Dáil debates
Thursday, 14 November 2019
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach Gníomhach (Deputy Declan Breathnach) i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Estimates Process (8 speeches)
1. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when Supplementary Estimates will be brought forward for 2019; the estimated amount required for Supplementary Estimates in 2019; the...
- Capital Expenditure Programme (11 speeches)
2. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the capital projects that are to be delayed or deferred in the years of the National Development Plan as a result of cost overruns such as...
- Land Development Agency (8 speeches)
3. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the acreage of State land managed by the OPW that has been transferred to the Land Development Agency for the development of residential...
- Climate Change Policy (10 speeches)
5. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role of his Department in 2019 and 2020 in the implementation of the Climate Action Plan 2019 for his Department and throughout...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Public Spending Code (17 speeches)
6. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the reviewed and revised public spending code will be published, in view of repeated overruns in large-scale capital projects; the...
- Budget 2020 (11 speeches)
7. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether there has been an under-provision for demographics in 2020 in view of the fact the new demographics provision in the,...
- Shared Services (9 speeches)
8. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated expenditure savings in 2019 and 2020 from the operation of the National Shared Services Office, NSSO; his plans in this...
- Public Expenditure Policy (7 speeches)
9. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he remains satisfied that good practice in terms of public expenditure and reform remains in place and capable of...
- Public Procurement Regulations (7 speeches)
11. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the public procurement threshold will be increased from €25,000 in view of the impact same is having on SMEs; and if he will...
- Public Sector Pay (12 speeches)
12. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his position on the pay of senior civil servants and the proposed review of same by the Public Service Pay Commission; and if he will...
- Office of Government Procurement (8 speeches)
14. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his role in selecting the chief procurement officer; if the CEO of the Office of Government Procurement will have a future role in the...
- Office of Public Works Projects (4 speeches)
16. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of improvement works at the Tara Hill complex, County Meath. [45282/19]
- Flood Relief Schemes Status (3 speeches)
17. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the preferred options for the flood relief works on the Sullane River, Ballyvourney, County Cork will be finalised; the impediments...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (44 speeches)
The Government is re-announcing funding for a winter package in the Department of Health today and across the health service. The reality is that this appointment will make very little...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (63 speeches)
As 26 Deputies have indicated, will Members please adhere to the one minute provided?
- Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (2 speeches)
The following motion was moved by Deputy Jim O'Callaghan on Tuesday, 12 November 2019:
- Financial Challenges Facing RTÉ and its Revised Strategy 2020-2024: Statements (1 speech)
I thank the Business Committee for scheduling this important and necessary debate. This has been a period of profound challenge for media, both local and national. Everyone in this House, as...
- Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (1 speech)
Before calling on the next speaker, 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:...
- Financial Challenges Facing RTÉ and its Revised Strategy 2020-2024: Statements (Resumed) (14 speeches)
I am sharing time. The most surprising thing about last week's announcement of the scale of the problems in RTÉ was that the Government was surprised at all. The station has posted seven...
- Progressing Children's Disability Services: Statements (30 speeches, 2 comments)
I am grateful for the opportunity to have this important debate. When I became Minister of State with responsibility for disability services, I made three firm commitments, namely, to reform...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Medicinal Products Availability (16 speeches)
The first Topical Issue matter, which will be taken by Deputies Lisa Chambers, Ó Caoláin and Curran, concerns the roll-out of Spinraza since its approval in June. We have rarely heard...
- Wastewater Treatment (4 speeches)
As the Minister is aware, the Environmental Protection Agency published its urban wastewater treatment report for 2018 earlier this week. As with its predecessor reports in 2017 and 2016, it...
- Job Losses (10 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for taking this important Topical Issue.
- Traveller Community (4 speeches)
I thank the Minister of State for coming into the House to deal with this issue. I am a little disappointed that the Minister is not present because when this Dáil came together, the...
- Overcrowded Housing Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." This Bill forms a small part of Fianna Fáil's practical and evidence-based suite of measures designed to produce an emergency-level...
