Dáil debates

Wednesday, 19 October 2016

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 12 noon
• Leaders' Questions (32 speeches)
  Cystic fibrosis, CF, is a very debilitating condition. Ireland has the largest cohort per capitaof population of people with CF. Consistent research has helped improve the quality of life and...
• Questions on Proposed Legislation (79 speeches)
  The programme for Government is very explicit about mental health. It states that the Government intends to fully implement A Vision for Change and that it will base health expenditure on...
• Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2016: First Stage (5 speeches)
  I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005. On behalf of my Labour Party colleagues, I seek leave to introduce the...
• Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
  • Departmental Bodies (18 speeches)
    1. To ask the Taoiseach to provide an update on the formation of the Dublin north inner city task force, its terms of reference, chair and timescale. [30289/16]
  • Citizens Assembly (17 speeches)
    2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the convening of the Citizens' Assembly. [30290/16]
  • Cabinet Committee Meetings (14 speeches)
    3. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on justice reform last met. [30554/16]
• European Council Meeting: Statements (31 speeches)
  I welcome this opportunity to address the House in advance of the European Council meeting that begins tomorrow in Brussels. The agenda includes a discussion of the current migration situation,...
• Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Flood Risk Management (12 speeches)
    7. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the preparations for likely flooding during winter 2016 and spring 2017; the amount of money which has been drawn down by...
  • Public Sector Pay (12 speeches)
    8. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way it is possible to justify pay increases for Deputies in April 2017 and again in January 2018 in view of the fact there was a 10...
  • Capital Expenditure Programme (7 speeches)
    9. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the arrangements for the 2017 review of capital spending; the intended process; the intended weighting that will be attached to elements...
  • Public Sector Pay (7 speeches)
    10. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider ending the pay inequality by restoring a common pay scale for all public sector workers and if he will make a...
  • Public Sector Staff Remuneration (7 speeches)
    11. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report to Dáil Éireann on the proposed public service pay commission; the parameters for such a commission and the...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Teachers' Remuneration (8 speeches)
    12. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he or his Department has advised other Departments regarding the restoration of pay and conditions with the ASTI trade union; and if...
  • Expenditure Reviews (7 speeches)
    14. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the process and proposed timing for the spending review as announced by him in his budget speech; the proposed involvement of the...
  • Public Sector Pensions Data (3 speeches)
    15. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the savings to the Exchequer if public sector pensions were capped at €50,000 per annum; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (5 speeches)
    16. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the discussions he has undertaken since taking up office to examine the case presented by community employment supervisors to have access...
  • Institutes of Technology Funding (10 speeches)
    17. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department favours putting in place a borrowing framework for institutes of technology, IOTs, or for technological universities,...
  • Brexit Issues (5 speeches)
    20. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his role in funding Departments and agencies to address the challenge of Brexit; if there are provisions and plans for any necessary...
  • Departmental Expenditure (5 speeches)
    21. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he remains satisfied that all Departments can remain within their expenditure targets without diminution of services...
  • Capital Expenditure Programme (5 speeches)
    22. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the percentage of GDP the capital programme for 2017 represents, including increases for housing, health, education and transport; his...
  • Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme (7 speeches)
    24. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he and his Department have identified the most important elements of infrastructural deficiency in areas such as...
  • Public Sector Staff Remuneration (14 speeches)
    25. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any account was taken in preparing his Budget Statement of the need for wage increases among public service workers outside 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) Deputy Gino Kenny - the waiting...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Services for People with Disabilities (4 speeches)
    I will be brief. I hope the Minister of State will be able to answer my questions about the assessment of needs for children with disabilities in the Dublin Mid-West constituency. This is a...
  • Sport and Recreational Development (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this matter, which deserves attention within the Departments of Transport, Tourism and Sport and Health, for discussion. It relates to the proposed Lusk...
  • Local Authority Funding (28 speeches)
    I thank the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government for taking the time to come here today. I know he has agreed to meet four Deputies on this issue but I wanted to table...
• Services and Supports for People with Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease: Motion [Private Members] (22 speeches)
  I move: “That Dáil Éireann:notes that: — the World Health Organisation has described dementia as one of the most serious social challenges facing the world today;...
• National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2015: Order for Report Stage (1 speech)
  I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."
• National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (5 speeches)
  Bill received for final consideration.
• Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (16 speeches)
  Debate resumed on the following motion: - (Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade).