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Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: CSO Data (2 May 2017)

Regina Doherty: Irish Life Tables are calculated based on population data from the census and 3 years mortality data centred on the census year. Therefore Irish Life Tables 17 will be based on population data from the 2016 census, and mortality data from the years 2015, 2016, and 2017. The Central Statistics Office intends to publish the Life Tables in early 2019, 3 years after the 2016 census.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Census of Population Data (2 May 2017)

Regina Doherty: The ethnicity question on the census, which was first used in 2006, was agreed following consultation with various bodies such as the Equality Authority, Pavee Point and others. The CSO works hard to ensure that the information collected on the census remains relevant to the changing needs of the economic and social life of the country. For the 2011 census there were two new questions...

Education (Guidance Counselling Provision) Bill 2017: First Stage (13 Apr 2017)

Regina Doherty: No.

Trade Union (Garda Síochána and the Defence Forces) Bill 2017: First Stage (13 Apr 2017)

Regina Doherty: No.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (13 Apr 2017)

Regina Doherty: 260. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons employed to provide occupational therapy in County Meath; the number of vacant occupational therapy positions in County Meath; when these vacant positions will be filled; the number of persons waiting to receive occupational therapy; the time these persons have been waiting on treatment; the overall size of the backlog; the expected...

Business of Dáil (12 Apr 2017)

Regina Doherty: I hope this is the last one I will be making today. It is proposed, not withstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the Dáil shall sit at 10.30 a.m. tomorrow in order to take pre-European Council statements, which shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion within 85 minutes. The statements shall be confined to a single opening round for a Minister or Minister...

Business of Dáil (12 Apr 2017)

Regina Doherty: I propose, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders or the Order of the Dáil yesterday, that the Dáil sit later than 10.15 p.m. tonight and shall adjourn on the conclusion of the motion re report of the Joint Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services. The further revised arrangements in respect of the motion shall be as follows: the motion, if not previously...

Business of Dáil (11 Apr 2017)

Regina Doherty: Following our conversation earlier with regard to the Order of Business, it is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders or the Order of the Dáil today, that: (1) statements on water will not now take place tonight; and (2) the motion re the report of the Joint Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services shall be taken tomorrow evening after the statements of...

Order of Business (11 Apr 2017)

Regina Doherty: The objective is to bring the motion to the House this evening. If that happens then the Deputy's request will not need to be acceded to.

Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Motion (11 Apr 2017)

Regina Doherty: I move:That the Order of the Dáil of 1st June, 2016, as amended by the Order of the Dáil of 13th December, 2016, relating to the special all-party Committee on the Future of Healthcare, be amended in paragraph (l) by the deletion of ‘28th April, 2017’ and the substitution therefor of ‘31st May, 2017’.”

Order of Business (11 Apr 2017)

Regina Doherty: As I said beforehand, we will endeavour to have the motion this evening.

Order of Business (11 Apr 2017)

Regina Doherty: Again, to answer the question, the intention of Government is to have the motion before the debate this evening.

Order of Business (11 Apr 2017)

Regina Doherty: If that is not possible, we will revert to the Business Committee tomorrow.

Order of Business (11 Apr 2017)

Regina Doherty: Before the Ceann Comhairle puts the question, I wish to comment in an attempt to be helpful. It is the Government's position to bring forward the motion if the committee concludes its deliberations before 6.05 p.m.. If the committee does not conclude its deliberations, I am procedurally unable to bring forward a motion or put something to the House.

Order of Business (11 Apr 2017)

Regina Doherty: Therefore, the debate and statements will start at 6.05 p.m If the Joint Committee on Future Funding of Domestic Water Services has concluded its deliberations at that stage or beforehand, I will bring forward the motion. If not, the motion will be dealt with during the voting block on Thursday.

Order of Business (11 Apr 2017)

Regina Doherty: To be helpful to the two Deputies, procedurally one cannot bring a motion for something that has not concluded yet. We are all aware the Oireachtas committee on water is still concluding its deliberations downstairs. Once the committee has accepted a draft report I will bring a motion to the House asking it to vote on that draft report but I cannot do it before the committee has finished...

Order of Business (11 Apr 2017)

Regina Doherty: More time was requested this morning for the report and it was also agreed that because the legislation will be before the Houses in the next month, ample time will be given to every single Member of this House to discuss the pending legislation after the draft report has been accepted or rejected by the Dáil.

Order of Business (11 Apr 2017)

Regina Doherty: Yes.

Order of Business (11 Apr 2017)

Regina Doherty: We were on a roll.

Order of Business (11 Apr 2017)

Regina Doherty: A Cheann Comhairle. One cannot be disrespectful.