Dáil debates

Tuesday, 15 November 2016

  • Prelude (0 speeches)
    Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
  • Leaders' Questions (22 speeches)
    Going back to 1962 in that seminal document, Investment in Education, and the opening of the first regional technical colleges in 1970, our institutes of technology, ITs, have been a linchpin of...
  • Visit of Chinese Delegation (1 speech)
    Before proceeding, I wish on my own behalf and on behalf of all Members of Dáil Éireann to offer céad míle fáilte - 100,000 welcomes, and a most sincere welcome at that -...
  • Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (19 speeches)
    The Ceann Comhairle stopped my train. However, I also welcome our visitors. We all realise the importance of this project but there is another serious issue developing in the decision to...
  • Order of Business (3 speeches)
    I call on the rapporteur for the Business Committee, Deputy Jim Daly, to announce the Order of Business for the week and to move the proposals regarding arrangements for the taking of that business.
  • Questions on Proposed Legislation (71 speeches)
    The programme for Government is very clear about the need for the implementation of the national broadband plan. A report published today makes it clear that certain parts of rural Ireland have...
  • Social and Affordable Housing Bill 2016: First Stage (5 speeches)
    I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend various enactments with a view to improving the supply of social and affordable housing and to provide for related...
  • 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, Questions for oral...
  • Presentation and Circulation of Further Revised Estimates 2016: Motion (1 speech)
    I move:That, notwithstanding Standing Order 182(1) or (2) of the Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann relative to Public Business or the Resolution of the Dáil of 7th July, 2016, the...
  • Sixth Report of the Committee of Selection: Motion (1 speech)
    I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the Sixth Report of the Standing Committee of Selection in accordance with Standing Order 27F, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann...
  • Changes to Standing Order 148: Motion (1 speech)
    I move:That, in accordance with the recommendation of the sub-Committee on Dáil Reform under Standing Order 107(1)(a), the Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann relative to Public...
  • Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
    • Constitutional Convention Recommendations (16 speeches)
      1. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding the outstanding recommendations from the Constitutional Convention on referenda on various issues. [33547/16]
    • Programme for Government Implementation (24 speeches)
      The arrangement was that there would be ten minutes for this and ten minutes for the next group.
    • Cabinet Committee Meetings (19 speeches)
      5. To ask the Taoiseach the number of times the Cabinet committee on social policy and public service reform has met; and if he will provide its forward schedule of meetings. [33563/16]
  • 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 Gino Kenny -...
  • Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
    • Garda Remuneration (7 speeches)
      25. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the implications for her Department’s Estimates in 2017 of the Labour Court recommendations in the Garda dispute; and if she will make a...
    • Proposed Legislation (17 speeches)
      26. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which she will publish the equality/disability (miscellaneous provisions) Bill, which is necessary for the ratification of the UN...
    • Judicial Council (7 speeches)
      27. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a judicial council will be established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35148/16]
    • Garda College (5 speeches)
      28. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in regard to the refurbishment of the Garda College in Templemore; the status of recruitment and proposals to extend and...
    • Garda Stations (7 speeches)
      29. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations that are operating on a part-time basis, that is, less than a full 24-hour period; the provisions that have been made...
  • Other Questions (0 speeches)
    • Garda Resources (7 speeches)
      30. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if recorded crime statistics for County Galway are an accurate reflection of the reality of crime in the area; if all Garda stations in County...
    • Garda Resources (8 speeches)
      31. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if recorded crime statistics for County Westmeath are an accurate reflection of the reality of crime in the area; if all Garda stations in County...
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations (18 speeches)
      33. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has examined the full transcript of the workings of the O'Higgins commission in detail; if she is satisfied with the role played by...
    • Garda Deployment (6 speeches)
      34. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations and the number of gardaí in the Dublin southern metropolitan region on 31 October 2010 and on 31 October 2016;...
    • Garda Deployment (7 speeches)
      35. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations and the number of gardaí in each station in County Clare on 31 October 2010 and 31 October 2016; the proportion...
    • Crime Levels (7 speeches)
      36. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if recorded crime statistics for County Mayo are an accurate reflection of the reality of crime in the area; if all Garda stations in County Mayo...
    • Crime Levels (9 speeches)
      38. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if recorded crime statistics for counties Sligo and Leitrim are an accurate reflection of the reality of crime in the area; if all Garda stations...
    • Crime Levels (2 speeches)
      39. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if recorded crime statistics for the Dublin western metropolitan region are an accurate reflection of the reality of crime in the area; if all...
  • Topical Issues (0 speeches)
    • Medicinal Products (4 speeches)
      I thank the Minister of State for taking the question. The Minister for Health, Deputy Simon Harris, recently met the parents of Ava Barry and called for a review of cannabis-based medicines....
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision (6 speeches)
      I am grateful to the Ceann Comhairle for allowing this debate. I welcome the Minister of State. His commitment to his duties is top class. I have come across him many times on active service...
    • Mental Health Services Provision (7 speeches)
      The third item is one in which Deputy Michael D'Arcy wishes to address the establishment of an acute admissions unit in County Wexford.
    • Garda Promotions (4 speeches)
      The issue I wish to raise concerns the failure of the Government to fill vacancies at the rank of chief superintendent in An Garda Síochána. The Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, will...
  • European Defence Agency: Motion (11 speeches)
    I move:That Dáil Éireann approves Ireland's participation in two European Defence Agency Projects - (1) MARSUR Networking - Adaptive Phase (MARSUR II) and (2) Cooperation on Cyber...
  • Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016 - Second Stage: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 speeches)
    Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
  • Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: 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 194(1) of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business.
  • Courts Bill 2016: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
  • Courts Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 speeches)
    I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." On behalf of the Tánaiste, I want to thank the House for facilitating early discussion of this short Bill, which is primarily intended to...
  • Mental Health Services Funding: Motion [Private Members] (37 speeches)
    I move:That Dáil Éireann: notes: - the commitment in Appendix 1 of the Confidence and Supply Arrangement for a Fine Gael-led Government to fully implement A Vision for Change in the...
  • Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
    The Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach has completed its consideration of the Finance Bill 2016, and has made amendments thereto.