Dáil debates
Wednesday, 29 November 2017
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Local Employment Service (7 speeches)
30. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for the future of the local employment service and jobs club; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50709/17]
- Fire Service Staff (10 speeches)
31. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to difficulties retained firefighters are having with INTREO and JobPath; and if she will make...
- One-Parent Family Payment (29 speeches)
I understand the next three questions have been grouped, as is the prerogative of the Minister. I assure Deputies O'Dea, Coppinger and Connolly that we will aggregate the times to allow each of...
- Other Questions (0 speeches)
Question No. 35 replied to with Written Answers.
- Job Initiatives (21 speeches)
36. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address the unemployment black spots in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50465/17]
- Employment Rights (9 speeches)
37. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to address the growing problem of bogus self-employment; if her Department has examined the amount of...
- Pension Provisions (7 speeches)
38. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress on addressing problems in regard to the distribution of financial assets in a pension scheme (details supplied);...
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (7 speeches)
39. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which the group of persons which will become eligible for the telephone allowance in the period of time when the...
- JobPath Programme (7 speeches)
41. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce flexibility into the JobPath programme whereby JobPath co-ordinators may have leeway when dealing with...
- Social Welfare Eligibility (14 speeches)
43. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for the social welfare entitlements of seasonal and part time workers (details supplied); the steps she has taken to...
- Child Maintenance Payments (6 speeches)
We are very short on time so I ask Deputy Kenny to forgo his 30 seconds to introduce his question.
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (5 speeches)
50. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the procedures in place for homeless persons in need of social welfare assistance in cases in which they are unable to provide...
- Leaders' Questions (36 speeches)
People will have been concerned to learn that the assistant commissioner of the Dublin metropolitan region, Pat Leahy, has advised that no overtime is to be incurred other than in respect of...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (51 speeches)
In the programme for Government, under the subheading "Ireland-UK Relations", it is stated, "Building on the successful state visits [and so on], we will continue to enhance Ireland's...
- Estimates for Public Services 2017: Leave to Introduce (1 speech)
I move:That leave be given by the Dáil to introduce the following Supplementary Estimates for the service of the year ending on the 31st day of December 2017:Vote 20 — Garda...
- Estimates for Public Services 2017: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
I move:That, subject to leave being given to introduce the following Supplementary Estimates for the service of the year ending on 31st December 2017, the Supplementary Estimates be referred to...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
- Departmental Policy Functions (32 speeches)
1. To ask the Taoiseach the work of the social policy and public service reform division of his Department. [49005/17]
- EU Meetings (21 speeches)
5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the European Council meeting of Heads of State and Government in Gothenburg, Sweden on 17 November 2017. [49175/17]
- Climate Change Policy (29 speeches)
4. To ask the Taoiseach his plans to attend the climate change summit in Paris on 12 December 2017 and if he will report on discussions he has had with President Macron regarding the summit....
- 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) Deputies Lisa Chambers and...
- Estimates for Public Services 2017: Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine has completed its consideration of the following Supplementary Estimate for public services for the service of the year ending 31 December...
- Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Protected Disclosures (10 speeches)
Newspaper reports yesterday again raised the issue of one of the Air Corps whistleblowers who is now facing discharge from his employment. Recent events have focused the mind on the failure of...
- National Cultural Institutions (14 speeches)
We have been contacted by the office of the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Deputy Heather Humphreys, who has advised that the second Topical Issue in the name of Deputy Joan...
- Child Care Services (4 speeches)
I thank the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Katherine Zappone, for coming into the House to discuss this question. I have received an email from Ms Aoife Hannan, the project...
- Minor Works Scheme (4 speeches)
Boards of management, principals and parents' committees across this country are struggling to run schools due to the lack of a proper adequate funding structure. I ask the Minister for Education...
- Disclosures Tribunal: Motion [Private Members] (40 speeches)
I move:That Dáil Éireann believes that a revision of the terms of reference of the Tribunal of Inquiry into protected disclosures made under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 and...
- Estimates for Public Services 2017: Messages from Select Committees (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and sport has completed its consideration of the following Supplementary Estimates for public services for the year ending 31 December 2017 - Vote 31....
- Social Welfare Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 speeches)
Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
- Social Welfare Bill 2017: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection pursuant to Standing Orders 84A(3)(a) and 149(1).
- Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
- Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Second Stage (36 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The Bill seeks to implement the provisions agreed in the Public Service Stability Agreement, PSSA, 2018-2020 of earlier this year. It does...
