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Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Migration Data (12 Jul 2016)

Regina Doherty: Statistics on migration are included in the CSO's annual Population and Migration Estimates release. The principal source of information for the estimation of annual migration flows published by the Central Statistics Office, incorporating both emigration and immigration, is the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS); the published estimates are classified by sex, broad age group, origin...

Business of Dáil (13 Jul 2016)

Regina Doherty: It is proposed that the arrangements agreed to by the House for the business to be conducted this week be amended as follows: (1) that, if not previously concluded, the debate on the motion on the citizens' assembly shall be brought to a conclusion after 90 minutes, with the speeches of all Members not exceeding five minutes in each case; (2) that if the motion on the citizens' assembly...

Nursing Home Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2016: First Stage (13 Jul 2016)

Regina Doherty: No.

Citizens' Assembly: Motion (13 Jul 2016)

Regina Doherty: Two.

Citizens' Assembly: Motion (13 Jul 2016)

Regina Doherty: I welcome the motion. I, too, was a member of the Constitutional Convention, which was established shortly after I was elected for the first time. My involvement in the convention was probably one of the most enjoyable experiences I had in the past five years because it allowed me to appreciate the views of citizens who were debating issues and arguing with a politicians in a normal...

Standing Orders: Motion (19 Jul 2016)

Regina Doherty: I move:That, in accordance with the recommendation of the sub-Committee on Dáil Reform under Standing Order 107(1)(a), the Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann relative to Public Business be amended, with effect from 1st September, 2016, as follows: (a) by the adoption of the following Standing Order in substitution for Standing Order 141: '141. (1) Should a private member's Bill...

Select Committees: Motion (19 Jul 2016)

Regina Doherty: I move:That, pending the appointment of Select Committees by Seanad Éireann, Select Committees appointed pursuant to Standing Order 84A may consider all matters set out in Standing Order 84A and otherwise in their Orders of Establishment and shall have the relevant powers as defined in Standing Order 85 for those purposes."

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2016: First Stage (20 Jul 2016)

Regina Doherty: No.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: First Stage (20 Jul 2016)

Regina Doherty: No.

Business of Dáil (21 Jul 2016)

Regina Doherty: It is proposed that the following items be taken today without debate after questions on proposed legislation, which is now: No. 1, motion re Standing Orders 6, 70, 84A, 93, 95, 107 and Schedule 1 to Standing Orders; No. 2, motion re arrangements re the budget 2017; and No. 3, motion re the fourth report of the Committee of Selection and Appointment of Chairs.

Criminal Justice (Aggravation by Prejudice) Bill 2016: First Stage (21 Jul 2016)

Regina Doherty: No.

Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: First Stage (21 Jul 2016)

Regina Doherty: No.

Standing Orders: Motion (21 Jul 2016)

Regina Doherty: I move:That, in accordance with the recommendation of the sub-Committee on Dáil Reform under Standing Order 107(1)(a), the Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann relative to Public Business be amended as follows:a) in paragraph (10)(d) of Standing Order 6, by the deletion of ‘90 minutes’ and the substitution of ‘60 minutes’; b) in paragraph (3)(f) of...

Budgetary Oversight Arrangements: Motion (21 Jul 2016)

Regina Doherty: I move:That, until 31st December, 2016 or until the Dáil shall otherwise order–(1) A Select Committee, which shall be called the Committee on Budgetary Oversight, is hereby established to consider– (a) public expenditure policy; (b) policy affecting Exchequer revenue receipts; and (c) the overall fiscal position, including the aggregated position on revenue and...

Fourth Report of the Committee of Selection and Appointment of Chairs: Motion (21 Jul 2016)

Regina Doherty: I move:That Dáil Éireann:(a) approves the Fourth Report of the Standing Committee of Selection in accordance with Standing Order 27F, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 20th July, 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 Sean Sherlock -...

Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)

Regina Doherty: In the past 20 years, the Taoiseach of the day has asked the Office of the Ceann Comhairle to recall the Dáil on only a handful of occasions, namely, to discuss the attacks on 9 September 2001, the war in Iraq in 2003 and the nationalisation of Anglo Irish Bank in 2009. The decision of the European Commission last week is as important to the country's future as any of these issues. I...

Proposal on Matrimonial Matters, Parental Responsibility and Child Abduction: Referral to Joint Committee (27 Sep 2016)

Regina Doherty: I move:That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to take part in the adoption and application of the...

Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Motion (27 Sep 2016)

Regina Doherty: I move:That the proposal that Dáil Éireann, noting that the Government agreed on 27 September, 2016, to propose, for the approval of Dáil Éireann, the appointment of Eileen Barrington SC to be a member of the Legal Services Regulatory Authority, and pursuant to section 9 of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015, approves the appointment, with effect from the establishment...

Committee Terms of Reference: Motion (27 Sep 2016)

Regina Doherty: I move: That, following Orders made by Government on 5 July, 2016, and 19 July, 2016, respectively, altering the names of Departments and titles of Ministers, the names of the Select Committees in column (1) of the Schedule below, which were established by Order of the Dáil of 16 June, 2016, are hereby amended as set out in column (2) of the Schedule and each such Committee shall...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Employment Data (27 Sep 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 relevant European regulations for the conduct of labour force surveys. The labour market estimates produced by the QNHS are designed to meet strict quality criteria set down by Eurostat, which specify the level of statistical accuracy that these...