Dáil debates

Thursday, 19 November 2015

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9.30 a.m.
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Government Expenditure (7 speeches)
    1. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total Supplementary Estimates that are now expected to be introduced for 2015; how this breaks down across individual Departments; if...
  • Public Sector Pensions Expenditure (15 speeches)
    2. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will set out in monetary terms the income, including pension-related benefits, to be reinstated to current and former Ministers...
  • Departmental Expenditure (11 speeches)
    3. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason his Department allocated just €24 million to the Department of Education and Skills in budget 2016, outside of pay...
  • Fiscal Policy (9 speeches)
    4. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expected annual scope for additional expenditure in future years; the projected growth rate on which this is based; the circumstances...
  • Public Procurement Regulations (31 speeches)
    5. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will set out the guidelines in place to ensure best practice in public procurement; the oversights that exist in the process of the...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • State Bodies (18 speeches)
    6. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of new State bodies and agencies that have been established since February 2011; the number that are subject to a sunset clause...
  • Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme (9 speeches)
    7. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the research carried out by Unite which found that in order to reach the mean of other European Union states with regard to...
  • Wild Atlantic Way Project (8 speeches)
    9. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to promote the Office of Public Works' heritage sites in counties which are along the Wild Atlantic Way; and if he will make a...
  • Employment Rights (7 speeches)
    11. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware, in so far as it relates to his public service and Civil Service oversight remit, of instances where compromise agreements...
  • Office of Government Procurement (6 speeches)
    13. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the procedures put in place by the Office of Government Procurement, OGP, to ensure recipients of State contracts, particularly in the...
  • Public Procurement Contracts Social Clauses (4 speeches)
    14. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has given consideration to the inclusion of a social clause in capital public procurement projects to the value of €1...
• Choice of Court (Hague Convention) [Seanad] Bill 2015: Order for Report Stage (1 speech)
  I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."
• Choice of Court (Hague Convention) [Seanad] Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (3 speeches)
  As there are no amendments on Report Stage, we proceed to Fifth Stage.
• Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Order for Report Stage (1 speech)
  I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."
• Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (2 speeches)
  Bill reported without amendment and received for final consideration.
• Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2015: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
  
• Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I welcome the opportunity to address the House on the Second Stage of the Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2015. For many decades health...
• 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 James Bannon - the need...
• Leaders' Questions (294 speeches)
  For some months we have been pointing out that Irish families with variable rate mortgages are being charged 2% more than their European counterparts. For example, on an average mortgage of...
• Order of Business (88 speeches)
  Can we have order for the Order of Business? If the Tánaiste is ready, we may proceed.
• Roads (Criminal Activity) (Amendment) Bill 2015: First Stage (12 speeches)
  I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the amendment of the Roads Act 1993 in order to install closed circuit television cameras at motorway junctions for...
• Supplementary Estimates for Public Services: Leave to Introduce (1 speech)
  I move:That leave be given by the Dáil to introduce the following Supplementary Estimates for the service of the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2015:Vote 6 — Office of the...
• Supplementary Estimates for Public Services: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
  I move:That, subject to leave being given to introduce the following Supplementary Estimates for the service of the year ending on 31st December 2015, the Supplementary Estimates be referred to...
• Planning and Development (Urgent Social Housing Supply) Policy Directive 2015: Referral to Joint Committee (1 speech)
  I move:That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the following Policy Directive in draft:Planning and Development (Urgent Social Housing Supply) Policy Directive 2015, copies of...
• Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2015: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
  I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Sub-Committee on Health pursuant to Standing Orders 82A(3)(a) and (6)(a) and 126(1) of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business.
• Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Developments in Mental Health Services: Statements (20 speeches)
  I welcome the opportunity to discuss developments in the mental health services overseen by this Government and to outline my plans for the future. Promoting positive mental health and...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Disability Services Funding (28 speeches)
    I raise the issue regarding L'Arche Kilkenny, which has been in negotiation with the HSE for increased funding in respect of the excellent services it delivers in Kilkenny to those who are...
  • Disability Support Services (4 speeches)
    The Minister of State will recall that I raised this matter with her earlier today in the course of the consideration of disability issues by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and...
  • Psychological Assessments (5 speeches)
    The Minister of State will understand the importance of having a child's development assessed before he or she enters primary school in order for the school to cater properly and professionally...
  • Fishing Industry (4 speeches)
    I thank the office of the Ceann Comhairle for choosing this Topical Issue and welcome the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Simon Coveney, to the Chamber. Many politicians...
• Message from Select Sub-Committee (1 speech)
  The Select Sub-committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport has completed its consideration of the Harbours Bill 2015, and has made amendments thereto.