Dáil debates
Tuesday, 13 November 2018
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2.00 p.m
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (40 speeches)
I have raised on a number of occasions in the House the value and importance of the hospice movement and the enormous public support it enjoys from many volunteers and the public generally who...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 speeches)
I call on the Minister of State, Deputy Kyne, to announce the Order of Business.
- Visit of President of European Court of Auditors (1 speech)
Before proceeding with business, I wish, on my behalf and on that of the Members of Dáil Éireann, to offer a céad míle fáilte, a most sincere welcome, to a former...
- An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (111 speeches)
The programme for Government has a chapter of extensive commitments from the Government to people with disabilities, particularly to provide them with access to the maximum supports necessary for...
- An Bille um an Ochtú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Neodracht), 2018: An Chéad Chéim - Thirty-Eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2018: First Stage (6 speeches)
Tairgim:Go gceadófar go dtabharfar isteach Bille dá ngairtear Acht chun an Bunreacht a leasú. I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the...
- Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (1 speech)
I move:That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 12th December, 2017, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, Questions for...
- Twenty-second Report of Standing Committee of Selection: Motion (1 speech)
I move:That Dáil Éireann: (a) approves the Twenty-Second Report of the Standing Committee of Selection in accordance with Standing Order 27F, copies of which were laid before Dáil...
- Disclosures Tribunal: Motion (1 speech)
I move:That Dáil Éireann: noting the publication of the third interim report of the Tribunal of Inquiry into protected disclosures made under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 and...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
- Messages from Select Committees (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach has completed its consideration of the Finance Bill 2018 and has made amendments thereto. The Select Committee on...
- Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - 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 Richard Boyd Barrett -...
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Illness Benefit Payments (17 speeches)
70. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to rectify issues relating to the payment of illness benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46897/18]
- Social Welfare Benefits (8 speeches)
72. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to establish a separate agency to claim maintenance on behalf of lone parents; and if she will make a statement on...
- JobPath Data (11 speeches)
73. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason persons are being referred to JobPath for a second time having already completed the scheme in full; the number of...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Pensions Reform (9 speeches)
75. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of her plans for legislative changes in pension law; when amendments will be tabled to the Social Welfare, Pensions...
- Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times (7 speeches)
77. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the wait time for processing appeals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46860/18]
- Pension Provisions (17 speeches, 1 comment)
78. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if correspondence has been issued to date outlining changes under the total contributions approach 2012 to the pensioners...
- Legislative Process (8 speeches)
80. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when it is planned to introduce the Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017 in Seanad Éireann; and the amendments...
- Child Maintenance Payments (17 speeches)
82. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is engaging in work regarding child maintenance payments; the process in place for seeking such maintenance; and if she...
- State Pension (Contributory) (9 speeches)
84. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the timeline for reviews of post-2012 contributory pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46756/18]
- Brexit Issues (7 speeches)
85. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she has taken to minimise the impact of Brexit on the current reciprocal arrangements for social insurance schemes,...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (6 speeches)
95. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will re-examine the issue of the reduced rates of jobseeker's allowance for those under 26 years of age with an aim to...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Hospital Staff (4 speeches)
Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCeann Comhairle as an deis seo a thabhairt dom labhairt ar an ábhar seo. Is cinnte go bhfuil díomá orm nach bhfuil an tAire Sláinte i...
- Ambulance Service Provision (5 speeches)
I have tabled this matter as the people of County Leitrim seek clarity from the Government as to why ambulance waiting times in the county are so high and why south Leitrim generally has been...
- Employment Rights (5 speeches)
The continued use of bogus self-employment throughout Ireland means that workers are not defined as employees and they are not protected by some key employment legislation. As a result, they are...
- Public Procurement Regulations (4 speeches)
The concept of tendering for State contracts is, in principle, worthwhile, placing an obligation on the Government to get the best value for money for taxpayers. Several issues have arisen,...
- Hallmarking (Amendment) Bill 2016: Order for Report Stage (1 speech)
I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."
- Hallmarking (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (17 speeches)
Amendments Nos. 1 to 3, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together.
- African Development (Bank and Fund) Bill 2018: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
- African Development (Bank and Fund) Bill 2018: Second Stage (8 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time". The African Development (Bank and Fund) Bill, if approved by the Oireachtas, will facilitate Ireland’s future membership of the African...
- African Development (Bank and Fund) Bill 2018: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach pursuant to Standing Orders 84A(3)(a) and 149(1).
- Housing Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (38 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The Bill seeks to formally declare the housing and homelessness crisis a national emergency. The Bill provides for the delimiting of the...
- Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (8 speeches)
Debate resumed on the following motion: