Dáil debates

Wednesday, 2 April 2014

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9.30 a.m.
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme (7 speeches)
    1. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the expert review of the Irish airlines superannuation scheme dispute; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Public Transport Provision (9 speeches)
    2. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that the tendering of 10% of all PSO bus routes and 100% of Waterford city bus services will not further undermine the...
  • Vehicle Clamping (7 speeches)
    3. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in relation to the regulation of clamping in the State, he has considered following the example in England and Wales where clamping on...
  • Sports Capital Programme Administration (17 speeches)
    4. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the assessment procedure followed and the objective criteria used in deciding on the allocation of funding under the sports capital...
  • Public Private Partnerships Cost (7 speeches)
    5. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total sums paid by the State to each toll operator per year for the previous seven years and in 2014 to date under the terms of a...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Driver Licences (13 speeches)
    6. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the criteria for re-issuing a new driver licence in circumstances where the original has been lost or stolen and the timeframe involved;...
  • Haulage Industry Regulation (21 speeches)
    7. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact an increasing number of haulage operators are reregistering their vehicles in other...
  • Roads Maintenance Issues (9 speeches)
    8. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will support a pilot scheme to alter the strategic approach taken by local authorities of maintaining rural roads by targeting the...
  • Community Involvement Scheme (22 speeches)
    10. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the community involvement scheme; if the scheme will be re-introduced this year; and when he expects...
• Companies Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) (126 speeches)
  I ask the Minister of State to move amendment No. 152.
• Leaders' Questions (107 speeches)
  Last evening, the letter from the former Commissioner, Mr. Martin Callinan, to the Department of Justice and Equality for the attention of the Minister in respect of the telephone recording...
• Order of Business (95 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 24, Companies Bill 2012 - Report Stage (resumed) and Final Stage; and No. 22, Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013 Seanad - Report...
• 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 Terence Flanagan - the...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Ambulance Service Provision (9 speeches)
    I thank the Minister for Health for attending. There has been a long campaign for an ambulance service in north Galway and I was one of several representatives who organised a campaign...
  • Mental Health Services Provision (4 speeches)
    I must apologise for my voice which has been affected by some dental work, but I will try to struggle through. I wish to raise the important issue of the new referral procedure for children in...
  • Planning Issues (6 speeches)
    I thank the Office of the Ceann Comhairle for choosing this Topical Issue. I will reference a local example, but the underlying issue is one of national importance. Last Thursday week, 20...
  • Homeless Accommodation Provision (4 speeches)
    The number of people seeking housing advice as a result of losing their homes increased by 43% in 2013. Each week, between three and five new cases of families in mortgage distress present at my...
• Companies Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (65 speeches)
  The next amendment is No. 243, which has been discussed with amendment No. 197. I call on the Minister of State to move the amendment.
• Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (39 speeches)
  I move amendment No. 3:In page 4, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following:"(2) The fund into which the parliamentary activities allowance is paid shall be obliged to produce an annual...
• Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality; and Defence: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (155 speeches)
  The following motion was moved by Deputy Niall Collins on Tuesday, 01 April 2014: That Dáil Éireann has no confidence in the Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence, Alan Shatter T.D.