Dáil debates

Friday, 16 December 2016

  • Prelude (0 speeches)
    Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10 a.m.
  • Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
    • Garda Promotions (8 speeches)
      1. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if approval will be forthcoming for proposed chief superintendent appointments in An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on...
    • UN Conventions Ratification (5 speeches)
      2. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which Ireland will ratify the Istanbul Convention. [40595/16]
    • Paramilitary Groups (8 speeches)
      3. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action being taken following the recent paramilitary activity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40594/16]
    • Protected Disclosures (16 speeches)
      5. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she still has full confidence in the Garda Commissioner, with particular reference to the manner in which Garda personnel making protected...
    • Garda Investigations (15 speeches)
      4. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who was killed in 2011 in a hit-and-run incident; if her attention has...
  • Other Questions (0 speeches)
    • Protected Disclosures (10 speeches)
      6. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will meet the two serving Garda whistleblowers whose legal teams have been in contact with her requesting a meeting and access to reports...
    • Garda Strength (8 speeches)
      8. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the increase in the number of gardaí that the Cork city division can expect in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40453/16]
    • Garda Station Closures (16 speeches)
      9. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if any of the Garda station closures in counties Sligo and Leitrim are likely to be reversed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40457/16]
    • UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (9 speeches)
      11. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views as to whether there is a legal barrier in view of the lack of any barrier to ratifying the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with...
    • Domestic Violence (9 speeches)
      12. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the "What Would You Do?" awareness campaign relating to domestic violence and abuse. [40442/16]
    • Commissions of Inquiry (22 speeches)
      15. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality whether she will consider an independent public inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied) and the subsequent Garda actions; and if she...
    • Gambling Legislation (7 speeches)
      16. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to amend the law on the advertising of gambling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40307/16]
    • Criminal Assets Bureau (7 speeches)
      18. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the full extent of the scale and value of assets seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau in the past five years; if all such properties have been...
  • Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (375 speeches)
    Debate resumed on amendment No. 1:
  • Business of Dáil (3 speeches)
    The Government Chief Whip has a business proposal to put to the House.
  • Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (146 speeches)
    I move amendment No. 4:In page 7, to delete lines 23 to 40, and in page 8, to delete lines 1 to 27.
  • Business of Dáil (3 speeches)
    The Government Chief Whip has a further business proposal to put to the House.
  • Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (40 speeches)
    I move amendment No. 81:In page 38, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 34 of Act of 2004 to require landlords terminating a tenancy on the ground of...