Dáil debates

Wednesday, 29 March 2017

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Acting Chairman (Deputy Eugene Murphy) i gceannas ar 10.00 a.m.
• Northern Ireland: Statements (15 speeches)
  Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire, an Aire Stáit agus na Teachtaí go léir. I call the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Charles Flanagan, to make a statement under...
• Leaders' Questions (44 speeches)
  We will now take Leaders' Questions. I appeal to everyone to have regard to the allocated times, please.
• Questions on Promised Legislation (58 speeches)
  People were genuinely shocked last evening when the Policing Authority issued a statement in which it again expressed its disappointment at not being advised in a timely manner that an audit into...
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Defence Forces Strength (17 speeches)
    1. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the short, medium and long-term Defence Forces strategic human resource measures being considered to address the manning crisis in order that the...
  • Air Corps Strength (9 speeches)
    2. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Air Corps was requested to provide top cover for Coast Guard helicopter Rescue 116 during its ill-fated mission off the County Mayo coast;...
  • Defence Forces Representative Organisations (7 speeches)
    4. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the Government's response to the application being taken to the European Committee of Social Rights by EUROMIL on behalf of PDFORRA...
  • Defence Forces Representative Organisations (7 speeches)
    3. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the discussions he has undertaken and the representations he has made with regard to reviewing the industrial relations process for Defence Forces...
  • Defence Forces Personnel (10 speeches)
    5. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the problems in the present transfer system between the Naval Service and the Army and the impact that this is...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Defence Forces Representative Organisations (7 speeches)
    6. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reviews of a matter (details supplied) that have been conducted by his Department; the outcomes of those reviews to date; and if he will make...
  • Overseas Missions (12 speeches, 1 comment)
    7. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the detail of the imminent deployment of a further contingent of Irish troops to the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force, UNDOF, mission...
  • Defence Forces Recruitment (11 speeches)
    8. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the actions that have been taken to address the lack of female applicants to the Defence Forces; the retention policies planned to ensure future...
  • Defence Forces Strength (11 speeches)
    11. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if operational Army units are operating with up to 50% of the officer numbers required; the percentage of officers assigned to operational Army...
  • Brexit Issues (16 speeches)
    12. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of his Department’s preparations for Brexit. [15413/17]
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Services for People with Disabilities (4 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State for being present. It is no exaggeration to say that people with disabilities and their families in my constituency of Louth-East Meath and across this State are...
  • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund (4 speeches)
    The Minister for Education and Skills is aware that I recently tabled legislation to amend the residential institutions statutory fund. The fund was charged with assisting and administering some...
  • School Enrolments (4 speeches)
    I thank the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Bruton, for his presence. The Minister will be fully aware that I have been consistently raising the issue of enrolment at Swords primary...
  • Laboratory Facilities (7 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for selecting this Topical Issue matter for discussion today. I was concerned to read in last Thursday's edition of the Irish Farmers' Journal that the...
• National Children's Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (35 speeches)
  I move:That Dáil Éireann: notes:— the urgent need to develop appropriately sited, world class prenatal, perinatal and paediatric medical services for all the nation’s...
• Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (186 speeches)
  I move:That Dáil Éireann shall consider the Report of the Committee of Public Accounts entitled Examination by Committee of Public Accounts of NAMA’s Sale of Project Eagle,...
• Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) 2016 [Seanad]: Order for Report Stage (1 speech)
  I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."
• Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) 2016 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (56 speeches)
  For the benefit of Members, it is proposed to group the following amendments: Nos. 2 to 5, inclusive, and Nos. 6 to 12, inclusive. Other amendments not grouped will be discussed individually....
• Estimates for Public Services 2017: Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
  The Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimates for Public Services for the year ending 31 December 2017: Vote 31 -...
• Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (Hague Convention) Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."