Dáil debates
Tuesday, 19 July 2016
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
- Leaders' Questions (33 speeches)
The housing crisis has been developing and, indeed, escalating since about 2011. It is interesting that there has been approximately a 400% increase in the number of families sleeping in...
- Nice Attacks: Expressions of Sympathy (12 speeches)
Before proceeding to Questions on Proposed Legislation I will give each leader, beginning with the Taoiseach, one minute for a brief statement on the monstrous attacks in Nice last week.
- Order of Business (70 speeches, 2 comments)
I call on the rapporteur for the business committee, Deputy Jim Daly, to announce the Order of Business for the week and to move the proposals regarding arrangements for the taking of that business.
- Standing Orders: Motion (1 speech)
I move: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...
- Select Committees: Motion (1 speech)
I move:That, pending the appointment of Select Committees by Seanad Éireann, Select Committees appointed pursuant to Standing Order 84A may consider all matters set out in Standing Order 84A...
- Message from Seanad (1 speech)
Seanad Éireann has passed the Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016 without amendment.
- 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 21 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Barry Cowen - concerns...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
- Cabinet Committees (21 speeches)
1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet sub-committee on justice reform was last convened. [19812/16]
- European Council Meetings (6 speeches)
3. To ask the Taoiseach the detail of his contributions and comments at the June 2016 European Council meeting regarding Scotland and the responses he received. [19833/16]
- Cabinet Committee Meetings (11 speeches)
4. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet sub-committee on social policy and public service reform last met. [20695/16]
- Priority Questions (1 speech)
I remind Members that Priority Questions involve a procedure that lasts six and a half minutes and I will stick to that strictly. There are 30 seconds for a Member to introduce a question and...
- Road Safety (11 speeches)
33. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address the issue of cars which have been written off in other jurisdictions being brought here, given the grave safety...
- Tourism Industry (11 speeches)
32. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has a strategy in place for dealing with the consequences of Brexit for overseas tourism to Ireland; and if he will make...
- Transport Infrastructure Provision (7 speeches)
34. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for dealing with increasing traffic congestion in Dublin city and on key arterial routes in the greater Dublin area. [22790/16]
- Road Tolls (7 speeches)
35. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to consider a review of the toll charge imposed on the M1 at Drogheda and in particular the slip road tolls where persons have to pay a...
- Road Tolls (8 speeches)
36. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the announcement by eFlow that it is withdrawing its tag service on toll booths at a number of toll booths, including at the...
- Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Road Network (7 speeches)
37. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to address concerns of extremely low maintenance spending on national, regional and local roads by his Department; and if he will make a...
- Road Improvement Schemes (25 speeches)
38. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider projects at Clarke's Hill and Coach Hill, Rochestown, County Cork, for inclusion in the next round of grants under the...
- Sports Capital Programme (11 speeches)
39. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has made a decision as to whether sports capital grants will be made available for 2016; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Harbour Authorities (7 speeches)
40. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in his deliberations on the future governance of Dún Laoghaire Harbour, he will be taking into account the series of questions...
- Driver Licensing Exchange Agreements (8 speeches)
41. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the protocol in place in relation to the recognition here of British driving licences in respect of British citizens living and working...
- Rural Transport Services (7 speeches)
42. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the input his Department had into to the Galway transport strategy; to provide details of any reports provided by his Department to the...
- Airport Development Projects (7 speeches)
43. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a comprehensive impact assessment has been carried out in respect of the effect that the proposed runway at Dublin Airport will have on...
- Message from Seanad (1 speech)
Seanad Éireann has passed the Paternity Leave and Benefit Bill 2016 without amendment.
- Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Bord na Móna (6 speeches)
I raise this issue because it is a concern of mine and of many workers within Bord na Móna that jobs are being put at risk in its transport rail and road divisions by the board's plans to...
- Waste Management (6 speeches)
Last Friday night, a cohort of 11,000 customers of a waste collection company based in Cork by the name of Country Clean, which provides waste services in both Cork city and Cork county, received...
- Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy (6 speeches)
Is the Minister of State aware there are over 25,000 people who need rehabilitation each year? Most of these people struggle even to get the most basic level of service, according to the...
- Road Network (8 speeches)
Gabhaim mo bhuíochas leis an Aire as bheith anseo. The Minister will no doubt be aware of the importance of the N28. It is one of the most strategically important roads in the State. In...
- Housing Strategy: Statements (58 speeches)
I thank Deputies for affording me the opportunity to present to them the key elements of the Government's Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness. The housing emergency, which is especially...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance: Motion [Private Members] (37 speeches)
I move:“That Dáil Éireann: notes: — the inappropriate and burdensome full financial audit of the entire household and all its expenses as the sole route for a seriously...
