Dáil debates

Wednesday, 23 November 2011

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Leaders' Questions (116 speeches)
  German parliamentarians have had access to our budget details in advance of Members of Dáil Éireann.
• Order of Business (83 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. a9, Road Transport Bill 2011 - Financial Resolution; No. 9, motion re membership of committee; No. 13, statements on sustainability in the sea fisheries sector; and No....
• Road Transport Bill 2011: Financial Resolution (1 speech)
  I move: That provision be made in the Act giving effect to this Resolution for the charging in accordance with the Act of fees for the grant, application, amendment, duplication or replacement of...
• Membership of Committee: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That Deputy Robert Dowds be discharged from the Select Committee on Communications, Natural Resources and Agriculture and that Deputy Patrick Nulty be appointed in substitution for him.
• Fishing Industry Development: Statements (63 speeches)
  The annual fishing opportunities for the Community's fishing fleets are traditionally agreed at the December Fisheries Council. This year the arrangements for 2012 are due to be negotiated at...
• Road Transport Bill 2011: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
  Bill entitled an Act to make provisions relating to the occupation of road haulage operator and the occupation of road passenger transport operator, to amend section 1 of the Road Transport Act...
• Road Transport Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The Bill is being brought to the House as a matter of urgency to deal with a number of issues arising from the coming into force of EU...
• Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Illness and Disability Benefits (6 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of money reimbursed by her Department to employers for sick leave in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011; her plans...
  • Job Creation (9 speeches)
    Question 2: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether the public can have confidence that the steering committee appointed to monitor the jobbridge scheme will work...
  • Social Welfare Code (8 speeches)
    Question 3: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if habitual residence dose not apply to returning Irish emigrants, as is outlined by the EU guidelines (details supplied), when seeking...
  • Social Welfare Benefits (14 speeches)
    Question 4: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures she is considering in relation to the rent supplement scheme in the Budget 2012; and if she will make a statement on the...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Humanitarian Assistance (14 speeches)
    Question 6: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will publish the specific guidelines for accessing the €10 million humanitarian assistance package; and if she will make a...
  • Social Welfare Fraud (13 speeches)
    Question 7: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total amount of cost savings in anti fraud measures achieved to date in 2011; the direct impact she anticipates that the cost savings...
  • Social Welfare Benefits (10 speeches)
    Question 8: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the importance of the role played by universal child benefit in tackling child poverty to date; and if she will make a...
• Topical Issue Matters (1 speech)
  I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 27A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Catherine Byrne - the...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Private Rented Accommodation (4 speeches)
    I am thankful for the opportunity to raise this matter, which concerns the quality of rental accommodation within the city of Dublin and beyond, and the abuse of property by landlords who allow...
  • House Prices (4 speeches)
    I very much welcome the opportunity to raise this concern which I share with many others, namely, the proposal by NAMA to sell 750 houses at terms which give buyers, in effect, a 20% discount. I...
  • Foreign Conflicts (9 speeches)
    Many are calling the events in Egypt a second revolution. I offer my full support to ordinary young people and workers in Egypt who are attempting to conclude the process started earlier this...
  • Building Regulations (6 speeches)
    The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Hogan, has absolutely no excuse for refusing to meet the residents of Priory Hall. He offered the excuse that related...
• Road Transport Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (55 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
  • Commercial Rates: Motion (Resumed) (24 speeches)
    I wish to share time with Deputies Clare Daly, Richard Boyd Barrett and Joan Collins. There is no doubt rates have become one of the biggest burdens on small and medium-sized businesses. God...