Dáil debates
Tuesday, 24 September 2019
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (38 speeches)
Clean air is a vital public health interest and it is inseparable from the challenge of climate change. In 1990, while Minister of State, Mary Harney introduced a ban on smoky coal use within...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (35 speeches)
The business this week shall be as set out in the report of the Business Committee, dated 19 September 2019. On today's business, it is proposed that No. 17, motion re parliamentary questions...
- Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2019: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Intoxicating Liquor Act 1962 and to provide for related matters. The current position is that section 11 of the...
- Planning and Development (Ministerial Power Repeal) Bill 2019: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to an Act to amend the Planning and Development Act 2000 and to repeal the following guidelines issued to planning authorities...
- 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...
- Data Protection Act 2018: Referral to Joint Committee (1 speech)
I move:That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft:Data Protection Act 2018 (section 60(6)) (Central Bank of Ireland) Regulations 2019,a copy of...
- Official Languages Act 2003 (Public Bodies) Regulations 2019: Referral to Joint Committee (1 speech)
I move:That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft:Official Languages Act 2003 (Public Bodies) Regulations 2019,copies of which were laid in draft...
- 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 John Curran - to discuss...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Defence Forces Remuneration (9 speeches)
1. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on whether the pay recommendations of the report of the Public Service Pay Commission into recruitment and retention in the Defence...
- Defence Forces Strength (9 speeches)
2. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the measures he is taking to stop the exodus of personnel from the Defence Forces; if 70 personnel left the Defence Forces in July 2019, including...
- Defence Forces Expenditure (17 speeches)
3. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the defence budget, specifically Vote 36, is on profile; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38889/19]
- Trade Union Membership (7 speeches)
4. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an organisation (details supplied) has formally applied to affiliate to the Irish Congress of...
- Defence Forces Remuneration (9 speeches)
5. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on whether it is a fair expectation that men and women serving in the Defence Forces should have an income and prospects to provide for...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Cybersecurity Policy (11 speeches)
6. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the work of his Department and the Defence Forces in cybersecurity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38426/19]
- Overseas Missions (9 speeches)
7. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide a report on the deployment of the Army Ranger Wing to Mali; the work undertaken to date; and when the mission will come to an...
- Defence Forces Properties (11 speeches)
8. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to upgrade and improve the built infrastructure across Defence Forces installations, in particular, those on the Curragh camp; and if he...
- Defence Forces Remuneration (12 speeches)
9. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps being taken to ensure improved pay and working conditions for members of the Defence Forces; the steps being taken to ensure appropriate...
- Defence Forces Medicinal Products (4 speeches)
10. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason the Defence Forces increased spending on the anti-malaria drug, Lariam, by 50% in 2018, despite the fact that more than 85 soldiers...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- School Admissions (6 speeches)
I want to raise again the issue of access to primary school places in Rathcoole, County Dublin. This is an issue Deputy Eoin Ó Broin and I raised in the House prior to the summer recess....
- Schools Building Projects Status (4 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for selecting this urgent issue. I also thank the Minister for his attendance to discuss the delay in delivering the Holy Family national school in...
- Hospitals Funding (5 speeches)
I raise two alarming issues in my constituency of Cork East. They concern Cobh Community Hospital and Castlemartyr Health Centre. On 27 August members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives...
- Planning Issues (6 speeches)
A few weeks ago, Gannon Properties Limited submitted proposals for a large development of 1,950 residential units and 22,728 sq. m of commercial development in 15 blocks, up to 15 and 17 storeys...
- Finance (Tax Appeals and Prospectus Regulation) Bill 2019: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
- Finance (Tax Appeals and Prospectus Regulation) Bill 2019: Second Stage (6 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The Bill has three Parts, the first of which relates to the Short Title, commencement and definitions sections. The second Part provides...
- Finance (Tax Appeals and Prospectus Regulation) Bill 2019: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Reform, and Taoiseach pursuant to Standing Orders 84A(3)(a) and 149(1).
- Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
Bill entitled an Act to provide for the regulation of approved housing bodies for the purposes of protecting certain housing assets provided or managed by such bodies; to establish a body to be...
- Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Second Stage (18 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to have the opportunity today to present the Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019 to the House. This is a...
- Agrifood and Rural Development: Motion (42 speeches)
I move:"That Dáil Éireann: notes that:— Fine Gael has been in Government for eight years; — during that period of time, the beef sector has experienced regular levels of...
