Dáil debates
Tuesday, 22 November 2016
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
- Leaders' Questions (68 speeches)
I wish to raise with the Taoiseach the behaviour of the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Shane Ross, in relation to a number of key issues. His remarks on the Judiciary have...
- Order of Business (3 speeches)
I call on the rapporteur for the Business Committee, Deputy Mattie McGrath, to announce the Order of Business for the week and make the proposals regarding the arrangements for the taking of that...
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (45 speeches)
Under proposed legislation, given the severe pressures on accident and emergency departments across the country, in quite a number of them major incident protocols have been put in place,...
- Joint Committee on Public Petitions: Motion (1 speech)
I move:That the papers of the Joint sub-Committee on Public Petitions of the 31st Dáil, insofar as those papers are, or relate to, public petitions addressed to the Houses of the Oireachtas...
- Supplementary Estimates for Public Services 2016: Leave to Introduce (1 speech)
I move:That leave be given by the Dáil to introduce the following Supplementary Estimates for the service of the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2016:– Vote 20 —...
- Supplementary Estimates for Public Services 2016: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
I move:That, subject to leave being given to introduce the following Supplementary Estimates for the service of the year ending on 31st December, 2016, the Supplementary Estimates be referred to...
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2016: Financial Resolution (1 speech)
I move:THAT Section 125A of the Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999 (No. 31 of 1999) be amended to provide for the specified rate of stamp duty in respect of an insured person in respect of...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
- Northern Ireland (31 speeches)
1. Deputy Brendan Howlinasked the Taoiseach if he will consider providing a weekly update to Dáil Éireann on progress on planning, policy and Ireland’s position on Brexit,...
- US Presidential Election (63 speeches)
10. To ask the Taoiseach if he has made contact with the President-elect of the United States of America. [34861/16]
- 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 John Curran - to address...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- JobPath Implementation (9 speeches)
43. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the criticisms being levelled at JobPath; if so, the way he plans to address these criticisms; and if he will make...
- Child Maintenance Payments (25 speeches)
44. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason his Department places the responsibility for seeking child maintenance payments on lone parents on the termination of the one-parent...
- Pension Provisions (7 speeches)
45. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will address the anomaly in the calculation of the contributory pension which tends to disadvantage those who took time out of the workforce to...
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (5 speeches)
46. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider a change in application of the rules for those in receipt of social protection payments who work a limited numbers of hours per...
- Jobseeker's Allowance (18 speeches)
47. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the increase in the numbers of young persons being refused access to social protection benefit since the...
- Other Questions (0 speeches)
- One-Parent Family Payment (7 speeches)
48. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will conduct a review into the changes introduced to the one-parent family payment in view of the findings of a report (details supplied) on...
- Jobs Initiative (24 speeches)
49. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a full list of the companies that were removed from, or initially prevented from participating on, the JobBridge scheme when it...
- Pension Provisions (11 speeches)
50. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to end the inequality of treatment of women in the contributory pension system. [35975/16]
- Rural Social Scheme (7 speeches)
51. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of the expansion of the rural social scheme following budget 2017; the way the extra places will be spread throughout the country; when...
- JobPath Implementation (9 speeches)
53. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the requirement for newly qualified teachers to engage with a company (details supplied) as part of JobPath in training and activities not related to...
- Social Welfare Code (12 speeches)
54. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to carry out a study on the way the social protection system can better protect widows and widowers. [36034/16]
- Social Welfare Appeals (17 speeches)
55. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to reform the social protection appeals system, in view of the almost 60% appeal success rate in 2015 which was highlighted as a concern by...
- Registration of Births (5 speeches)
57. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has assessed the impact on youth poverty of the lower rates for unemployment allowance; if so, the findings of such an assessment;...
- Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Citizens Assembly (31 speeches)
I thank the Office of the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this matter. With respect to Government-sponsored forums, there is a clear and important need for the highest measures of impartiality and...
- Special Educational Needs (6 speeches)
I thank the Minister for Education and Skills for attending personally to take this Topical Issue. I was very disturbed to read in the media recently an amount of commentary that was largely...
- Industrial Disputes (6 speeches)
I sought to raise this issue with the Minister a number of weeks ago. However, such is the nature of the Topical Issues debate that it has taken some time for it to come up for discussion in the...
- Waste Management (10 speeches)
Last Friday evening an email was circulated by the chief executive officer of Wicklow County Council to county councillors and the five Deputies for County Wicklow informing them of a decision...
- Finance Bill 2016: Order for Report Stage (1 speech)
I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."
- Finance Bill 2016: Report Stage (31 speeches)
I move amendment No. 1:In page 5, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following: “CHAPTER 2 A Millionaire’s Tax on WealthStudy on Introduction of a Millionaire’s Tax on...
- Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation has completed its consideration of the Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016 and has made amendments thereto.
- Local Government Reform (Amendment) (Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time" I am sharing time with Deputy Shane Cassells. I welcome the opportunity to go into more detail on the Bill. I thank the Minister of State...
