Dáil debates

Tuesday, 16 July 2013

  • Foster Care Supports (4 speeches)
    I thank the Minister, Deputy Fitzgerald, for taking this Topical Issue. After-care is a relatively new development in the long history of State care for children. While the delivery of...
  • Magdalen Laundries Issues (6 speeches)
    When the Taoiseach got to his feet in the Dáil and issued an apology to the survivors of the Magdalen laundries, everybody gathered here and beyond understood that this was the beginning of...
  • Pension Provisions (4 speeches)
    I welcome the fact the Minister is in the Chamber to discuss this matter. The plans by Aer Lingus and its unions to plug the €780 million hole in the pension scheme have been rejected by...
  • Departmental Contracts (4 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State for taking this debate. The decision by the Department of Social Protection to issue a new tender this coming September for paying social welfare benefits could, if...