of time it took...
- Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
The Select Sub-Committee on Finance has completed its consideration of the Finance Bill 2015 and has made amendments thereto.
- Housing and Homelessness: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (35 speeches)
The following motion was moved by Deputy Ruth Coppinger on Tuesday, 17 November 2015.
- Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 speeches)
Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."