Dáil debates
Tuesday, 4 July 2017
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
- Leaders' Questions (53 speeches)
Two weeks ago we briefly discussed the sad passing of Thomas Power who could not access emergency heart treatment in Waterford University Hospital. Today Deputies Mary Butler and David Cullinane...
- Order of Business (112 speeches)
Before we commence the Order of Business, I ask Deputies to please comply with the Standing Orders. They should ask only a question on the Order of Business or promised legislation. Please do...
- Education (Regulation of Voluntary Contributions in Schools) Bill 2017: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend section 12 of the Education Act 1998 and to make provision whereby the Minister for Education and Skills shall make...
- 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 27A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputies Jackie Cahill and...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
- Cabinet Committee Meetings (11 speeches)
On Question No. 1 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald is substituting for Deputy Gerry Adams.
- Referendum Campaigns (22 speeches)
2. To ask the Taoiseach his plans in respect of holding constitutional referenda over the next 12 months. [29836/17]
- Cabinet Committees (26 speeches)
8. To ask the Taoiseach when he plans to establish new Cabinet committees; and the committees which will be established. [29980/17]
- Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Departmental Reports (7 speeches)
23. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason her department is not implementing the recommendation of the audit of An Garda Síochána use of section 12 to establish...
- Child Protection (8 speeches)
24. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to outline her views on whether a full audit of Tusla's child protection responsibilities is required (details supplied), with particular...
- Child Care Services Funding (9 speeches)
25. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date by which she plans to have the single affordable child care scheme operational, including measures to include childminders as...
- School Completion Programme (7 speeches)
27. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans on the future of the school completion programmes; the status of the employment audit; and the status of SCP as a community...
- Other Questions (1 speech)
Question No. 28 is the name of Deputy Jan O'Sullivan and is being taken with other questions. Ta Teachta Jan O'Sullivan as láthair ag an am seo.Therefore we will move on to Question No. 29...
- Departmental Reviews (22 speeches)
29. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of her Department's review of the sustainability of the child care sector; and when this review will be published. [31219/17]
- Child Care Services Staff (8 speeches)
31. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has considered concerns raised by persons working and managing child care centres and with members at questions with regard to the...
- Child and Family Agency Staff (8 speeches)
32. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps her Department is taking to address the high rates of attrition and exhaustion among social care workers; and if she will make a...
- Foster Care Provision (7 speeches)
33. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there are sufficient numbers of adults presenting to provide fostering for children in need of foster parents; and if she will make a...
- Foster Care Supports (8 speeches)
34. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether foster carers are being given the required supports to care for children in their care; and if she will make a...
- Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (7 speeches)
36. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the immediate actions being taken by her Department to protect the many children affected by the serious capacity issues nationally at...
- Direct Provision System (7 speeches)
37. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied with the services offered by her Department to non-national children, in particular those in direct provision; and her...
- Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach has concluded its consideration of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Bill 2017 and made no amendments thereto.
- Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Treatment Abroad Scheme (4 speeches)
I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, for taking my Topical Issue matter. Fianna Fáil has been contacted by Children’s Liver Disease Ireland, a voluntary organisation...
- Respite Care Services (9 speeches)
There has been a misunderstanding. Deputies Breathnach and O'Dowd will be aware that if both had submitted this matter, then we could have allocated time as desired but in these exceptional...
- Insurance Costs (4 speeches)
Táim buíoch don Leas-Cheann Comhairle as ucht an t-am a thabhairt dom an t-ábhar tábhachtach seo a phlé leis an Aire Stáit. Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire...
- Road Projects (4 speeches, 1 comment)
I thank the Minister for making himself available to take this issue. Will he seriously consider, as part of the capital programme, which I presume will be announced when we come back after the...
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 speeches)
Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
- Waste Disposal: Motion [Private Members] (48 speeches)
I move:"That Dáil Éireann: notes: — the importance of incentives to encourage recycling so that Ireland's dependency on landfill is decreased; — the importance of a...
