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Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (5 Oct 2016)

Regina Doherty: The programme for Government, which the Members opposite clearly have not read, states this area is a major priority for this partnership Government. We are making progress. Since 2011, we have added €115 million extra to the mental health budget, which now totals €826 million in total.

Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (5 Oct 2016)

Regina Doherty: I would be the first to say it is not enough. However, we do not have the magic calculator that Sinn Féin obviously possesses. We have to work on the basis of what is in the public purse instead. The Government is extremely conscious that this is a growing issue. Deputy Ó Caoláin touched on an apt point. Lifestyles and activities are changing not just for older people...

Fifth Report of the Standing Committee of Selection: Motion (4 Oct 2016)

Regina Doherty: I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the Fifth Report of the Standing Committee of Selection in accordance with Standing Order 27F, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 29 September 2016, and discharges and appoints members to committees accordingly.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (4 Oct 2016)

Regina Doherty: I move:That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, and unless the Dáil shall otherwise order, the following arrangements shall apply in relation to the sittings of the Dáil on 11th, 12th and 13th October, 2016:(i) there shall be no Order of Business or questions on promised legislation within the meaning of Standing Order 28; (ii) Leaders’ Questions shall not be taken...

Order of Business (4 Oct 2016)

Regina Doherty: Tuesday's Government business shall be No 10, motion re Fifth Report of the Committee of Selection without debate; No. 11, motion re sittings and business of the Dáil, without debate; and No. 4, Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage). Private Members' Business shall be No. 21, Criminal Justice (Aggravation by Prejudice) Bill 2016 in the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Emigration Data (4 Oct 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...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Central Statistics Office Data (28 Sep 2016)

Regina Doherty: The Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) survey is the official source of estimates of income in the State. The most recent figures available are for 2014. In 2014, the estimated number of children under five years of age in households earning below €47,000 gross income per annum was 123,700. The estimated number of these households headed by lone parents was 21,100....

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Central Statistics Office Data (28 Sep 2016)

Regina Doherty: The Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) survey is the official source of estimates of income in the State. The most recent figures available are for 2014. In 2014, the estimated number of children under five years of age with parents working more than 25 hours per week whose primary form of childcare was undertaken by a child-minder or a relative was 78,000. The estimated...

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...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Unemployment Data (27 Sep 2016)

Regina Doherty: The exact information requested by the Deputy is not available. The Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) is the official source of estimates of unemployment in the State and the seasonally adjusted number of persons (aged 15-74) unemployed as of the second quarter of 2016 was 182,900. While the QNHS provides quarterly benchmark estimates of unemployment, the CSO also publishes monthly...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Exports Data (27 Sep 2016)

Regina Doherty: In Ireland's International Trade statistics, the sectors showing significant export growth in 2015 compared to 2014 were: Organic chemicals (+18%) (+€3.3 billion) Medical and pharmaceutical products (+36%) (+€8 billion) Essential oils (+15%) (+€1 billion) Other transport equipment (including aircraft) (+113%) (+€2.8 billion) In contrast, the July 2016 trade results...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Census of Population Publication (27 Sep 2016)

Regina Doherty: The Censuses of Population carried out between 1926 and 1991 were undertaken under the 1926 Statistics Act which did not permit access to Census records at any time. The Statistics Act, 1993 repealed the 1926 and 1946 Statistics Acts, and provided for the release of census forms from these censuses 100 years after the date of the relevant Census. This means that the 1926 census records will...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Economic Data (27 Sep 2016)

Regina Doherty: National accounts statistics for Ireland are compiled in accordance with the 2010 European System of Accounts (ESA 2010) as required under EU legislation. The ESA 2010 standards are based on the UN's 2008 edition of the System of National Accounts (SNA 2008). The revisions to the national accounts and balance of payments statistics published on July 12th2016 were driven largely by the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Census of Population Publication (27 Sep 2016)

Regina Doherty: The census field operation concluded on the 20thMay and all temporary field staff have now completed their contracts. The first Preliminary results of the census were published on the 14thJuly, just 12 weeks after census day (24thApril). Over the coming months the CSO will continue to scan, capture and code the information on some 2 million census forms. The first definitive results will be...

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...

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 -...

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.