Dáil debates

Wednesday, 30 April 2014

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2.30 p.m.
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Commissions of Investigation (5 speeches)
    1. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the status of the Guerin and Cooke inquiries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19467/14]
  • Official Engagements (13 speeches)
    2. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason he did not ensure that a replacement Minister attended the recent AGSI conference on his behalf; and his views on the reason he was not...
  • Garda Operations (10 speeches)
    3. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether there is adequate external oversight and monitoring of Garda covert surveillance; the steps he has taken to address the level...
  • Gangland Killings (14 speeches)
    4. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he has taken to counter the recent surge in gangland shootings. [19468/14]
  • Extradition Arrangements (7 speeches)
    5. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action he has taken in relation to the Ms Sophie Toscan du Plantier case since the Supreme Court refused to extradite Mr. Ian Bailey to France...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Corrib Gas Field (28 speeches)
    6. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the renewed concerns and requests of Afri and Archbishop Desmond Tutu regarding policing issues in Corrib and the wider examination of...
  • Proposed Legislation (10 speeches)
    7. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the fact that a number of civil actions being taken against News International refer in detail to hacked material being sourced by their...
  • Proposed Legislation (7 speeches)
    8. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent of the progress to date in preparation of legislation to amend the law in respect of bail with particular reference to the need to...
• 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 Michael McNamara - the...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Live Exports (12 speeches)
    I commend the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine on holding a beef summit, which took place on the day the Dáil went into recess for Easter. While I welcome that it was held, I am...
  • Flood Relief Schemes Funding (4 speeches)
    I support the points raised by Deputy McNamara. Farmers are suffering due to the beef prices. Hopefully, the Department will put in place a scheme that can assist them in ascertaining what the...
  • Insurance Industry (8 speeches)
    That concludes topical issue No. 2. We now move on to No. 3. Three Deputies have made a submission on the issue. For clarification purposes, each of the three Deputies has two minutes to speak...
  • Child Abuse Issues (38 speeches)
    Cynthia Owen was the victim of the most barbaric and heinous crime imaginable.
• Leaders' Questions (110 speeches)
  Some weeks ago the Economic Management Council agreed on a regime for water tax. The details of that scheme and regime were released by the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local...
• Order of Business (81 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 20, Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013 - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; and No. 4, Children First Bill 2014 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage. It...
• Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Order for Report Stage (1 speech)
  I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."
• Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (19 speeches)
  I move amendment No. 1:In page 5, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: “Prohibition on permitting the use of sunbeds by certain persons 5. (1) The owner, manager or employee...
• Children First Bill 2014: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
  Bill entitled an Act for the purposes of making further and better provision for the care and protection of children and for those purposes to require the preparation, by certain providers of...
• Children First Bill 2014: Second Stage (6 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The aim of the Children First Bill 2014 is to improve the care and protection of children by raising awareness of child abuse and neglect....
• Housing Provision: Motion [Private Members] (53 speeches, 1 comment)
  I move:That Dáil Éireann:acknowledges: — there exists a current housing and homelessness emergency in the country that must be addressed as a matter of urgency; —...