Dáil debates
Wednesday, 25 September 2019
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Public Services Card (15 speeches)
1. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to challenge the findings of the report from the Data Protection Commission on the subject of the public services...
- Child Maintenance Payments (9 speeches)
2. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a working group with officials from her Department and the Department of Justice and Equality will be set up to examine...
- Community Employment Schemes Review (9 speeches)
3. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the interdepartmental review into community employment schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Schemes (19 speeches)
4. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on increasing social protection payments for 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38891/19]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Social Welfare Fraud (15 speeches)
6. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the anticipated cost of her compliance and anti-fraud strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38879/19]
- Public Services Card (7 speeches)
8. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason her Department holds onto personal data collected through the public services card application process indefinitely;...
- Jobseeker's Allowance (12 speeches)
9. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a commitment will be made to restoring the single rate of jobseeker's allowance in order that persons no longer get a...
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (7 speeches)
10. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for letters being issued from her Department to State pension (contributory) recipients in which they claim for a...
- Pensions Reform (10 speeches)
11. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of her plans to introduce an auto-enrolment pension system; her views on whether quarter 3 of 2020 is a realistic...
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (4 speeches)
12. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the eligibility conditions of persons currently on work permits and attached to a singular employer or sector for social...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (34 speeches)
The savage assault last week on Quinn Industrial Holdings executive, Mr. Kevin Lunney, has both shocked and angered people across the country. The savagery and inhumanity involved reveals the...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (48 speeches)
I raise the issue of junior cycle history with the Minister, in particular, retaining it as a core compulsory subject. I speak with a degree of knowledge. In 1997 or 1998, prior to my becoming...
- Road Traffic (Amendment) (Use of Electric Scooters) Bill 2019: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled Bill entitled an Act to amend the Road Traffic Act 1961 in order to regulate for the use of electric scooters and to provide for their...
- Health (Medical Entitlements in Nursing Homes) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019: First Stage (6 speeches)
I move:That leave be granted to introduce Bill entitled an Act to provide for the continued access to medical card entitlements under the Health (Nursing Homes) Act 1990 for residents in nursing...
- Statement of Estimates for the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission: Motion (1 speech)
I move:That Dáil Éireann take note of the Statement of Estimates of moneys required in respect of ongoing expenditure for the period beginning on 1st January, 2020 and ending on 31st...
- Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Health has completed its consideration of the Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2019, and has made amendments thereto.
- 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 Kevin O'Keeffe - to...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- School Transport Provision (4 speeches)
I thank the Minister of State for coming into the Chamber to respond to this Topical Issue matter. I thank his Department and Bus Éireann for the good work they have done in recent weeks in...
- School Staff (6 speeches)
I am raising the very important issue of the position of school secretaries. Last Friday, we had the unprecedented situation of school secretaries going on strike. They had a one-hour strike...
- Hospital Accommodation Provision (6 speeches)
It is quite clear that the situation at University Hospital Limerick is intolerable. There were 81 patients on trolleys last Monday, the joint highest number ever. That figure was also reached...
- Visit of Saudi Arabian Delegation (1 speech)
Before we proceed, on my own behalf and that of Deputies I offer offer a céad míle fáilte, a most sincere welcome, to a senior delegation of parliamentarians from the Shura Council...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed) (0 speeches)
- Wildlife Conservation (6 speeches)
I express my appreciation to the Ceann Comhairle for facilitating me and my constituency colleague, Deputy Crowe, in raising this issue and thank the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the...
- Special Needs Education Places: Motion [Private Members] (37 speeches)
I move:“That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — many parents of children with special needs are facing considerable difficulties in securing school places for their children,...
- Public Services Card: Statements (89 speeches)
It will be useful to outline the history, rationale and legal basis of the public services card, PSC. It was provided for in legislation in 1998, when it was introduced alongside the personal...
- Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 speeches)
Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
- Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government pursuant to with Standing Orders 84A(3)(a) and 149(1).
- Criminal Records (Exchange of Information) Bill 2019: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."
- Criminal Records (Exchange of Information) Bill 2019: Second Stage (5 speeches)
I am pleased to present the Criminal Records (Exchange of Information) Bill 2019 to the House. The purpose of this Bill is to provide for the exchange of criminal record information between...
- Criminal Records (Exchange of Information) Bill 2019: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Justice and Equality subject to Standing Orders 84A(3)(a) and 149(1).
