Dáil debates

Thursday, 17 November 2016

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 12 noon
• Leaders' Questions (56 speeches, 1 comment)
  This morning on "Morning Ireland" emergency medicine consultant, Dr. Fergal Hickey, said, "people are going to die as a result". He went on to say, "that is not scaremongering, it is a...
• Questions on Proposed Legislation (64 speeches)
  Section 12 of the Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015 provides for the transfer to the Policing Authority of the appointment of persons to the...
• European Defence Agency: Motion (Resumed) (1 speech)
  The following motion was moved by the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Helen McEntee, on Tuesday, 15 November 2016:
• Courts Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 speech)
  I must now deal with a postponed division relating to the Courts Bill 2016 taken on Tuesday, 15 November 2016. On the question, "That the Bill be now read a Second Time", a division was claimed...
• Courts 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 149(1) of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business.
• Mental Health Services Funding: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 speech)
  The following motion was moved by Deputy James Browne on Tuesday, 15 November 2016:
• Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (49 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Referral to Select Committee (2 speeches)
  I understand it is proposed to refer the Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016 to the Select Committee on Education and Skills pursuant to Standing Orders 84A(3)(a) and 149(1). I call the...
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Private Rented Accommodation Costs (7 speeches)
    1. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the proposals he is considering to try to stem inflation in rent prices in the private rental sector in the short...
  • Housing Provision (7 speeches)
    2. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to direct local authorities to sell public land at low or below market rates as part of pillar 3 of his...
  • Planning Issues (8 speeches)
    3. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has undertaken an audit of potential bottlenecks and undue regulatory burdens slowing down the...
  • Social and Affordable Housing Provision (11 speeches)
    4. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of council houses owned and managed by local authorities that will be delivered in 2017, 2018, 2019 and...
  • Local Authority Housing Provision (9 speeches)
    5. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of houses that have been acquired and purchased by Galway City Council in each year from 2011 to date in...
  • Commission on Domestic Public Water Services (27 speeches)
    Question No. 6 is in the name of Deputy John Brady but the Ceann Comhairle has agreed that Deputy Ó Broin will take this question and question No. 14, which is related to it. Is that...
  • Housing Data (41 speeches)
    7. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the locations and number of houses in each location to be provided in the fourth quarter of 2016 under the rapid-build...
  • Traveller Accommodation (12 speeches)
    8. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied with the implementation of the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998; if he has considered...
  • Local Authority Staff Recruitment (8 speeches)
    9. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide major additional funding for the four Dublin and other large local authorities to enable their...
• 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 Willie Penrose - to...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Railway Stations (11 speeches)
    I sincerely thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this important topic in respect of public transport. The Killucan-Kinnegad Transport Lobby Group, chaired by my colleague, Denis Leonard, is a...
  • Planning Issues (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for facilitating me in raising this sensitive subject. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Damien English, for his attendance. The Ceann Comhairle will be very...
  • Fish Quotas (5 speeches)
    The bluefin tuna is not a fish that many people in the Chamber or throughout the country would have come across. It is quite a rare, but valuable, fish. Only one tenth of Irish territory is...
  • Hospital Services (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this very important matter for answer by the Minister of State, Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy. I am raising it so there can be no doubt that the...
• Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (50 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." Approximately ten years ago a small organisation came into existence called Choice Ireland. It was founded after a public meeting about the...
• Health and Social Care Professionals (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 141.
• Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
  The Select Committee on Social Protection has completed its consideration of the Social Welfare Bill 2016 and has made amendments thereto.