Dáil debates

Wednesday, 25 May 2016

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Leaders' Questions (46 speeches)
  We will now take Leaders' Questions under Standing Order 29. I call Deputy Micheál Martin.
• Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
  • EU Meetings (40 speeches)
    1. To ask the Taoiseach if he has met with or spoken recently to the Chancellor of Germany, Ms Angela Merkel, and if he discussed the migrant issue with her; and if he will make a statement on...
• Order of Business (62 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. a5, motion re Dublin and Monaghan Bombings, and No. 7, statements on the report of the O'Higgins Commission of Investigation. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything...
• An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uisce faoi Úinéireacht Phoiblí) (Uimh. 2) 2016: An Chéad Chéim - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: First Stage (5 speeches)
  Tairgim:Go gceadófar go dtabharfar isteach Bille dá ngairtear Acht chun an Bunreacht a leasú. I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the...
• Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion (11 speeches)
  I move:That Dáil Éireann:recalling the motion it adopted unanimously on 10 July 2008 which:— noted 'the interim and final reports of the sub-Committee of the Joint Committee on...
• Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions (3 speeches)
  We will proceed with Questions to the Minister for Social Protection. Question No. 26 is from Deputy Willie O'Dea. I call on the Minister to respond. We are operating under the old rules.
  • Child Benefit Payments (8 speeches)
    26. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide assurances that receipt of child benefit will not be dependent on school attendance, as outlined in the programme for Government;...
  • National Internship Scheme Review (7 speeches)
    27. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he has completed the review into the JobBridge scheme; and if so, the reason he has not published it. [11889/16]
  • Departmental Legal Cases (19 speeches)
    28. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to commit to initiating a legal case under section 599 of the Companies Act 2014 in an effort to recover moneys paid by the State to cover the...
  • National Internship Scheme Review (17 speeches)
    29. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to reform the JobBridge Scheme given the number of criticisms that have been levelled at it; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Social Insurance (6 speeches)
    30. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to change the PRSI system to extend benefits to the self-employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11905/16]
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Labour Activation Measures (46 speeches)
    31. To ask the Minister for Social Protection for further information on how the fit for work programme will relate to other labour activation measures such as JobBridge; and if he will make a...
  • Child Benefit Eligibility (7 speeches)
    32. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to review the age criteria under the child benefit scheme and link this payment to children who are still in full-time education which in some cases...
  • One-Parent Family Payment (18 speeches)
    33. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to publish the report by a person (details supplied) on the impact on one-parent families of the changes to the one-parent family payment scheme; and...
  • Social Welfare Benefits (10 speeches)
    34. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will restore the social protection payments which have been cut over the past seven years, given the impact of rising inflation during this...
  • Jobseeker's Allowance (8 speeches)
    36. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will restore the jobseeker's allowance for persons under 26 years of age to pre-2014 levels, given calls from a number of groups such as the...
• Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion (Resumed) (3 speeches)
  The following motion was moved by the Taoiseach on Wednesday, 25 May 2016:
• Adjournment Debate Matters (1 speech)
  I wish to advice the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 23(3) and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan -...
• Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion (Resumed) (2 speeches)
  The following motion was moved by the Taoiseach on Wednesday, 25 May 2016:
• Commission of Investigation (Certain Matters Relative to the Cavan-Monaghan Division of An Garda Síochána) Report: Statements (15 speeches)
  I understand the Taoiseach is sharing time with the Tánaiste, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald.
• Domestic Water Charges: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (84 speeches)
  The following motion was moved by Deputy Eoin Ó Broin on Tuesday, 24 May 2015:
• Adjournment Debate (0 speeches)
  • Autism Support Services (2 speeches)
    The Minister of State is aware of the urgent need to provide full local day services for young school leavers on the autistic spectrum in Dublin Bay North and Fingal as we both attended a...
  • Speech and Language Therapy Provision (2 speeches)
    I thank Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this Adjournment matter and the Minister for Health, Deputy Simon Harris, for coming to the House to take it. I refer to the provision of speech...
  • Hospital Services (7 speeches)
    Táim buíoch an deis a fháil an cheist seo a chuir. Tá ospidéal nua thar a bheith tábhachtach do Ghaillimh. Ar dtús báire, ba mhaith liom comhghairdeas a...