Dáil debates
Tuesday, 7 February 2017
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
- Leaders' Questions (36 speeches, 2 comments)
Last night's edition of "RTE Investigates" revealed very deep suffering among men, women and children across the country because of the lack of proper funding and strategies to address waiting...
- Order of Business (104 speeches)
Today's business shall be No. 16, Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 [Seanad] - Report and Final Stages resumed; and No. 5, Courts (No. 2) Bill 2016 - Order for Second Stage and Second...
- Pensions (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2017: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Pensions Act 1990, and to provide for related matters. The purpose of this Bill is to enable the Legislature to deal...
- 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 Bernard J. Durkan -...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
- Cabinet Committee Meetings (34 speeches)
1. To ask the Taoiseach the number of meetings of the Cabinet committee on regional and rural affairs that have been held since 1 December 2016. [3069/17]
- Constitutional Amendments (23 speeches)
4. To ask the Taoiseach his plans to hold constitutional referenda during 2017. [3241/17]
- Cabinet Committee Meetings (33 speeches)
7. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy, trade and jobs last met. [4118/17]
- Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Mobile Telephony Services (9 speeches)
35. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the details of the programme for Government commitments relating to improving mobile phone coverage; the timeframe for...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation (15 speeches)
36. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the timeframe for the procurement process and delivery of the national broadband plan; and if he foresees any problems...
- Climate Change Policy (8 speeches)
37. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when his Department will initiate the national dialogue on climate change; the amount of funding that has been allocated...
- Waste Disposal Charges (7 speeches)
38. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for the implementation of pay-by-weight bin charges; and the protections that will be in place for low-income...
- National Broadband Plan (10 speeches)
39. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the timeframe and detailed plans for the way in which he will revise the current universal service obligation for...
- Other Questions (0 speeches)
- North-South Interconnector (18 speeches)
40. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount the capital phase of the North-South interconnector project will cost the State; and if he will make a...
- Air Quality (13 speeches)
41. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress he has made on the national clean air strategy. [5696/17]
- Media Mergers (14 speeches)
Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett has requested permission to have his question take by Deputy Bríd Smith. Permission has been given.
- Mobile Telephony Services (7 speeches)
45. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the work by his Department to improve mobile phone coverage in County Kildare and nationwide; and if he will...
- Wildlife Protection (16 speeches)
46. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason for awarding the ObSERVE programme; the way in which its aim of surveying cetaceans such as whales, dolphins,...
- Climate Change Policy (4 speeches)
47. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has estimated the potential impact on the environment of the promised withdrawal by President Trump from...
- Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Hospital Waiting Lists (20 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing us to raise this issue, which represents a decisive moment for this Dáil and for the health services. How can we accept what we saw on the "RTE...
- Autism Support Services (9 speeches)
I thank the Minister of State for giving me the opportunity to raise this matter. I am speaking on behalf of the Maher family in south Kilkenny. Their son has autism and for the duration of his...
- Money Advice and Budgeting Service Administration (7 speeches)
I sincerely thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this important issue for discussion. I wish to share time with Deputy Martin Kenny, who also has a keen interest in the issue. In 2009, when...
- Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (69 speeches)
Amendment No. 22 has not yet been moved but has already been discussed. Is Deputy Coppinger moving the amendment?
- Courts (No. 2) Bill 2016: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
- Courts (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second Stage (3 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to have this opportunity to introduce the Courts (No. 2) Bill 2016. The purpose of the Bill is to provide part of the legislative...
- Pensions (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (31 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I wish to share my time with Deputies Darragh O'Brien and Mary Butler. Even before 2008, defined benefit pension schemes were under...
- Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment has concluded its consideration of the Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2016 and has made no...
