Dáil debates
Tuesday, 18 October 2016
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
- Leaders' Questions (86 speeches)
I am sure the Taoiseach agrees that justice delayed is justice denied. It is a fundamental core function of the Government to ensure the appointment of judges to our courts in a timely and...
- Order of Business (130 speeches)
Moving on to the gnóthaí na seachtaine, today's Government business shall be No. 9, motion re PQ rota change, without debate; No. 10, motion re Ireland’s participation in two...
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2016: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the establishment of an independent judicial appointments commission with responsibility for recommending persons...
- Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (1 speech)
I move:That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 6th May, 2016, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, or in the Order of the...
- European Defence Agency Proposal: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
I move:That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves Ireland’s participation in two European Defence Agency Projects - (1) MARSUR Networking - Adaptive Phase (MARSUR II) and (2)...
- Council of Europe: Appointment of Representatives (1 speech)
I wish to inform the House that the following persons have been selected and nominated as representatives and alternatives from Ireland to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
- Cabinet Committee Meetings (13 speeches)
1. To ask the Taoiseach if the Cabinet committee on arts, Irish and the Gaeltacht has been established and has met. [28623/16]
- Cabinet Committee Meetings (32 speeches)
3. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health last met. [28719/16]
- Brexit Issues (19 speeches)
6. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to or conversed with the British Prime Minister or other members of United Kingdom Government since the announcement by the British Prime Minister of the...
- 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) Deputies John Brassil and...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Mental Health Services Funding (7 speeches)
15. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the additional €35 million for mental health services will be spent in 2017; if, with regard to the commitment in the confidence and...
- Ambulance Service Provision (9 speeches)
16. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that expenditure of over €19 million in the years 2012-15, inclusive, on private ambulance services represents value for money; if an...
- Health Services Staff (7 speeches)
17. To ask the Minister for Health if he will be implementing in full the decision taken by his immediate predecessor to protect the two titles of physiotherapist and physical therapist in one...
- Accident and Emergency Departments (15 speeches)
18. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that private investor-owned, profit-oriented hospitals, details supplied, are advertising for patients on the radio...
- HSE National Service Plan (7 speeches)
19. To ask the Minister for Health when the 2017 HSE service plan will be published; when the programme for Government commitment on a five-year service plan will be published; and if he will...
- Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Home Care Packages Funding (7 speeches)
20. To ask the Minister for Health the funding made available for County Galway and south Mayo for home help packages in 2016; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that as a result of...
- Ambulance Service Provision (11 speeches)
21. To ask the Minister for Health if he envisages significant improvements in ambulance service provision in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30683/16]
- Hospital Waiting Lists (8 speeches)
22. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he and his Department have precisely identified the most common causes for long waiting lists in respect of various elective procedures;...
- Home Care Packages Funding (7 speeches)
24. To ask the Minister for Health the extra provision that is being put in place for home-care packages and home helps in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30643/16]
- National Treatment Purchase Fund (7 speeches)
25. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated to the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, in each of the years since its inception; the way the money was spent; the number of...
- Hospital Waiting Lists (11 speeches)
26. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that University Hospital Waterford has experienced an increase of 159% in inpatient and day case waiting lists since May 2013 when it became part of...
- Occupational Therapy (7 speeches)
27. To ask the Minister for Health the action that is being taken to improve waiting times for occupational therapy, especially for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30649/16]
- Speech and Language Therapy Provision (8 speeches)
28. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to improve waiting times for speech and language therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30648/16]
- Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Services for People with Disabilities (13 speeches)
I very much welcome the opportunity to speak to this issue. Since being elected in February, this is probably the single most important issue that has come to my desk. I have a fist full of...
- Hospital Accommodation Provision (6 speeches)
I acknowledge the fantastic care that is provided at all the district hospitals in Cork South-West. The background to this debate is that in recent years, even as the good care I have mentioned...
- Brexit Issues (8 speeches)
Who is taking this matter?
- Flood Prevention Measures (11 speeches)
I am sure that everyone in the House is very familiar with the damage to businesses, homes and farmland caused along the Shannon last winter. We need to ensure that this never happens again. In...
- Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
- Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak on Second Stage of this important legislation, the Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016. The...
- Funding for Education: Motion [Private Members] (80 speeches)
I move:“That Dáil Éireann: welcomes: — the allocation of sufficient resources to meet demographic growth in our school system, including the allocation of additional...
- Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (48 speeches)
Debate resumed on the following motion: - (Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade).
