Dáil debates
Wednesday, 16 November 2016
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 12 noon
- Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs has completed its consideration of the Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016 and has made amendments thereto.
- Leaders' Questions (47 speeches)
I am sure the Taoiseach will agree that the morale of An Garda Síochána has taken a hammering over recent years and that morale is now quite low among many members of the force. Many...
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (57 speeches)
I ask that all who ask questions respect other Members. A question on promised legislation is to elicit information and, if we stick to that, we might be able to get everybody in. I call Deputy...
- Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Motion to Discharge Order for Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
I move:That the order to refer the Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016 to the Select Committee on Justice and Equality be discharged and to refer it instead to the Select Committee on Jobs,...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
- National Economic and Social Council (15 speeches)
1. To ask the Taoiseach when he will appoint a new National Economic and Social Council. [33719/16]
- Cyber Security Policy (6 speeches)
3. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding IT security in his Department. [33803/16]
- Seanad Reform (24 speeches)
4. To ask the Taoiseach his plans for reform of Seanad Éireann; and his further plans to ensure proposals are advanced before the next general election. [34743/16]
- 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 Imelda Munster - the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Third Level Funding (7 speeches)
22. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to deal with the funding and quality issues in the universities and institutes of technology; and his further plans to develop a...
- Institutes of Technology (7 speeches)
23. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the steps he will take to address the funding shortfall in the institutes of technology in view of the recent report from the Higher...
- Educational Disadvantage (7 speeches)
24. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will remove the cap on the expansion of the delivering equality of opportunity in schools programme, DEIS; if he will put in place the...
- State Examinations Reviews (14 speeches)
25. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a progress report on junior certificate syllabus, subject and assessment reforms and his key priorities in this regard for 2017...
- Apprenticeship Programmes (9 speeches)
26. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made in his plans to double the number of apprenticeships by 2020; and his views on the barriers to expanding recruitment in...
- Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Special Educational Needs Staff (9 speeches)
27. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the ability of his Department to meet the full requirements in respect of special needs...
- Teacher Recruitment (7 speeches)
28. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he envisages difficulties in recruiting extra teachers, as outlined in the budget speech made by the Minister for Public Expenditure and...
- Schools Building Projects Status (7 speeches)
29. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new building for a school (details supplied); when construction will commence and be completed; and if he will make a statement on...
- School Curriculum (7 speeches)
30. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether subjects such as social, personal and health education, SPHE, have a role to...
- School Accommodation Provision (7 speeches)
32. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied with school provision in County Meath, particularly in expanding towns such as Ashbourne. [35027/16]
- Back to Education Allowance (7 speeches)
33. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the lone parent barriers to education report will be published. [34876/16]
- Teachers' Remuneration (9 speeches)
34. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will commit to equal pay for all teachers regardless of the date they started working in view of recent school closures due to industrial...
- School Accommodation (5 speeches)
35. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposals he is reviewing, in conjunction with the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, to realise the programme for Government commitment...
- Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision (19 speeches)
Is the Minister of State, Deputy Canney, dealing with this matter?
- Hospital Services (4 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for giving me the opportunity to raises this issue. I do not often come into this Chamber and play emotional cards but I met a group, the Scoliosis Advocacy Network,...
- Hospital Waiting Lists (4 speeches)
I wish to raise the lack of access to women's gynaecology services in Cork University Maternity Hospital, CUMH. Women in the Cork region have drastically longer waiting times for these services...
- Office of Public Works Properties (5 speeches)
Before I call Deputy Mick Barry, I wish to say that Deputies have expressed concern about this particular issue for some time. It is important, when making contributions, that no allegations are...
- Post Office Network: Motion [Private Members] (106 speeches)
I move:“That Dáil Éireann: recognises that:— post offices serve a vital social and economic role in their communities; — there is a very specific commitment in the...
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2016: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (18 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to have this opportunity to address the House on the Second Stage of the Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2016, which was...
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2016: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Health pursuant to Standing Orders 84A(3)(a) and 149(1).
- Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
- Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage (41 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am very pleased to be introducing this Bill to the House. A similar Bill was drafted in the previous Oireachtas but did not make it...
