Dáil debates

Tuesday, 28 June 2016

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
• Leaders' Questions (25 speeches)
  Last week, RTE's "Prime Time" examined and exposed how a charity, Console, spends its money. Last April, the HSE did an audit, which is with senior management in the HSE. Console is a well...
• Order of Business (7 speeches)
  I call Deputy Mattie McGrath, the rapporteur for the business committee this week, to announce the Order of Business for the week.
• Questions on Proposed Legislation (37 speeches)
  I wish to put three questions to the Tánaiste that relate directly to her Department. The first is the mortgage (special courts) Bill. As the Tánaiste is aware, this deals with the...
• Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Motion (1 speech)
  I move:(1) That a Select Committee consisting of seven Members of Dáil Éireann be appointed to be joined with a Select Committee to be appointed by Seanad Éireann to form the Joint...
• Second Report of Standing Committee of Selection: Motion (1 speech)
  I move:That Dáil Éireann: (a) approves the Second Report of the Standing Committee of Selection in accordance with Standing Order 27F, copies of which were laid before Dáil...
• Standing Orders: Motion (1 speech)
  I move:That the amendments and additions to the Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann relative to Public Business contained in the Second Report of the sub-Committee on Dáil Reform...
• 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 Jim Daly - legislation...
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Lansdowne Road Agreement (11 speeches)
    1. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the dispute with the Association of Secondary Teachers of Ireland, ASTI, over the Lansdowne Road agreement; and to provide an update...
  • School Curriculum (7 speeches)
    2. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce the well-being module for the junior cycle. [18560/16]
  • School Admissions (7 speeches)
    3. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how he intends to deal with the issue of discrimination on religious grounds in school admissions; and his plans to insert a provision into the...
  • School Admissions (7 speeches)
    4. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has reviewed the recently published Labour Party Equal Status (Admission to Schools) Bill; if he supports the aims and objectives of the...
  • School Transport Administration (7 speeches, 1 comment)
    5. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to address concerns that the school transport scheme is not being run on an efficient basis, especially with regard to route selection criteria and...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund (11 speeches, 1 comment)
    6. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 16 June 2016, why the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012 requirement for a review of the...
  • Special Educational Needs Service Provision (7 speeches)
    7. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he is taking to address the concerns of parents of children who are attending a school (details supplied) and the parents of children...
  • Teachers' Remuneration (8 speeches)
    8. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the serious low morale young primary school teachers are experiencing due to the their low level of starting pay; the impact of this...
  • New Skills Agenda (7 speeches)
    9. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding he has applied for in the European Commission's New Skills Agenda for Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • School Accommodation (9 speeches)
    10. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it his policy to provide the necessary extra accommodation when two rural schools amalgamate; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • School Curriculum (7 speeches)
    11. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the practice in schools where a child's parents or a young person over 18 years of age opts out of religious instruction; if he will...
  • Educational Disadvantage (11 speeches)
    12. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reinitiate the suspended delivering equality of opportunity in schools programme, given the necessity for it in particular areas and...
  • School Accommodation Provision (7 speeches)
    13. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the status regarding the achievement of a permanent site for a school, details supplied. [18242/16]
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Light Rail Projects Status (4 speeches, 1 comment)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this issue and the Minister for his attendance. Obviously, this issue concerning the delivery of metro north to Dublin Airport and the capital of...
  • Hospital Staff Recruitment (4 speeches)
    I do not need notes to talk about the deficiencies in paediatric diabetes services in County Galway because I have been harping on about this issue since I came into the House at the beginning of...
  • Personal Injury Claims (4 speeches)
    The justice system works under the premise that justice is not only to be served but has to be seen to be served. There is disquiet among the people I represent, and no doubt among the people...
  • Industrial Disputes (4 speeches)
    I am grateful for the opportunity to address this important issue not only for my constituents but also because of its wider implications for child minding in the State. The Minister of State...
• Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
  I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government pursuant to Standing Orders 82A(3)(a) and 126(1) of the Standing Orders relative to Public...
• Energy Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Equal Status (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (50 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." Education policy can throw up many opinions and preferences, some of them contradictory, but most of us agree that children benefit from meeting...