Dáil debates

Wednesday, 17 January 2018

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Child Poverty (7 speeches)
    1. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the latest survey of income and living conditions, SILC, data which show that approximately 11% of children are...
  • Pensions Legislation (17 speeches)
    2. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the timeframe for the restoration of the State pension for those affected by the 2012 changes; and if she will make a statement...
  • State Pension (Contributory) (18 speeches)
    4. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she will take measures to reverse the discrimination facing women whoraised families before 1994 when their contributory...
  • Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times (48 speeches)
    5. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average waiting time for decisions on carer's allowance and domiciliary care allowance payments; the number of persons...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Community Employment Schemes Review (39 speeches)
    6. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for the Tús scheme and the community employment schemes in view of the fact that many community groups are...
  • Pension Provisions (26 speeches)
    7. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when persons who have been adversely affected by the contribution band changes for the State pension in budget 2012 are to have...
  • Working Family Payment (16 speeches)
    9. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to improve the operation of family income supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1966/18]
  • Poverty Data (13 speeches)
    10. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the increase in the at risk of poverty rate among lone-parent families as highlighted in the recently published...
  • Exceptional Needs Payment Data (4 speeches)
    11. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for exceptional needs payments received in 2015, 2016 and 2017; the number granted; the number...
• Leaders' Questions (28 speeches)
  Many people of a younger generation will be appalled as they read in today's newspapers about the treatment of Joanne Hayes 34 years ago by agencies of the State, including An Garda...
• Questions on Promised Legislation (69 speeches)
  Members have one minute in which to put their questions.
• Valuation (Amendment) Bill 2018: First Stage (5 speeches)
  I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Valuation Act 2001 to make provision whereby all licensed premises shall only be liable to be charged property rates...
• Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2018: First Stage (5 speeches)
  I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 to extend the minimum notice period for a tenancy termination by a landlord, to make...
• 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 29A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Mary Butler – the...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Psychological Services (5 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, for taking this issue. I assumed I would be speaking to Minister of State Deputy Finian McGrath, about this because I have spoken to him about it...
  • Public Transport Initiatives (4 speeches)
    There has been a great deal of talk in recent years, particularly in the past 12 months, about the need for balanced regional development. One of the core areas in the better balancing of...
  • Road Safety (4 speeches)
    I want to raise the issue of the urgent investment needed in the N11 in north Wicklow to alleviate serious and growing congestion, both in the morning and evening commutes. About a year ago, the...
  • Housing Provision (8 speeches)
    Since I was first elected to the House in 2011, I have been warning the Government that the failure to build council housing and the policy of selling off land and assets by NAMA, which could...
• Section 39 Agency Staff Reimbursements: Motion [Private Members] (51 speeches)
  I move:That Dáil Éireann:notes that:— there are many Section 39 organisations that receive funding from the Health Service Executive (HSE), though the true figure is unknown even...
• Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (32 speeches)
  Every now and then an issue comes before us which challenges us to think about what kind of a country we want to be and what kind of a society we are; an issue that we struggle with, that may be...
• Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (55 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (4 speeches)
  This is my second time to speak and I believe I will have another opportunity tomorrow, which is to be welcomed. When I spoke earlier, I read out an email that was sent to me by the parents of a...