Dáil debates
Thursday, 28 January 2016
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9.30 a.m.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Preschool Services (10 speeches)
1. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs under the terms of the early childhood care and education scheme, if he will ensure that preschool services will be able to extend the...
- Child and Family Agency Investigations (11 speeches)
2. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number, outcome and type of complaints made to the early years inspectorate of Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, in each of the years...
- Child Poverty (7 speeches)
3. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures in place to assist children living in poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3278/16]
- Homeless Accommodation Provision (54 speeches)
4. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs how he and Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, are protecting the welfare of children sleeping in emergency homeless accommodation; and the...
- Child Care Services Provision (11 speeches)
5. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to support facilities for child care in the Darndale and Belcamp area of Dublin 17; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3213/16]
- Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Social Workers Recruitment (7 speeches)
6. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the shortage of social workers to assist children at risk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3214/16]
- Child Protection Services (7 speeches)
7. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if adequate professional personnel are in place to meet the needs of children or teenagers needing counselling, emergency care accommodation...
- Children in Care (7 speeches)
8. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in care in this country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3212/16]
- Child Care Services Provision (16 speeches)
9. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will raise the issue of deficiencies in the area of child care here, as noted in the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the...
- Emergency Accommodation Provision (4 speeches)
10. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to report on the United Nations committee hearings on Ireland's record on children's rights and the new measures he is planning following...
- Standing Orders: Motion (19 speeches)
I move:That, in accordance with the recommendation of the Sub-Committee on Dáil Reform under Standing Order 99(3)(a), the Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann relative to Public...
- Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 speeches)
I move amendment No. 18:In page 15, to delete lines 11 and 12 and substitute the following: “13. (1) A college (in this Chapter referred to as “applicant colleges”) may...
- 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 Robert Troy - the...
- Leaders' Questions (166 speeches)
On Tuesday 12 January, the Tánaiste, the Taoiseach, the Minister for Defence, Deputy Coveney, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Kelly, and the Minister...
- Order of Business (93 speeches)
It is proposed to take No. 15, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2016, back from committee; No. 16, motion re proposed...
- Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2016: Motion (1 speech)
I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft:Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2016,copies of which have been laid in draft form before Dáil...
- Companies Act 2014 (Section 1313) Regulations 2016: Motion (1 speech)
I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft:Companies Act 2014 (Section 1313) Regulations 2016,copies of which have been laid in draft form before Dáil...
- Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Section 95(3)) Regulations 2016: Motion (1 speech)
I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft:Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Section 95(3)) (Variation of title: Optician) Regulations 2016,copies...
- National Cultural Institutions Act 1997 (Section 44) (Variation of Indemnity Amount) Order 2016: Motion (1 speech)
I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft:National Cultural Institutions Act 1997(section 44) (Variation of Indemnity Amount) Order 2016,copies of which have been...
- Joint Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Statements (25 speeches)
In its final report published today the Oireachtas banking inquiry concluded that there were two crises - a banking crisis and a fiscal crisis. These were directly caused by four key failures -...
- Message from Seanad (1 speech)
Seanad Éireann has passed the Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015, without amendment.
- Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (2 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to present this Bill. Many Members on all sides of the Houses have been following its progress since its publication in...
- Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Exceptional Needs Payment Applications (4 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for allowing me this opportunity and I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House to respond. This issue relates to a question tabled on 13 January...
- Redundancy Payments (4 speeches)
I wish to raise with the Minister of State, Deputy Humphreys, the appointment of a liquidator to Xtra-vision yesterday and the impact this has had on the staff of the company. It was announced...
- Hospitals Funding (6 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for selecting this Topical Issue on what could be the last day of the Dáil. It is particularly important that we get the opportunity to discuss it...
- Medicinal Products Availability (4 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this important topic today and I acknowledge the Minister's flexibility when I contacted his office earlier regarding this matter. I raise this issue...
