Dáil debates
Tuesday, 12 July 2016
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
- Leaders' Questions (33 speeches)
At the weekend, The Sunday Business Post, in particular, reported leaks from the recommendations of the trauma steering group that was established by the then Minister for Health, Deputy...
- Visit of Californian State Assembly Delegation (1 speech)
Before we proceed, I wish to welcome on my own behalf and on behalf of Members of Dáil Éireann a delegation of the Irish Caucus of the California State Assembly. A céad mile...
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (19 speeches)
If the Tánaiste had intended to give reassurance to people regarding accident and emergency departments, she has singularly failed to do so. A very simple sentence is required, that no...
- Business of Dáil (26 speeches)
The Chief Whip has a business proposal to put to us.
- Order of Business (80 speeches)
I call on the rapporteur for the business committee, Deputy Brendan Ryan-----
- Standing Orders: Motion (1 speech)
I move: (1) That, in accordance with the recommendation of the sub-Committee on Dáil Reform under Standing Order 107(1)(a), the Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann relative to Public...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (7 speeches)
1. To ask the Minister for Health if, in view of recent events, he has plans to review arrangements for the funding and auditing of section 38 agencies; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Home Help Service Data (7 speeches)
2. To ask the Minister for Health the number of banked and paid for hours that home-help workers are due; the breakdown of these by region; the number of hours that have been cut from persons in...
- Services for People with Disabilities (11 speeches)
3. To ask the Minister for Health when the task force for the implementation of personalised budgets for persons with disabilities will be established; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (7 speeches)
4. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an up-to-date list of section 38 entities which receive funding from the HSE and the amount of funding each organisation received from 2013 to 2015,...
- Hospital Groups (7 speeches)
5. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria for appointment to senior hospital management positions and for board appointments in each of the hospital groups; and if he will make a statement...
- Topical Issue Matters (1 speech)
Before proceeding to Other Questions, I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 29A and the name of the Member in each...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Hospital Waiting Lists (7 speeches)
6. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce gynaecology waiting times in Cork University Hospital. [20992/16]
- Hospital Waiting Lists (7 speeches)
7. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the substantial increase between December 2015 and May 2016 in the number of outpatients waiting more than a year for a consultation in Cork...
- Mental Health Services Provision (16 speeches)
8. To ask the Minister for Health his proposals to end the practice of admitting children to adult mental health units and cope in an age-appropriate way with the rise in the number of children...
- Hospital Waiting Lists (8 speeches)
9. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the waiting times for cataract surgery in County Kerry. [20963/16]
- Health Services (6 speeches)
10. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether proper protocols were followed in a case (details supplied); and his and the Health Service Executive's plans to amend guidelines and best...
- Home Help Service (12 speeches)
11. To ask the Minister for Health his proposals to increase the number of hours under the home help scheme and the number of home care packages in counties Longford and Westmeath. [20977/16]
- Health Services Provision (9 speeches)
13. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the continuing depth of involvement of religious organisations in providing State-funded health care, on the separation of church and State, and if...
- Mental Health Services Report (7 speeches)
12. To ask the Minister for Health if he has commenced the promised review of A Vision for Change, when he will complete it, the composition of the review team, its terms of reference, and if he...
- Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Home Care Packages Funding (11 speeches)
I am delighted to be given the opportunity to speak today on the issue of home care packages. As with all Members of the House, health is a constant issue at my weekly clinics. Access to vital...
- Hospital Accommodation Provision (4 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for affording me the opportunity to raise this issue which is of the utmost importance to the people of Galway and the broader western region. At University...
- Voluntary Sector Remuneration (4 speeches)
I am glad to have an opportunity to raise this important issue. Over the weekend, people will have read astonishing revelations concerning executives in the St. John of God organisation who were...
- Harbours and Piers Development (5 speeches)
The final Topical Issue is in the name of Deputy Seán Barrett who I got to know from his time sitting in this Chair over the years. It is nice to see him as a Deputy representing his...
- Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 speech)
A division was challenged on Thursday, 7 July on the question that the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016 be read a Second Time. In accordance with an order of the House today, that division...
- Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Health pursuant to Standing Order 149.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Order for Report Stage (1 speech)
I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (561 speeches)
Amendments Nos. 1 to 6, inclusive, in the names of Deputies Ruth Coppinger, Paul Murphy, Mick Barry, Richard Boyd Barrett, Gino Kenny and Bríd Smith have been ruled out of order. Amendment...
- Regulation of Charities: Motion [Private Members] (34 speeches)
I move:That Dáil Éireann:recognises that:— the charity sector is a critical component of our civic society which must be supported to operate in a manner that puts it above...
