Dáil debates
Tuesday, 4 December 2018
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 speeches)
Over the past year, I have raised with the Taoiseach the plight of section 39 organisations, particularly hospices, and the fact that they did not get a fair deal from the Government in the...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 speeches)
Today's business shall be No. a18, motion re opt-in under protocol of a measure in the area of asylum, migration and integration funds, referral to committee; No. 18, excess Vote in relation to...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (76 speeches)
There are 23 minutes remaining and 23 Deputies offering. I call Deputy Micheál Martin.
- EU Regulations: Referral to Joint Committee (1 speech)
I move:That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in...
- Excess Vote 2016 (1 speech)
I move the following Excess Vote: Vote 35 — Army PensionsThat a sum not exceeding €1,000 be granted to make good an excess on the grant for Army Pensions for the year ending on 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...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
- Seanad Reform (25 speeches)
1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the Seanad reform implementation group. [48019/18]
- Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 speeches)
2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance of the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War in Paris. [48113/18]
- Brexit Issues (13 speeches)
6. To ask the Taoiseach the role of his Department in Brexit preparedness. [47123/18]
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Employment Data (9 speeches)
52. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the regional spread of additional jobs added in the 12 months to quarter 3 of 2018 indicated by the latest labour force...
- Brexit Supports (7 speeches)
53. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to outline the contingency plans she has put in place for businesses and hauliers in the event of a hard Brexit; and if she will make a...
- Insurance Costs (7 speeches)
54. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps being taken to reduce the excessive sums awarded for whiplash compensation claims in view of the latest data published by the...
- Employment Data (7 speeches)
55. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the fact that while the Central Statistics Office, CSO, has found that there has been a 3% increase in the number of...
- Departmental Investigations (13 speeches)
56. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to publish an account of the investigative failures identified by a person (details supplied); the steps being taken to...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Ticket Touting (10 speeches)
57. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of proposed legislation to tackle ticket touting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50442/18]
- Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (7 speeches)
58. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she has taken in budget 2019 to support the small and medium enterprise, SME, sector; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Job Creation (9 speeches)
60. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status, from the latest labour force survey, of jobs added in County Mayo in the 12 months to quarter 3 of 2018; and the work under...
- IDA Ireland Data (7 speeches)
63. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of first-time investments by new IDA Ireland client companies in County Donegal for each of the past ten years; the...
- Regional Enterprise Development Fund (6 speeches)
64. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when successful projects under the regional enterprise development fund will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Enterprise Support Schemes (7 speeches)
65. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which the various bodies under her aegis continue to establish new product manufacturing enterprises, new markets and so...
- Job Creation (16 speeches)
66. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to address the need for additional jobs and greater investment in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the...
- 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 Maureen O'Sullivan - to...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Reports (17 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this issue for debate. Two weeks ago during Leaders' Questions I raised with the Taoiseach the ODCE report on the mishandling of the investigation into...
- Cancer Services Provision (4 speeches)
I acknowledge the progress that has been made with regard to breast cancer and prostate cancer. Survival rates are 92% for prostate cancer, 83% for breast cancer and 63% for bowel cancer....
- Transport Infrastructure Provision (9 speeches)
I welcome the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, to the House to hear what I have to say. I will make it brief and to the point. We need to have ambition and vision for the...
- UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (9 speeches)
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is about autonomy and independence. Yesterday was the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The full implementation of the...
- Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach has completed its consideration of the African Development (Bank and Fund) Bill 2018 and has made amendments thereto.
- Estimates for Public Services 2018: Messages from Select Committees (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach has completed its consideration of Vote 13 for the year ending 31 December 2018; the Select Committee on Employment...
- Report on Procurement Process Audit of National Broadband Plan: Statements (82 speeches)
It is an honour to speak to the House as Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment. I look forward to working with colleagues, who I know have put considerable work into this...
- Local Government Bill 2018: Instruction to Committee (33 speeches)
I move:That it be an instruction to the Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government, in relation to the Local Government Bill 2018, that:(a) pursuant to Standing Order 154, the...
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (98 speeches)
Debate resumed on amendment No. 41:
- Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Business, Enterprise and Innovation has completed its consideration of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) Bill 2018 and has made an amendment thereto.
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (70 speeches)
I move amendment No. 45:In page 15, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following: “Parental notification 23. (1) A termination of pregnancy in respect of a pregnant minor may only be...
