Dáil debates

Wednesday, 5 April 2017

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 12 noon
• Leaders' Questions (34 speeches)
  Parents of children with special needs simply face too many barriers and obstacles to accessing services, including school placements, respite, proper and timely assessments, and basic equipment...
• Questions on Promised Legislation (78 speeches)
  Page 143 of the programme for Government sets out a commitment to "continue to play an active role at the European Union Foreign Affairs Council, the OSCE and through the UN, in seeking...
• Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) (Amendment) Bill 2017: First Stage (5 speeches)
  I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the protection of certain borrowers who are parties to credit agreements in respect of which the owners of the...
• Local Government (Establishment of Town Councils Commission) Bill 2017: First Stage (5 speeches)
  I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to allow for the creation of a Local Government Commission to carry out a review and make recommendations relating to the...
• Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
  • Cabinet Committee Meetings (67 speeches)
    1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on justice reform last met. [15435/17]
  • Brexit Issues (34 speeches)
    7. To ask the Taoiseach the key areas which need to be addressed to avoid a hard Brexit, in particular, to protect the island of Ireland. [16397/17]
  • Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 speeches)
    15. To ask the Taoiseach the number of Cabinet committees he has attended since 1 January 2017. [16398/17]
• Messages from Select Committee (1 speech)
  The Select Committee on Justice and Equality has completed its consideration of the Courts (No. 2) Bill 2016 and has made amendments thereto, and of the Bail (Amendment) Bill 2016 and has made...
• Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • DEIS Administration (9 speeches)
    29. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will explain the application of the HP Deprivation Index to schools for inclusion of those schools in the DEIS programme; the discrepancies...
  • Special Educational Needs Service Provision (7 speeches)
    30. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that will be available for children with additional needs under the new resource allocation model when these needs have not been...
  • School Staff (9 speeches)
    31. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the report of teaching supply will be published; and how he proposes to deal with the severe shortage of teachers in key subjects and the...
  • School Curriculum (7 speeches)
    32. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider re-examining the model for teaching of faith formation in community national schools; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund (7 speeches)
    33. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to improve the administration and to extend the scope of the fund in view of recent comments made by the CEO of Caranua in...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Teachers' Remuneration (8 speeches)
    34. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will implement equality of pay for newly qualified teachers. [16487/17]
  • Special Educational Needs Service Provision (7 speeches)
    36. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason some schools are being unduly penalised in relation to their special needs teaching allocation under a new departmental circular, such...
  • Third Level Funding (8 speeches)
    37. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce income contingent student loans as part of the future funding model of the third level education sector despite the...
  • Teachers' Professional Development (7 speeches)
    38. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and total funding of education centres in each of the past five years; the current overall budget for such centres; his plans to...
  • Institutes of Technology (8 speeches)
    39. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to expand the Wexford branch of the Institute of Technology Carlow or to establish a new institute of technology in County Wexford, in...
  • School Accommodation (7 speeches)
    40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reduce the number of prefabs being used by schools. [16500/17]
  • Third Level Funding (8 speeches)
    41. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that he is taking to begin to address the €600 million needed for third level education funding to 2021; the measures he is...
• 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 Kate O'Connell - measles...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Vaccination Programme (4 speeches)
    I consider this a very important issue in light of the World Health Organization's warning last week about the drop in MMR vaccination rates across Europe and large outbreaks of measles happening...
  • Ibrahim Halawa (16 speeches)
    I thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Charlie Flanagan, for coming to the House to discuss this issue, which I also raised yesterday on the Order of Business, namely, the...
  • Early Childhood Care and Education Funding (8 speeches)
    I thank the Minister for being here to take this Topical Issue matter. In February, Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire, Deputy Mick Barry, Deputy Micheál Martin, Deputy Billy Kelleher, I and...
  • Community Employment Schemes Review (4 speeches)
    I welcome the opportunity to discuss this matter with the Minister. I have met him and his officials regarding it a couple of times. I thank them for giving of their time over the past year or...
• Maternity Leave and Benefit: Motion [Private Members] (37 speeches)
  I move:"That Dáil Éireann: notes that:— a premature baby is a baby who is delivered at less than 37 weeks gestation; — 1 in 16 women in Ireland will deliver a premature...
• Brexit: Statements (Resumed) (4 speeches)
  The withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union is not in our interest. However, we have to respect the wishes of the UK electorate and its Government and our focus now has to be on...
• Report of Joint Committee on European Union Affairs: Motion (2 speeches)
  As Deputy Crowe is a member of the Joint Committee on European Affairs, I ask him to move the motion in relation to travel to Brussels.
• Brexit: Statements (Resumed) (41 speeches)
  When the Tory boys got their way and got their Brexit agenda over the line, they did no favours to anybody but themselves. I spent five years in the European Parliament. I was always astonished...