Dáil debates
Wednesday, 9 November 2016
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 12 noon
- Leaders' Questions (41 speeches)
I presume the Taoiseach is familiar with the research produced by Daft.ie- Crisis in the rental market worsens. An extraordinary set of figures have been produced which go to the heart of...
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (47 speeches)
There are many commitments in the programme for Government on the health service, particularly in terms of additional recruitment of nurses. As the Taoiseach knows, the INMO has decided to...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
- Cabinet Committee Meetings (27 speeches)
1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on European affairs last met. [33524/16]
- Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 speeches)
4. To ask the Taoiseach if he has had contact with outgoing US President, Barack Obama; and if not, his plans to do so before the US President relinquishes his office. [33545/16]
- Cabinet Committee Meetings (14 speeches)
5. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economy, trade and jobs last met; and when the next meeting is scheduled for. [33546/16]
- 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 Fiona O'Loughlin -...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Defence Forces (7 speeches)
12. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the report on the well-being of members of the Permanent Defence Force; his plans to address the principal issues which require...
- Defence Forces Deployment (7 speeches)
13. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the role of Defence Force personnel serving with the EU Training Mission in Mali, EUTM Mali, and if he will make a statement on the...
- Curragh Plains Representative Forum (7 speeches)
14. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the coordination that has taken place in the management of the Curragh Plains since the establishment of the Curragh forum and if he will make a...
- Defence Forces Medicinal Products (7 speeches)
15. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has met representatives of the group, Action Lariam for Irish Soldiers, or if he will confirm the date when he will be meeting the group....
- Defence Forces Recruitment (7 speeches)
16. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to introduce measures to ensure a larger and dedicated contribution of female Defence Forces members in peacekeeping operations, taking...
- Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Common Security and Defence Policy (7 speeches)
17. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on a proposal agreed on 26 October 2016 that seeks to allocate €25 million annual funding for innovative defence technology over...
- Defence Forces Medicinal Products (9 speeches)
18. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 683 of 18 October 2016, if he will address allegations that members of the Defence Forces not only did not...
- Defence Forces (8 speeches)
20. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has read the report on the Defence Forces well being entitled Your Say Climate Survey 2015; his views on the report and its findings; and...
- Defence Forces Operations (7 speeches)
21. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of times to date in 2016 that the Defence Forces has been called on to perform aid to civil power duties at Irish airports in respect...
- Partnership for Peace (7 speeches)
22. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide a categorical assurance that no Irish defence personnel will participate in any Russian deterrent force and that no Defence...
- Defence Forces Representative Organisations (7 speeches)
24. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if, in view of indications that the Garda Representative Association and the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors will have statutory...
- EU Meetings (7 speeches)
25. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the representative from his department who attended the informal meeting of European Union Defence Ministers in Bratislava on 26 September...
- Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- State Pensions (Contributory) (4 speeches)
There is an anomaly in the calculation of the entitlement to the State pension. I put it to the Minister for Social Protection that there is ongoing discrimination against those who have taken...
- Hospital Bed Capacity (4 speeches)
I thank the Minister of State for taking this issue. The Minister for Health will be aware of the serious difficulties that have faced patients and staff at University Hospital Galway, UHG, in...
- School Accommodation Provision (4 speeches)
I thank the Minister for Education and Skills for taking this matter and his support of and interest in the school in question, Our Lady of Mercy national school, Stradbally, County Waterford. I...
- Rent Controls (4 speeches)
I am sure the Minister has had an opportunity to study with his officials yesterday's report by Daft.ieand the economist Ronan Lyons that shows a stunning and extraordinary increase in rents,...
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As this is a Private Members' Bill, it must, under Standing Orders 84A(3)(a) and 141, be referred to the select committee. The relevant committee for this Bill is the Select Committee on...
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Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."