Dáil debates

Wednesday, 13 January 2016

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2.30 p.m.
• Business of Dáil (2 speeches)
  Before proceeding to Question Time, I call on the Ceann Comhairle to make an announcement to the House.
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • One-Parent Family Payments (30 speeches)
    1. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will reverse the changes made to the one-parent family payment given the data in the Survey on Income and Living Conditions...
  • Pension Provisions (24 speeches)
    2. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection how she can reconcile her promise to increase the State pension by €25 over five years with the ever-growing numbers entitled...
  • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (12 speeches)
    3. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the measures she has taken to assist persons presented with massive rent increases by landlords, particularly those in receipt of...
  • Community Services Programme (7 speeches)
    4. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why she has not increased the contribution to the community services programme in line with the increase in the national minimum...
  • Community Services Programme (22 speeches)
    5. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will increase funding to CSP schemes to take account of the increase in the minimum wage by 50 cent per hour from 1 January...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • JobPath Implementation (14 speeches)
    6. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the progress made in the implementation of the JobPath scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1203/16]
  • Employment Support Services (7 speeches)
    7. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to report on the operation of Intreo by her Department since its introduction and the level of engagement between her Department,...
  • JobPath Implementation (7 speeches)
    8. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to report on the operation of the JobPath scheme, including the number of participants in counties Galway and Mayo and nationally;...
  • Labour Activation Measures (5 speeches)
    9. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection what amounts to a progression plan under the new Intreo system for applicants for jobseeker's allowance. [1211/16]
• Message from Seanad (1 speech)
  Seanad Éireann has passed the Harbours Bill 2015, without amendment. Seanad Éireann has passed the Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015, without amendment. Seanad...
• 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 Maureen O'Sullivan -...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Job Losses (21 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing us to raise this very serious issue and I thank the Minister for coming into the Chamber to answer. This is a very serious situation. What makes it more...
  • General Practitioner Contracts (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this important Topical Issue. I compliment and acknowledge the work done by GPs throughout Ireland on a daily basis to look after their patients. They...
  • Mobility Allowance Review (6 speeches)
    This Government prides itself on putting equality at the front and centre of every decision it makes and every policy it pursues. Almost 1,000 days ago, it abolished the mobility grant scheme,...
  • Office of Public Works Properties (6 speeches)
    There have been the most serious irregularities in the assembly of the site for significant public offices which are now occupied by the Department of Social Protection and the Revenue...
• Leaders' Questions (68 speeches)
  I wish you a happy new year, a Cheann Comhairle.
• Order of Business (96 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 39, statements on flooding. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the Dáil shall sit later than 9 p.m. tonight and shall adjourn on...
• Pension Fund (Prohibition of Levies) Bill 2016: First Stage (5 speeches)
  I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for a prohibition on legislation which would unilaterally impose a levy, or similar charge, on pension funds. This Bill...
• Flood Insurance Bill 2016: First Stage (5 speeches)
  I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for fairness in the market for property insurance, and to provide for related matters. The Bill is designed to deal...
• River Shannon Management Agency Bill 2016: First Stage (5 speeches)
  I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to create a single competent authority to co-ordinate flood risk and management along the River Shannon and to provide for matters...
• Shannon River Agency Bill 2016: First Stage (43 speeches)
  I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to co-ordinate the activities of authorities, agencies, and bodies connected with the protection, conservation, management, water...
• Flooding: Statements (135 speeches)
  Today, my first thoughts and words must be with those who have suffered so much because of the storms of the last month: the men and women whose farms and homes have been flooded, isolated or...