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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...

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...

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.

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

Regina Doherty: No.

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...

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...

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

Regina Doherty: No.

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

Regina Doherty: No.

Prohibition of the Exploration and Extraction of Onshore Petroleum Bill 2016: First Stage (8 Jun 2016)

Regina Doherty: No.

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...

Business of Dáil (8 Jun 2016)

Regina Doherty: It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that Leaders' Questions shall be taken today and shall also be taken tomorrow at 10.30 a.m., to be followed immediately by the Order of Business; that four Leaders' Questions shall be taken today and four shall be taken tomorrow; and that Leaders' Questions shall be taken today from Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin, Anti-Austerity...

Election of Leas-Cheann Comhairle (2 Jun 2016)

Regina Doherty: I join my colleagues in supporting Deputy Bernard J. Durkan's nomination. A common theme in the House today is that there are many Members who are new and have only come into the House in the past few years. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan is a font of wisdom and there is very little of what goes on in the House with regard to public policy about which he does not know. He has been very...

Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: First Stage (2 Jun 2016)

Regina Doherty: No.

Membership of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges and the Committee of Selection: Motion (2 Jun 2016)

Regina Doherty: I move:That--(1) two members in total may be nominated to the Committee of Selection by the Government (notwithstanding the Order of the Dáil of 31st May 2016, which provided for Fine Gael to appoint one member to the Committee); and (2) notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 107(4) and the Order of the Dáil of 19th May 2016, the Committee on Procedure and Privileges...

Rent Certainty Bill 2016: First Stage (1 Jun 2016)

Regina Doherty: No.

Restoration of Bills to the Order Paper: Motion (1 Jun 2016)

Regina Doherty: I move: That, pursuant to Standing Order 165, the Bill which lapsed on the dissolution of the 31st Dáil, and are set out in the Schedule to this motion, shall be restored to the Order Paper at the stage specified in the Schedule below.SCHEDULE Bill Title: To be restored at: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016 Order for Second Stage Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill...