Dáil debates
Thursday, 3 December 2015
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9.30 a.m.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- General Practitioner Contracts (7 speeches)
1. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the measures that will be taken to put general practice on a sustainable basis, especially in rural areas; the progress that is being made on a new...
- Vaccination Programme (10 speeches)
2. To ask the Minister for Health while acknowledging the findings of the European Medical Agency in regard to the Gardasil vaccine, if he will acknowledge that there are many young women who are...
- Accident and Emergency Department Waiting Times (7 speeches)
3. To ask the Minister for Health to resolve the crisis at the accident and emergency department in Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9 and to deal with the lack of beds; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Waiting Lists (19 speeches)
4. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to address the unacceptable waiting times for surgical intervention to treat scoliosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Industrial Disputes (13 speeches)
5. To ask the Minister for Health given the decision by members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation to initiate industrial action on 15 December 2015, the steps he is taking to address...
- Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Hospital Waiting Lists (9 speeches)
6. To ask the Minister for Health further to the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 16 of 22 October 2015 in which he stated that he had put in place maximum permissible waiting times for...
- Primary Care Centre Provision (12 speeches)
7. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of primary care centres at Coolock and Darndale and at Edenmore in Dublin Bay North; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- General Medical Services Scheme (20 speeches)
8. To ask the Minister for Health if he acknowledges the level of uncertainty and the lack of clarity pertaining to the practice of general practitioners charging medical card holders for blood...
- Hospital Staff Recruitment (10 speeches)
9. To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of the several hundred additional staff recruited to hospitals in 2015 to date who have been assigned to emergency departments; and the projected...
- Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: From the Seanad (23 speeches)
The Dáil went into Committee to consider amendments from the Seanad.
- Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Order for Report Stage (1 speech)
I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."
- Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (9 speeches)
Amendments Nos. 1, 7, 14 and 15 are related and may be discussed together.
- Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 speeches)
Section 1 agreed to.
- Leaders' Questions (332 speeches)
In the past week global leaders have attended the Paris summit on climate change. President Obama spoke about the need for this generation to act on climate change policy because if it does not...
- Order of Business (80 speeches)
It is proposed to take No. 12a, motion re leave to introduce Supplementary Estimate - Vote 38, and No 12b, motion re referral of Supplementary Estimate - Vote 38 to the select sub-committee. It...
- Estimates for Public Services 2015: Leave to Introduce (1 speech)
I move:That leave be given by the Dáil to introduce the following Supplementary Estimate for the service of the year ending on the 31st day of December 2015:Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary...
- Estimates For Public Services 2015: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
I move:That, subject to leave being given to introduce the following Supplementary Estimate for the service of the year ending on 31st December 2015, the Supplementary Estimate be referred to the...
- Message from Seanad (1 speech)
Seanad Éireann has passed the National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) Bill 2015, without amendment.
- Estimates for Public Services 2015: Messages from Select Committees (1 speech)
The Select sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs has completed its consideration of the following Supplementary Estimate for public services for the year ending on 31 December 2015: Vote 40...
- 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 Michael Moynihan - the...
- Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Garda Vetting Applications (5 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for allowing me the opportunity to raise this issue. I was contacted by one school in County Galway which offers a post-leaving certificate, PLC, course...
- Explanation by Minister under Standing Order 140 (2 speeches)
I wish to request a correction in the text of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2015. The Bill was passed by Seanad Éireann and was considered in the Dáil earlier today. It contained a...
- Topical Issue Debate (Resumed) (0 speeches)
- Beef Industry (23 speeches)
I am disappointed the Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is not here. I understand the Minister is in Africa but I am surprised the Minister of State is not...
- General Practitioner Services (10 speeches)
I am disappointed the Minister for Health is not in the House to take this Topical Issue. I know he is not abroad because he was in the House earlier today. While I welcome my colleague from...
- Child Care Services Provision (4 speeches)
I thank the Office of the Ceann Comhairle for including this issue for debate. Like most Members, I welcome the initiatives taken by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Reilly,...
