Dáil debates

Thursday, 1 February 2018

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Acting Chairman (Deputy Eugene Murphy) i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • School Accommodation Provision (10 speeches)
    1. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that schools infrastructure planning is keeping pace with demographic changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Special Educational Needs Service Provision (7 speeches)
    2. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for children with additional needs starting primary school in view of the fact that there are not enough school places for children who...
  • Broadband Service Provision (7 speeches)
    3. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the levels of access to broadband in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5090/18]
  • Minor Works Scheme (11 speeches)
    4. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the minor works scheme; if the grants are to be withdrawn or reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5087/18]
  • Teachers' Remuneration (16 speeches)
    5. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to end the unequal remuneration of new entrants in the teaching profession as a key step in addressing shortages of teaching staff; his...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Schools Building Projects Status (7 speeches)
    6. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the completion of a school (details supplied); when he expects works will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Schools Site Acquisitions (10 speeches)
    7. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of sites for buildings for non-denominational schools in south Fingal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Teacher Career Breaks (7 speeches)
    8. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the aims of his directive to curtail career breaks due to a shortage of teachers; his views on whether this is an appropriate step to tackle the...
  • School Transport Eligibility (16 speeches)
    9. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to improve the criteria for school transport eligibility commencing for the 2018-19 school year in view of the difficulties that have...
  • School Curriculum (8 speeches)
    11. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to implement the recommendation of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution regarding the provision of factual...
  • Schools Building Projects (7 speeches)
    12. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for sanctioning a new school (details supplied); the timeframe for the delivery of this project; if his attention has been drawn to the...
  • Irish Language (7 speeches)
    13. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén dul chun cinn atá déanta chun a chinntiú go mbeidh dóthain múinteoirí le Gaeilge ar fáil chun na...
  • Teacher Recruitment (3 speeches)
    14. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that his plans to ensure the retention of an adequate number of teachers in primary and second level schools are sufficient to...
  • Schools Site Acquisitions (4 speeches)
    15. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of his Department's search for a site for the proposed post-primary educate together school serving the Firhouse area; and if he will...
• 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 Jim O'Callaghan - to...
• Leaders' Questions (103 speeches)
  The Tánaiste will be aware of Eir's decision yesterday to withdraw from the Government-sponsored national broadband plan. This followed the decision by SIRO, a joint venture between the ESB...
• Questions on Promised Legislation (77 speeches)
  In light of the leaks from the UK in recent weeks on the sectoral plans for Brexit, is there any sign of our sectoral plans given that the Government gave commitments, as did the former...
• Affordable Housing: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (4 speeches)
  The following motion was moved by Deputy Eoin Ó Broin on Tuesday, 30 January 2018:
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Gangland Killings (4 speeches)
    Some 11 days ago, a 27 year old man was brutally murdered when he was lured to a place close to Cloverhill Prison. He was murdered because of his name and as part of an ongoing feud that has,...
  • Hospital Staff (12 speeches)
    St. Finbarr's Hospital on the south side of Cork city was told in June last year that the agency staff it employed were being let go. As a result, the remaining staff were left to work in...
  • Children and Family Services Provision (25 speeches)
    I thank the Cathaoirleach. We have two minutes each, do we?
  • Schools Property (5 speeches)
    As the Minister knows, the board, students, parents and teachers of Clonkeen College were shocked and dismayed to discover last May that the Christian Brothers intended to sell their school...
• Island Fisheries (Heritage Licence) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (41 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am sharing time with Deputy Martin Ferris. The Island Fisheries (Heritage Licence) Bill 2017 is designed to put in place a licence...
• Island Fisheries (Heritage Licence) Bill 2017: Referral to Select Committee [Private Members] (1 speech)
  I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine pursuant to Standing Orders 84A(3)(a) and 141.