Dáil debates

Tuesday, 2 February 2016

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Health Services Reform (11 speeches)
    57. To ask the Minister for Health why the undertakings on universal health insurance and the introduction of free general practitioner care for the whole population, the two key health...
  • Ambulance Service Provision (13 speeches)
    58. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the seriously inadequate ambulance provision, on standby and in service, in County Monaghan and in counties Cavan, Louth and...
  • Hospital Equipment (24 speeches)
    59. To ask the Minister for Health why it took 11 months to redeploy staff from an old computed tomography, CT, scanner in University Hospital Waterford to a new scanner which opened in April...
  • Congregated Settings Report (7 speeches)
    60. To ask the Minister for Health the funding the Health Service Executive will provide in 2016 for moving persons out of congregated settings; the number of persons this will benefit; the...
  • Medicinal Products Availability (7 speeches)
    61. To ask the Minister for Health why the drug Sativex is not available to persons who suffer from multiple sclerosis despite the then Minister of State for Primary Care, Deputy Alex White,...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Vaccination Programme (8 speeches)
    62. To ask the Minister for Health if he has recently met with representatives of the Reactions and Effects of Gardasil Resulting in Extreme Trauma, REGRET, group, to discuss available or...
  • Disability Services Funding (7 speeches)
    64. To ask the Minister for Health to address serious concerns regarding intellectual disability care given successive cuts to funding, staff and available care, given that an ageing population...
  • Accident and Emergency Departments (15 speeches)
    65. To ask the Minister for Health why the overcrowding in hospital emergency departments has not seen a significant improvement despite the initiatives taken during 2015; if the €100...
  • Vaccination Programme (8 speeches)
    66. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of revelations made by a doctor (details supplied) to the World Health Organization, of the manipulation of data and the suppression of science,...
  • Mental Health Services Provision (5 speeches)
    68. To ask the Minister for Health if he has plans to put a 24-hour acute mental health unit in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3923/16]
• 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 Joan Collins - workers'...
• Leaders' Questions (48 speeches)
  Last night on the "Claire Byrne Live" television show, a whistleblower gave her account of how she believed an intellectually disabled child called Grace was left in a foster home, in which she...
• Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
  • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (34 speeches)
    1. To ask the Taoiseach the conversations he has held with European Union leaders following the attacks by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in Paris in France on 13 November 2015; and if he...
  • School Enrolments (7 speeches)
    7. To ask the Taoiseach if the end to baptism barriers for school entry was discussed when he last met church leaders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43468/15]
• Order of Business (78 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. a29, statements on the establishment of a statutory commission of investigation into a foster home in the south-east. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Employment Rights (19 speeches)
    While there is much fanfair about job creation and the CSO figures, I raise this issue because people are facing the loss of permanent jobs that have good conditions, including holiday pay,...
  • Foster Care (8 speeches)
    During the ongoing controversy around this case, at least one manager with no experience and no professional qualifications relating to child abuse was appointed to the area. There was...
• Establishment of a Statutory Commission of Investigation into a Foster Home in the South East: Statements (20 speeches)
  I would like to say a few words on the Government decision to appoint a statutory commission of investigation into a foster home in the south east. When this Government came to office, we set...
• National Monuments: Motion [Private Members] (89 speeches)
  I move:“That Dáil Éireann: recognises that the people of Ireland, the Irish diaspora and friends of Ireland everywhere, are looking forward to this significant centenary year of...