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Standing Orders: Motion (8 Jun 2016)

Regina Doherty: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, until further notice in the 32nd Dáil, the Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann relative to Public Business are hereby amended as follows— Standing Order 41 – Questions nominated for priority With effect from 14th June, 2016, in Standing Order 41, by the substitution of the following sub-paragraph for...

Equal Status (Equality Proofing) (Amendment) Bill 2016: First Stage (9 Jun 2016)

Regina Doherty: No.

Public Holidays (Lá na Poblachta) Bill 2016: First Stage (9 Jun 2016)

Regina Doherty: No.

Standing Orders: Motion (9 Jun 2016)

Regina Doherty: I move:That the amendments and additions to the Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann relative to Public Business contained in the Report of the sub-Committee on Dáil Reform regarding changes to Standing Orders (which was laid before the Dáil on 8th June, 2016) be adopted, with effect from the dates outlined in the report. I welcome the opportunity to support the motion before...

Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: First Stage (14 Jun 2016)

Regina Doherty: No.

Sittings and Business of the Dáil: Motion (14 Jun 2016)

Regina Doherty: I move:That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders- (a) each day this week, there shall be an Order of Business after Leaders' Questions, comprising:(i) The Taoiseach's announcement of the order in which Government business is to be taken; (ii) pursuant to Standing Order 27E(7), the Taoiseach's proposals, on motion made without notice, for the arrangements for the taking of that...

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2016: First Stage (15 Jun 2016)

Regina Doherty: No.

Report of Standing Order 112 Select Committee on the Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 2013/34/EU: Motion (15 Jun 2016)

Regina Doherty: On a point of order, I wish to correct the record in case the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport was not aware of the position regarding the motion. It was not being put through the House without discussion. Ample discussion and consultation took place at a cross-party committee which met on four occasions. The motion being put to the House was a joint motion.

Report of Standing Order 112 Select Committee on the Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 2013/34/EU: Motion (15 Jun 2016)

Regina Doherty: There was all-party consensus.

Establishment of Select Committees: Motion (16 Jun 2016)

Regina Doherty: I move:(1) That Select Committees as set out in column (1) of the Schedule hereto are hereby appointed pursuant to Standing Order 84A. (2) Each Select Committee shall perform the functions set out in Standing Order 84A in respect of the Government Department or Departments listed in column (2) opposite each Committee (in anticipation of the coming into effect of the necessary Government...

Standing Orders: Motion (16 Jun 2016)

Regina Doherty: I move:1. Standing Order 81 is hereby amended by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (2):‘(2A) The rules as to procedure in Select Committees shall apply, as appropriate, to procedure in sub-Committees of such Committees.’.2. Standing Order 84 is hereby amended by the insertion of the following subparagraphs after paragraph (2)(b): ‘(c) it shall not...

Final Report of Committee of Selection: Motion (16 Jun 2016)

Regina Doherty: I move:That Dáil Éireann:(a) approves the First Report of the Standing Committee of Selection in accordance with Standing Order 27F, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 15th June 2016, and appoints members to Select Committees accordingly; and (b) pursuant to Standing Order 93(2), appoints the following members as Chairs of Committees: Deputy Caoimhghín...

Order of Business (21 Jun 2016)

Regina Doherty: I thank the Ceann Comhairle and apologise to him and other Members, but I wish to propose some small tweaks. I propose to make an amendment to the arrangements in respect of the Pre-European Council Statements today, which is that the statements take place immediately following Questions to the Taoiseach, to be followed immediately by Questions to the Minister for Defence. With regard to...

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhúinéireacht ar Acmhainní Uisce) 2016: An Chéad Chéim - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Common Ownership of Water Resources) Bill 2016: First Stage (21 Jun 2016)

Regina Doherty: No.

Industrial Relations (Right to Access) (Amendment) Bill 2016: First Stage (21 Jun 2016)

Regina Doherty: No.

Equal Status (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: First Stage (21 Jun 2016)

Regina Doherty: No.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Employment Data (21 Jun 2016)

Regina Doherty: The exact information requested by the Deputy is currently not available. The National Employment Survey, which provided statistics on the structure of earnings, was discontinued in 2010 due to resource constraints. However, the CSO is currently completing a project to provide corresponding statistics for the years 2011 to 2014 by using administrative data sources rather than direct...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Zero-hour Contracts (21 Jun 2016)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 45 and 46 together. The exact information requested by the Deputy is not available. The Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) is the official source of estimates of employment in the State. The most recent figures available are for Q1 2016. Table 1 shows the number of employees (ILO) aged 15 years and over classified by permanency of job from Q1 2008 to...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Child Care Services Staff (21 Jun 2016)

Regina Doherty: The exact information requested by the Deputy is currently not available. Statistics on average wages are compiled from the quarterly Earnings, Hours and Employment Costs Survey (EHECS), and from the periodic Labour Costs Survey and Structure of Earnings Surveys conducted under EU Regulations. While these surveys include breakdowns by sector and by occupation, the figures do not include a...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Employment Data (21 Jun 2016)

Regina Doherty: The Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) is the official source of employment estimates in the state and is conducted in line with the European regulation for the conduct of labour force surveys (577/98). The QNHS is based on a national sample of 26,000 households each quarter. This sample of households is designed to be representative of the population at both regional (NUTS 3) and...