Dáil debates
Thursday, 21 July 2016
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10 a.m.
- European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training: Motion (13 speeches)
I move:That Dáil Éireann approve the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of...
- Appointment of Members of the Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Motion (8 speeches)
I move:That Dáil Éireann, noting that the Government agreed on 13 July 2016 to propose, for the approval of Dáil Éireann, the appointment of the persons concerned to be...
- Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Order for Report Stage (1 speech)
I move:"That Report Stage be taken now."
- Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (7 speeches)
Amendments Nos. 1 and 2 are related and will be discussed together.
- Leaders' Questions (40 speeches)
Last week, the CSO published a report that showed Ireland's growth rate surging to 26.3% in 2015. It made a mockery of Ireland and was described as leprechaun economics by the Nobel Prize winner...
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (49 speeches)
It is great to see the partnership Government working. I never thought I would see the day when Deputy Naughten was standing in for the Taoiseach. I would like to raise a serious issue that...
- Business of Dáil (3 speeches)
That concludes an extended edition of questions on proposed legislation. I understand the Minister of State, Deputy Regina Doherty, has a business proposal to put to the House.
- Criminal Justice (Aggravation by Prejudice) Bill 2016: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to make provision for aggravation by prejudice of offences in circumstances where an offence, at the time of commission, is...
- Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move:Go gceadófar go dtabharfar isteach Bille dá ngairtear Acht do dhéanamh socrú maidir le rialáil a dhéanamh ar channabas atá lena úsáid chun...
- 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...
- Budgetary Oversight Arrangements: Motion (1 speech)
I move:That, until 31st December, 2016 or until the Dáil shall otherwise order–(1) A Select Committee, which shall be called the Committee on Budgetary Oversight, is hereby...
- Fourth Report of the Committee of Selection and Appointment of Chairs: Motion (1 speech)
I move:That Dáil Éireann:(a) approves the Fourth Report of the Standing Committee of Selection in accordance with Standing Order 27F, copies of which were laid before Dáil...
- Housing (Sale of Local Authority Housing) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 speech)
The following motion was moved by Deputy Barry Cowen on Wednesday, 20 July 2016:
- Standing Order 149: Motion (Resumed) (1 speech)
The following motion was moved by the Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, on Wednesday, 20 July 2016:
- European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training: Motion (Resumed) (1 speech)
The following motion was moved by the Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality, Deputy David Stanton on Thursday, 21 July 2016:
- 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 29A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Mary Butler - the...
- Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 speeches)
Debate resumed on amendment No. 1: -(Deputy Mick Wallace)
- Finance (Certain European Union and Intergovernmental Obligations) Bill 2016: Order for Report Stage (1 speech)
I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."
- Finance (Certain European Union and Intergovernmental Obligations) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (26 speeches)
Amendments Nos. 1, 2 and 7 are related and may be discussed together.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Child Protection Services Provision (6 speeches)
1. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to discuss the inadequate central referral system used by social worker services and the absence of a central ICT system. [23513/16]
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (9 speeches)
2. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to provide an update on the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby homes; the possibility of further extending the terms of...
- Children and Family Services Provision (9 speeches)
3. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to address concerns over inadequate case management by social worker services of adult disclosure cases and the lack of an overarching...
- Homeless Persons Supports (7 speeches)
4. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views that the spectre of 2,177 children having to be housed in emergency accommodation is a blight on the nation; and if she will make a...
- Social Workers Recruitment (8 speeches)
5. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she intends to take to meet general staffing shortages in the social work service to ensure all children in care have an allocated...
- Other Questions (1 speech)
Question No. 6 taken after Question No. 7.
- Family Resource Centres (21 speeches)
7. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to address concerns that Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, is providing inadequate levels of resources to family resource centres...
- Domestic Violence Services Funding (10 speeches)
With the agreement of the House, we will take Deputy O'Sullivan's question now. Is that agreed?
- Child Care Services (9 speeches)
8. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if progress has been made on the commitment in the programme for Government to conduct and publish an independent review of the cost of...
- Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (7 speeches)
9. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to increase funding to women's refuges to allow them to increase their capacity and provide much-needed services to victims of...
- Child Care Costs (7 speeches)
10. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to tackle the high cost of child care in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23028/16]
- Adoption Records Provision (7 speeches)
11. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department or Tusla will carry out a full audit of the 13,500 transferred adoption files from Saint Patrick's Guild Adoption Agency....
- Child Care Services Funding (7 speeches)
12. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of the 500 after-school child care scheme, ASCC, places taken up now that the eligibility for 52 weeks is ending; the measures...
- Adoption Legislation (6 speeches)
13. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she expects to publish the adoption (information and tracing) Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23040/16]
- Child Protection Services Provision (5 speeches)
14. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the inadequate central referral system used by social worker services and the absence of a central ICT system. [23056/16]
- Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Autism Support Services (4 speeches)
Autism has been in the news frequently. Last week, a report from the National Council for Special Education stated one in every 65 schoolchildren in the State has a diagnosis of autism, a figure...
- Hospital Procedures (28 speeches)
I am raising a matter which I consider to be extremely important and which impacts on patients who are waiting for a cardiac procedure called a transcatheter aortic valve replacement. This...
- Homeless Accommodation Provision (8 speeches)
Is the Minister of State taking the third matter?
- Education (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." Gabhaim mo bhuíochas leis an gCeann Comhairle as ucht an deis an Bille seo a thabhairt isteach sa Teach seo tráthnóna inniu....
- Education (Amendment) Bill 2016 [Private Members]: Referral to Select Committee (3 speeches)
As this is a Private Members' Bill, it must, under Standing Orders 84A and 141, be referred to a select or special committee. The relevant committee in this instance is the Select Committee on...