Dáil debates

Thursday, 14 January 2016

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9.30 a.m.
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Motor Insurance Regulation (7 speeches)
    1. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reconstitute the Motor Insurance Advisory Board, which was previously successful in reducing motor insurance premiums, particularly to examine the...
  • Universal Social Charge Abolition (16 speeches)
    2. To ask the Minister for Finance in absolute terms, and as a percentage of the predicted available fiscal space, the cost of abolishing the universal social charge within the next five years;...
  • Home Repossession (9 speeches)
    3. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will insist that Allied Irish Bank and its subsidiary the Educational Building Society and Permanent TSB, which are in majority State ownership, desist...
  • Mortgage Interest Rates (13 speeches)
    4. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with competition levels in the Irish mortgage market, particularly the impact on standard variable rates; his views that action is required...
  • Tax Code (9 speeches)
    5. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has read the most recent Credit Suisse global wealth report; if so, his views on the staggering inequalities it suggests in the distribution and...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Mortgage Arrears Proposals (45 speeches)
    6. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for new initiatives to tackle the mortgage arrears crisis and the cases of long-term arrears in particular. [1337/16]
  • Economic Growth Initiatives (7 speeches)
    7. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of Ireland's yield in growth, taxation and general Government revenue from the European Union quantitative easing programme; the impact on Ireland...
  • NAMA Operations (7 speeches)
    8. To ask the Minister for Finance when the National Asset Management Agency will complete its original mandate; what he expects the financial outturn to be; if he will formally expand the role...
  • Tax Compliance (11 speeches)
    9. To ask the Minister for Finance his stance on the European Union investigation into Apple's tax affairs here over recent years, particularly given the potential enormous sums at stake for the...
• Hospital Emergency Departments: Motion [Private Members] (18 speeches)
  I move:That Dáil Éireann:— considers the ongoing crisis in hospital emergency departments a denial of the right of timely access to health care with dignity and a betrayal of the...
• Leaders' Questions (161 speeches)
  Last month we asked the Tánaiste the about the dramatic 30% increase in car insurance and the fact it was putting motorists under severe financial pressure. On top of the latest rise,...
• Order of Business (62 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 218, motion re hospital emergency departments (resumed) and No. 40, statements on reports of the Convention on the Constitution. It is proposed, notwithstanding...
• North-South Interconnector Bill 2016: First Stage (7 speeches)
  I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to regulate the North-South interconnector providing regulations for erection adjacent to dwellings and public places, rerouting...
• Hospital Emergency Departments: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (36 speeches)
  The following motion was moved by Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin on Thursday, 14 January 2016:
• 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 Jonathan O'Brien - the...
• Convention on the Constitution Final Reports: Statements (22 speeches)
  I call on the Minister of State, Deputy Paul Kehoe, to make a statement under Standing Order No. 43.
• Message from Select Sub-Committee (1 speech)
  The Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills has completed its consideration of the Technological Universities Bill 2015 and has made amendments thereto.
• Resignation of Member (1 speech)
  Before proceeding to the Topical Issue debate, I wish to announce to the Dáil that today I received a letter of resignation from Deputy Brian Walsh, who is a Member of Dáil Éireann...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Roads Maintenance (4 speeches)
    I raise this Topical Issue matter in the House following a public meeting I attended immediately before Christmas in a village called Rathcabbin on the north Tipperary and Offaly border, which is...
  • Road Network (4 speeches)
    Recent heavy rainfall and flooding has been an enormous source of stress in communities throughout the country but, naturally, my concerns must be local. Constituents in Offaly and north...
  • National Monuments (56 speeches)
    Deputies Maureen O'Sullivan, Aengus Ó Snodaigh, Joe Costello, Seán Crow, Mary Lou McDonald and Sandra McLellan are sharing time. They have 12 minutes in total which I presume will be...