Dáil debates

Wednesday, 21 February 2018

  • Prelude (0 speeches)
    Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
  • Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (1 speech)
    Before we start, I will be strict on time today. We have already lost almost nine minutes by not having a quorum. We must finish at 12 noon, at which time Standing Orders state questions to the...
    • RAPID Programme (12 speeches)
      27. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his policy on the development of the RAPID programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8821/18]
    • CLÁR Programme (8 speeches)
      29. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the developments he is proposing for the CLÁR programme in 2018; and when new elements of this programme will be rolled out in...
    • Leader Programmes Expenditure (10 speeches)
      28. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the value of payments to third party Leader project promoters since the launch of the implementation phase of the 2014 to 2020...
    • Dog Breeding Industry (7 speeches)
      30. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will review legislation relating to dog breeding establishments in view of recent cases of welfare issues in some large...
    • Rural Development Policy (7 speeches)
      31. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the measures being undertaken by his Department to address persistent depopulation in rural towns across County Donegal and the rest of...
  • Other Questions (0 speeches)
    Question No. 33 replied to with Written Answers.
    • Action Plan for Rural Development (7 speeches)
      34. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his Department has examined ways to address rural isolation and loneliness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8511/18]
    • Local Improvement Scheme Funding (11 speeches)
      35. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to announce a new local improvement scheme in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8514/18]
    • Departmental Schemes (14 speeches)
      36. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the requests for submissions that have been sought from bodies in 2018 under the local improvement, village and town renewal, national...
    • Action Plan for Rural Development (15 speeches)
      37. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to outline the new measures he plans to roll out under the Action Plan for Rural Development in 2018; and if he will make a statement...
    • Seniors Alert Scheme (10 speeches)
      32. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to set out the financial allocations in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018 for the seniors alert scheme; the take-up in respect of the...
    • Departmental Expenditure (14 speeches)
      39. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps he has taken to ensure a full spend of capital funds provided to his Department in the 2018 Estimates and from the carryover...
    • Leader Programmes Data (17 speeches)
      Question No. 43 is in the name of Deputy Ó Cuív.
    • Regional Development Initiatives (5 speeches)
      44. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the type of support he is providing to develop the Atlantic economic corridor; if he will report on the engagement with stakeholders...
    • Voluntary Sector (4 speeches)
      45. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to increase funding for volunteer centres and to upgrade hosted volunteer information services to autonomous volunteer...
  • Leaders' Questions (55 speeches)
    I am sorry for the late start. I ask leaders to have regard to the time allocated.
  • Questions on Promised Legislation (89 speeches)
    There is a clear commitment in the programme for Government in respect of developing affordable loans options, although they have been very poorly developed so far. In respect of the recently...
  • Gambling Control Bill 2018: First Stage (8 speeches)
    I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to establish a framework for the regulation, including licensing, of gambling in Ireland and to provide for related matters. I...
  • Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
    • Brexit Issues (40 speeches)
      1. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department's officials are involved in meetings to discuss sectoral plans or responses to Brexit. [6904/18]
    • Cabinet Committee Meetings (14 speeches)
      4. To ask the Taoiseach the number of Cabinet Committee meetings he attended in January 2018. [6906/18]
    • Strategic Communications Unit (45 speeches)
      6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the activities of the strategic communications unit and the number of staff now in place. [7231/18]
  • 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 Peadar Tóibín...
  • Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
    • School Patronage (4 speeches)
      The need for diversity and pluralism within the education system is critically important. Parents and children should have a right to access education that reflects their ethos and value system....
    • Schools Building Projects Status (4 speeches)
      This is another school-related issue. St. Joseph's primary school in Kilcock dates from the 1950s. It was the first new national school in the town for some time. When the school was built,...
    • Death of Aidan McAnespie (5 speeches)
      I welcome the Minister, Deputy Flanagan, to the Dáil Chamber. On 21 February 1988, 30 years ago today, Aidan McAnespie, a young nationalist and Gaelic football player, was shot dead as he...
    • Retail Sector (7 speeches)
      Deputy Kate O'Connell will raise the issue of the closure of the iconic retail outlet that was Waltons. Is it still Waltons?
  • Project Ireland 2040: Statements (Resumed) (23 speeches)
    We all welcome the concept of a development plan, looking to the future and planning for the future, and we know it has to happen. As a Government, a society and a people we need to look to the...
  • Public Service Superannuation (Amendment) Bill 2018: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
  • Public Service Superannuation (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (7 speeches)
    I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to present to the House the Public Service (Superannuation) Amendment Bill. I wish to thank Deputies for facilitating this...
  • Public Service Superannuation (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (36 speeches)
    SECTION 1
  • Project Ireland 2040: Statements (Resumed) (82 speeches)
    I have gone back through all the relevant documentation and read what I brought forward in December 2015 and it is absolutely definite, in my view, what the Government's decision was then. As...
  • Message to Dáil (1 speech)
    The Select Committee on Business, Enterprise and Innovation has completed its consideration of the Companies (Statutory Audits) Bill 2017 and has made amendments thereto.
  • Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (8 speeches)
    I am happy to have this opportunity this evening to add my voice to this debate on what is, as we can all agree, a very important issue, the repeal of the eighth amendment to the Constitution. ...
  • Project Ireland 2040: Statements (Resumed) (8 speeches)
    This is a significant change. For the first time we are trying to match our ambition for the way in which the country should develop with €116 billion worth of investment. This is very...
  • Supporting the Suckling Sector: Motion [Private Members] (53 speeches)
    I move:“That Dáil Éireann: notes:— the almost one million suckler cow herd kept on over 75,000 farms; — how the suckler sector is a vital component of...