Dáil debates

Thursday, 3 November 2016

  • Prelude (0 speeches)
    Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 12 noon
  • Leaders' Questions (21 speeches)
    We are now less than 19 hours away from a Garda strike. This country and its people are entering uncharted territory. A police strike is unprecedented in this country and highly unusual...
  • Questions on Proposed Legislation (47 speeches)
    I ask Members to comply with the principle of just putting a question to give everybody an opportunity to put their question. I will try to give as many Members as possible an opportunity to ask...
  • Local Government (Mayor and Regional Authority of Dublin) Bill 2016: First Stage (5 speeches)
    I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the election of a Mayor for the Local Government areas of Dublin City and the counties of Dún...
  • Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (1 speech)
    I move:That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 6 May 2016, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, Questions for oral answer,...
  • Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 speeches)
    Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
  • Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
    I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Justice and Equality pursuant to Standing Orders 84A(3)(a) and 149(1)of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business.
  • 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 Thomas Byrne - the...
  • Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 speeches)
    Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
  • Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
    I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs pursuant to Standing Orders 84A(3)(a) and 149(1) of the Standing Orders relative...
  • Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
  • Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Second Stage (3 speeches)
    I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to bring the Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016 before the House. In Ireland, the majority of the law on financial reporting for...
  • Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
    • Brexit Issues (7 speeches)
      1. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on whether there are sufficient supports in place to safeguard Irish jobs and exports following the recent Brexit referendum;...
    • Action Plan for Jobs (11 speeches)
      2. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the relevance of the eight regional action plans for jobs in view of Brexit; the specific details of meetings her...
    • IDA Site Visits (9 speeches)
      3. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to outline her views on the current regional spread of jobs and IDA Ireland site visits; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • UK Referendum on EU Membership (9 speeches)
      5. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress of her Department in Brexit preparations to ensure that Irish jobs are protected, promoted and preserved; the additional...
  • Other Questions (0 speeches)
    • Brexit Issues (7 speeches)
      6. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which her Department has identified any positive or negative fallout from developments in the context of Brexit; the plans...
    • Brexit Issues (17 speeches)
      7. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to protect Irish industry from Brexit; the details of those plans across all sectors; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Trade Agreements (13 speeches)
      8. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if, considering the fact that the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA, is ranked as a mixed agreement, Dáil...
    • Brexit Issues (28 speeches)
      9. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of all the meetings that she has held to date with her Cabinet colleagues, with her Department, with her departmental...
    • Low Pay Commission Report (11 speeches)
      10. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures she will take to address the over concentration of women in precarious work and in receipt of low pay; and if she will...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (8 speeches)
      12. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to provide additional funding to InterTrade Ireland to deal with the fall out from Brexit; and if she will make a statement...
    • Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (7 speeches)
      13. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has read the recent study by Tufts University which uses the UN economic model to show that the Comprehensive Economic and Trade...
    • IDA Portfolio (7 speeches)
      14. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is satisfied with the current number of vacant IDA Ireland properties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33010/16]
    • Research and Development Supports (11 speeches)
      15. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation following the publication of Innovation 2020, the mechanism in place to review progress and ensure targets in the strategy are being...
  • Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
    • Industrial Disputes (5 speeches)
      I remind Members that a Deputy has four minutes for an initial statement and a Minister or Minister of State has four minutes to reply. A Deputy has two minutes for a supplementary question and...
    • Fáilte Ireland Staff (30 speeches)
      It is quite unfortunate the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Shane Ross, is not here to respond to this matter and that the Minister of State had to be pulled back up from...
    • Homeless Accommodation Provision (4 speeches)
      Unfortunately, the Minister, Deputy Simon Coveney, is not present. I know he knows the site in question, given the fact that he visited it only yesterday and failed while he was there to meet...
    • Homeless Persons Data (4 speeches)
      The figures on homelessness released yesterday were once again pretty shocking. It is hard to credit that things are still getting worse. Despite the fact that the bulk of this Government has...
  • Public Holidays (Lá na Poblachta) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 speeches)
    I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." Molaim go mbeidh an reachtaíocht seo bogtha agus léite don Dara hUair. Is í an fheidhm atá leis an bpíosa...