Dáil debates

Thursday, 11 May 2017

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 11.30 a.m.
• Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann: Sitting in Joint Committee - Exchange of views with Mr. Michel Barnier, Chief Negotiator of the Taskforce for the Preparation and Conduct of Negotiations with the United Kingdom (30 speeches)
  A Chomhghleacaithe, tá fáilte is fiche romhaibh go léir chuig an gcomhshuí speisialta seo den Dáil agus den Seanad chun plé a dhéanamh ar cheann de na...
• Leaders' Questions (54 speeches)
  It will not come as a surprise that I will ask the Tánaiste questions about An Garda Síochána and her political management of the force. However, before I do, I wish to say...
• Questions on Promised Legislation (45 speeches)
  We have only 15 minutes for questions on promised legislation so if Members observe the time limit, it will give others a chance. I call Deputy O'Callaghan.
• Companies (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage (4 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time”. A copy of my speech together with a short information note is being circulated to Members present in the House, which give will them...
• Companies (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
  I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation pursuant to Standing Orders 84A(3)(a) and 149(1) of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business.
• Topical Issues 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 Charlie McConalogue -...
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Aftercare Services Provision (7 speeches)
    1. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of young persons under and over 18 years of age that were on a waiting list to access an aftercare worker at the end of 2016 by...
  • Child Detention Centres (7 speeches)
    2. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the expected date for the publication of the review into Oberstown juvenile detention centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Child Care Costs (7 speeches)
    3. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on widespread forecasts that child care fees will increase in September 2017 as a result of increased demand under the single...
  • Social Workers Recruitment (7 speeches)
    4. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the recruitment of social workers for children in care who still have not been allocated a social worker; the actions she will...
  • Child and Family Agency Services (7 speeches)
    5. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of cases relating to adult retrospective disclosures that have been referred to Tusla since 2011; the number which remain...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Aftercare Services (8 speeches)
    6. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to set down by county the number of aftercare placements in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; her plans for aftercare in...
  • Youth Services Funding (7 speeches)
    7. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether it is acceptable that the current level of funding for the young people's facilities and services fund only finances...
  • Social Workers Recruitment (9 speeches)
    8. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the levels of recruitment and retention of social workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22308/17]
  • Child Care Services (8 speeches)
    9. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress to date in advancing the new affordable child care scheme; the timescale for its introduction; and if she will make a statement...
  • Child Care Services Staff (18 speeches)
    11. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to alleviate the issues facing community child care facilities. [22193/17]
• Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
  The Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach has completed its consideration of the Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Housing Issues (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this matter and I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Catherine Byrne, for attending to deal with it. It is very disappointing that the Minister of...
  • Rent Increases (6 speeches)
    This week daft.iepublished its latest quarterly rent report. It confirms that the Minister, Deputy Coveney's rent pressure zones simply are not working. Average rents are up 13% across the...
  • HSE Funding (6 speeches)
    In 1960, a small group of wheelchair users came together to form the Irish Wheelchair Association, IWA, with the aim of trying to improve the lives of people with physical disabilities in...
  • Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (5 speeches)
    With all due respect to the Minister of State sitting opposite, it is disappointing that a Minister from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is not present to answer this question...
• Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017 aims to eliminate the persistent problem of ticket touting while at the same...
• Estimates for Public Services 2017: Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
  The Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimate for Public Services for the service of the year...