Dáil debates

Tuesday, 8 November 2016

  • Prelude (0 speeches)
    Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
  • Leaders' Questions (71 speeches)
    Yesterday there were secondary schools closed across the country. Today there are secondary schools closed across the country. It is happening for a number of reasons, including fundamentally...
  • Order of Business (72 speeches)
    I call on the rapporteur for the Business Committee, Deputy Clare Daly, to announce the Order of Business for the week and to move the proposals regarding arrangements for the taking of that business.
  • Prohibition of Hydraulic Fracturing (Extraction of Hydrocarbon) Bill 2016: First Stage (5 speeches)
    I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the prohibition of Hydraulic Fracturing and all other practices to extract Hydrocarbon from coal seams, shale rock...
  • Prohibition of Hydraulic Fracturing Bill 2015: Leave to Withdraw (1 speech)
    I move:That leave be granted to withdraw the Prohibition of Hydraulic Fracturing Bill 2015.
  • Finance Bill 2016: Financial Resolutions (1 speech)
    I move the following Resolutions:THAT sections 784, 787G, 787K, 787O, 787R, 787S and 790D of Part 30 of, and Schedule 23B to, the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (No. 39 of 1997), which relate to...
  • Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
    • Brexit Issues (20 speeches)
      1. To ask the Taoiseach the measures in place to engage with Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas on Ireland's position ahead of the negotiations with the United Kingdom following the vote to...
    • Brexit Issues (35 speeches)
      5. To ask the Taoiseach if he has sought bilateral meetings with the First Minister for Northern Ireland, Arlene Foster, and the leader of the UUP, Mike Nesbitt, regarding Brexit and the all...
  • Topical Issue Matters (1 speech)
    The following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 29A were received by the Ceann Comhairle and this is a list with the name of the Member in each case: (1)...
  • Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
    • Child Care Costs (7 speeches)
      18. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the lack of income progressivity in the universal child care subsidy as announced in budget 2017; and her views on whether the...
    • Child Care Services Provision (7 speeches)
      19. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether the required capacity currently exists to meet the need of the implementation of the single affordable child care...
    • Child and Family Agency Funding (7 speeches)
      20. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding allocated to Tusla in budget 2017 which will go towards implementing the provisions on aftercare contained in the...
    • Youth Work Projects Funding (7 speeches)
      21. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will develop along with an organisation (details supplied) a European youth centre in order to ensure that the potential of the...
    • Child Care Costs (8 speeches)
      22. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way she will protect against the dual income trap, as articulated by a person (details supplied), the result of which is a greater level...
    • Departmental Budgets (12 speeches)
      23. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a breakdown of all new funds allocated to early child care for 2017 and the way in which this money will be allocated;...
    • Homeless Persons Supports (10 speeches)
      24. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the child focus of the national action plan on housing and homelessness; the number of children currently being supported; the...
    • Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (7 speeches)
      25. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her department has been engaged in consideration of offering care to some of the unaccompanied minors who were removed from the camp at...
    • Child Abuse Prevention (6 speeches)
      26. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she remains satisfied that adequate protection is in place to ensure early reporting and prompt action in cases of...
    • Traveller Accommodation (7 speeches)
      27. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department has studied the figures provided by the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government regarding the...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education (7 speeches)
      28. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the report Childcare, Early Education and Socio-Emotional Outcomes at Age 5 by the Economic and Social Research Institute...
    • Brexit Issues (8 speeches)
      29. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the plans she has in place to deal with the potential loss of substantial funding to the youth work sector as a result of withdrawal of EU...
  • Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
    • Garda Districts (4 speeches)
      This is a simple question. Page 98 of the programme for Government outlines that there will be a review of Garda districts. When will the review start, what will be its timeframe and when is it...
    • Ambulance Service Accommodation (4 speeches)
      I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for allowing me to raise this issue today. I raised this matter in February 2012 when, at that time, there was great fear and worry on the part of staff...
    • Counselling Services Provision (4 speeches)
      The demand for counselling in primary care, CIPC, is steadily growing. The number of referrals increased from 14,407 in 2014 to 17,000 in 2015. Waiting lists for access to a first appointment...
    • Customs and Excise Controls (7 speeches)
      I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this matter, which seeks to highlight the need for Revenue to increase its presence at the ports and airports in the west, with the aim of tackling drug...
  • Social Welfare Bill 2016: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
  • Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (64 speeches)
    I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The purpose of the Bill is to provide the legislative framework for the implementation of the measures announced in budget 2017. It also...
  • Public Sector Pay: Motion [Private Members] (133 speeches)
    I move:That Dáil Éireann:accepts that: — the legacy of eight years of cuts to pay and public services continues to place enormous pressure on ordinary people and households;...