Dáil debates

Thursday, 24 January 2013

  • Education and Training (4 speeches)
    Like most Members, I welcomed the announcement last December of the new Momentum programme, which will provide 6,500 new education and training places for jobseekers. These places are correctly...
  • Social Welfare Rates (7 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this issue, about which we have all probably received representations since Christmas and particularly in the past week, as correspondence has...
  • Childhood Obesity (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this issue. This is not the first time I have raised obesity and related issues in the House, nor will it be the last. My reason for doing so is to try...
  • Harbour Parking Charges (4 speeches)
    It is good to see Deputy Durkan in the Chair. Residents and local business people in Howth were shocked before Christmas to learn of plans by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine,...