Dáil debates

Thursday, 18 January 2018

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Capital Expenditure Programme Review (7 speeches)
    1. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the progress of the capital review; the discussions he has had with the Minister for Health on health capital...
  • Public Private Partnerships (7 speeches)
    2. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if additional use of public private partnerships, PPPs, in capital spending beyond the 10% cap will be ruled out in view of the lack of a...
  • Bullying in the Workplace (8 speeches)
    3. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of cases of bullying and sexual harassment that have been reported within a Government Department since 2011; the outcome of...
  • Office of Public Works Projects (7 speeches)
    6. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the drainage projects to be undertaken by the Office of Public Works in County Cavan in 2018; the estimated cost of same; the drainage...
  • Brexit Issues (10 speeches)
    With the permission of the House, we will now take Question No. 4. Deputy Mattie McGrath was attending a meeting of the Business Committee.
  • Public Sector Pay (6 speeches)
    7. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress his Department has made on the report on pay equalisation as specified in the Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017; the...
  • Capital Expenditure Programme (5 speeches)
    8. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to prioritise particular projects in the context of the capital review programme; the extent to which he expects to address...
  • Public Service Pay Commission (7 speeches)
    10. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to review and address recruitment and retention issues in various areas of the public service; and if he will make a statement...
  • Public Procurement Contracts (7 speeches)
    11. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department will issue guidelines to other Departments regarding the engagement of private companies for contract work; if the...
  • Public Sector Expenditure (5 speeches)
    12. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the actions taken in the event that spending projections across Departments are not met; if the €317 million underspend in net...
  • Public Sector Staff Retirements (8 speeches)
    15. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the proposed legislation to increase the compulsory retirement age for public servants to 70 years of age; and if he will...
  • Flood Relief Schemes Status (7 speeches)
    17. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the flooding projects undertaken in 2017; the status of the projects planned for 2018; the position regarding CFRAM; if his...
  • Flood Relief Schemes Funding (7 speeches)
    19. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to prioritise the flood defence needs of the State in the next capital plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Flood Prevention Measures (3 speeches)
    30. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures that will be undertaken by the Office of Public Works in 2018 to alleviate flooding caused by the River Erne in County Cavan...
  • Pension Provisions (6 speeches)
    33. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made in addressing the issue of pensions for community employment supervisors; and if he will make a statement on the...
• Leaders' Questions (51 speeches)
  The housing crisis continues to get worse. When Deputy Coveney was Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government in 2016, he said that it would get worse before it gets better and,...
• Questions on Promised Legislation (47 speeches)
  I remind Deputies that it is Thursday and we have 15 minutes for this slot. Before I call those with cards in numerical order I am obliged to call either the leaders of groups or parties....
• Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 speech)
  I must now deal with a postponed division relating to Second Stage of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017 which was taken on Wednesday, 17 January. On the question, "That the Bill be now read...
• Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
  I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport pursuant to Standing Orders 84A(3)(a) and 149(1).
• Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (4 speeches)
  I thank the Chairman of the Oireachtas joint committee, Senator Catherine Noone. I also thank the members of the Citizens' Assembly who made the work of the committee so much easier by placing...
• 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 Eamon Scanlon - the...
• Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (61 speeches)
  For those of us who were members of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution, we are at a peculiar juncture now where we have been through months of discussion on this...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Agriculture Scheme Payments (5 speeches)
    I want to voice the concerns of 33 landowners who farm the Killerry Mountain on the Sligo-Leitrim border and to request an urgent investigation into the current position as to why the Department...
  • Flood Risk Management (6 speeches)
    I praise the men on the ground in Galway, as well as some women who were there, who reacted to the flooding that happened. I will come to the flooding itself, the council's response and, more...
  • Respite Care Services Provision (6 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to raise this important issue. It is at least the third time he has allowed this issue to be discussed. Progress has been made but we are at an...
  • Organ Donation (8 speeches)
    The issue I want to raise was brought to my attention by a woman who lives in my constituency. Her name, which she has given me permission to use, is Nicola McKenna. I met Nicola when I was out...