Dáil debates

Thursday, 2 March 2017

  • Prelude (0 speeches)
    Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 12 noon
  • Leaders' Questions (18 speeches)
    Teenagers face tremendous pressures as they grow up, in the form of the traditional pressures we all faced adapting to adulthood and exams and the modern day pressure of social media. One of the...
  • Questions on Promised Legislation (31 speeches)
    The programme for Government and the confidence and supply arrangement include provision for the Government to take action on spiralling costs for families, including in respect of energy, child...
  • Protection of Life During Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill 2017: First Stage (5 speeches)
    I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013. This is a very simple Bill that seeks to amend the Protection of Life...
  • Civil Liability (Amendment) (Prevention of Benefits from Homicide) Bill 2017: First Stage (5 speeches)
    I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Civil Liability Act 1961 to provide for the effects in civil law of the principle that a person should be precluded...
  • Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 speeches)
    Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
  • 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 Martin Kenny - payment...
  • Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 speeches)
    Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
  • Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) 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).
  • Mediation Bill 2017: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
    Bill entitled an Act to facilitate the settlement of civil disputes by mediation, to specify the principles applicable to mediation, to specify arrangements for mediation as an alternative to the...
  • Mediation Bill 2017: Second Stage (1 speech)
    I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am very pleased to have this opportunity to introduce the Mediation Bill 2017 and I look forward to the discussion in the House on its early...
  • Estimates for Public Services 2017: Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
    The Select Committee on Health has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimate for Public Services for the service of the year ending 31 December 2017 - Vote No. 38.
  • Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
    • State Properties (7 speeches)
      1. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of properties currently owned by the State or under a long-term lease to the State that are currently vacant; the attempts that...
    • Public Procurement Regulations (7 speeches)
      2. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the review of public procurement oversight his Department has undertaken in view of the significant disclosures of material...
    • National Planning Framework (9 speeches)
      3. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the national planning framework and the mid-term capital review will be integrated in terms of approach, objectives and goals; and if...
    • Budget Consultation Process (9 speeches)
      4. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role his Department has in the establishment of an Oireachtas budget office to support the Committee on Budgetary Oversight; the...
  • Other Questions (0 speeches)
    • Budget Measures (3 speeches)
      5. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role he envisages for reform in 2017 and thereafter in the context of the need to ensure the smooth operation of the economy in...
    • Court Accommodation Provision (7 speeches)
      6. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress that has been made by the OPW on securing a site for a new courthouse in Portlaoise. [10490/17]
    • Public Sector Pay (7 speeches)
      7. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of equalising pay for new entrants and existing public sector workers; the steps being taken towards the equalising of pay; and...
    • Departmental Budgets (8 speeches)
      8. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which spending remains on target and within budget for 2017, with particular reference to any sectors which might have the...
    • State Banking Sector (7 speeches)
      9. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he had discussions with the Minister for Finance with regard to using a proportion of the capital from the sale of a bank's (details...
    • National Museum (9 speeches)
      10. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the outcome of the presentation to the Joint Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs on 25 January 2017...
    • Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme (16 speeches)
      11. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has read TASC's report: A Time for Ambition, which calls for a significant increase in public investment from 1.84% of GDP to 2.8%...
    • Public Sector Pensions (23 speeches)
      12. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, as well as committing to retain the link between the public sector pay and pensions, he will reverse the public sector pension...
    • Coastal Erosion (8 speeches)
      14. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the problems of coastal erosion on the Portrane coastline, that damage to the dunes is endangering...
    • Public Sector Pay (14 speeches)
      15. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to certify in 2017 that the financial emergency still exists in order to retain the FEMPI legislation; and if he will make a...
  • Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments (4 speeches)
      As I am sure the House and the Minister are aware, we have a serious problem in the agricultural sector with regard to the significant number of farmers who are waiting to get GLAS payments. The...
    • Addiction Treatment Services (12 speeches)
      I am grateful to be given the opportunity to speak on this issue, which is a concern for many people in the Finglas area. The Finglas Addiction Support Team, FAST, works tremendously hard in...
    • Occupational Therapy (7 speeches)
      I hope the Minister of State pleases me as much as she did her party colleague.
    • Commercial Rates Valuation Process (4 speeches)
      I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this issue for debate. The revaluation process has finished in counties Longford and Westmeath and caused huge anxiety and stress to many businesses. I...
  • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 speeches)
    I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." It is quite poignant that we are moving this legislation on the afternoon when we discussed the victims' rights Bill and the transcribing of...