Dáil debates
Tuesday, 17 December 2019
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
- Leaders' Questions (88 speeches)
I will not take any names yet. I want Deputies to listen carefully. Before we begin Leaders' Questions, I remind Members of the time limits for this item set out in Standing Order 29. As the...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (166 speeches)
The business this week shall be as set out in the first revised report of the Business Committee dated 16 December 2019. In regard to today’s business, it is proposed that the...
- Orders of Reference of Select Committee: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That, pursuant to Standing Order 85(2A), the Select Committee on Business, Enterprise and Innovation shall have the power to send for persons, papers and records.
- 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 Peadar Tóibín...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
- Northern Ireland (15 speeches)
1. To ask the Taoiseach if he or his officials have met the Sinn Féin leaders in relation to the Northern Ireland Assembly and the upcoming deadline of 13 January 2020. [50122/19]
- Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 speeches)
6. To ask the Taoiseach if the policy discussions on drug gangs take place at the Cabinet committee on social policy and public services or the Cabinet committee on security. [50087/19]
- European Council Meetings (22 speeches)
9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his plans for official trips abroad over the next six months. [50155/19]
- Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Matters (Resumed) (1 speech)
I wish to advise the House of a revision. The matters raised Deputies Gino Kenny, Thomas P. Broughan, Ruth Coppinger, Marcella Corcoran Kennedy and Mattie McGrath; Deputy Donnchadh Ó...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Defence Forces Strength (15 speeches)
52. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of discharges from the Defence Forces to date in 2019; the number of inductions over the same period; and if he will make a statement...
- Defence Forces Medicinal Products (7 speeches)
53. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the action he has taken further to the motion passed unopposed in Dáil Éireann on 28 June 2017 which instructed his Department, along...
- Defence Forces Properties (13 speeches)
54. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the funding being allocated for the upgrade of facilities for personnel in the Curragh Camp, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
- Defence Forces Veterans Associations Funding (7 speeches)
55. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the supports offered towards the provision of services by organisations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53372/19]
- Naval Service Vessels (7 speeches)
56. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of the lack of controls in place at his Department that allowed the former Naval Service patrol ship, LÉ Aisling, to be sold on...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Defence Forces Representative Organisations (7 speeches)
57. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when a new chairperson for the conciliation and arbitration council will be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52902/19]
- Army Personnel (7 speeches)
58. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to change the two-brigade structure of the Army; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52757/19]
- Defence Forces Representative Organisations (8 speeches)
59. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to recognise representative associations for members of the Defence Forces; his plans to allow such bodies to join a union (details...
- Defence Forces Resources (16 speeches)
60. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way in which enhanced capability is being provided for the Naval Service in ongoing requirements and contingencies, including the protection...
- Defence Forces Remuneration (16 speeches)
61. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if pay restoration for the Defence Forces is on target to be achieved in October 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53032/19]
- Partnership for Peace (4 speeches)
63. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the future relationship of Ireland with a restructured Partnership for Peace under the auspices of NATO; the way in which...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Medical Conditions (22 speeches)
I commend the Endometriosis Association of Ireland, whose representative spoke in the audiovisual room last Tuesday. I thank Kathleen King, Aimee Brown, Sarah Moloney and Jean Sutton. Their...
- Mental Health Services (4 speeches)
I have raised the issue of mental health services in Cork city and surrounding areas with the Minister of State previously. I appreciate that we have had many discussions, but on some occasion I...
- Hospital Facilities (4 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for being so flexible in the taking of this topic. It is third time lucky because I have sought to raise this matter for the past two weeks but it was not taken...
- Cross-Border Projects (6 speeches)
I thank the Minister for being present to take this very important Topical Issue matter relating to the cross-Border infrastructural projects, the Narrow Water bridge and the A5 motorway. On...
- Appropriation Bill 2019: All Stages (5 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The Appropriation Bill 2019 is an essential element of financial housekeeping that must be concluded by the Dáil this year. There are...
- Migration of Participating Securities Bill 2019: Order for Report Stage (1 speech)
I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."
- Migration of Participating Securities Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (0 speeches)
Bill received for final consideration and passed.
- Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2019: Order for Report Stage (1 speech)
I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."
- Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (0 speeches)
Bill received for final consideration and passed.
- National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Act 2019: Motion (26 speeches)
I move: That Dáil Éireann authorises the Minister for Finance, pursuant to section 6(1) of the National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Act 2019, not to pay the...
- Section 39 Organisations: Motion [Private Members] (30 speeches)
I move: “That Dáil Éireann: acknowledges that: — the independent not-for-profit Section 39 sector provides vital services for many thousands of people with...
- Message from Seanad (1 speech)
Seanad Éireann has passed the Microbeads (Prohibition) Bill 2019, without amendment; the Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019, without amendment; and the Criminal Records (Exchange of...
