Dáil debates
Wednesday, 15 September 2021
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
- Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (1 speech)
Táimid tagtha abhaile. It is good to be back. In welcoming Members back, I encourage them to continue to support the Covid guidelines, as they have been doing, to keep all the...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (36 speeches)
We will move straight ahead with Leaders' Questions. I welcome the leader of Sinn Féin, Deputy McDonald, for the first question.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (106 speeches)
I remind Members the House has agreed that, for the duration of the Covid-19 emergency, that the rapporteur's report will not be read out but will be taken as read. It has also been agreed by...
- Teachtaireacht ón Seanad - Message from Seanad (1 speech)
Seanad Éireann has passed the CervicalCheck Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2021 without amendment. Seanad Éireann has passed the Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021 without...
- Just Transition (Worker and Community Environmental Rights) Bill 2021: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the establishment of a body to be known as An Coimisiún Náisiúnta um Thrasdul Cóir or, in...
- Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Singapore: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the terms of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, on the one hand, and the...
- Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 30th July, 2020, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, Questions for oral...
- Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (Covid Restrictions Support Scheme) (Date Adjustment) (No. 2) Order 2021: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft: Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (Covid Restrictions Support Scheme) (Date Adjustment) (No. 2) Order 2021, a copy of...
- Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That— (a) for the purposes of any division claimed on Wednesday, 15th September, 2021, or Thursday, 16th September, 2021, and required to be taken forthwith pursuant to...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
- Community Development Projects (12 speeches)
1. To ask the Taoiseach the membership and terms of reference of the north-east inner city oversight group chaired by the Secretary General of his Department. [37542/21]
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (8 speeches)
3. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the investigation being carried out by the Secretary General of his Department into the leaking of details of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of...
- Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (8 speeches)
4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report to Dáil Éireann on his recent meeting with the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party. [42366/21]
- Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Second Stage (32 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." If the Leas-Cheann Comhairle will indulge me for 20 seconds, I have been made aware of comments made during today's Order of Business, and I...
- Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - 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 37 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Jennifer Whitmore - to...
- Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 speeches)
The Bill forms part of a considerable overhaul of the governance and regulation of the maritime area. I welcome this focus on the sea and how we can better manage this incredible resource in a...
- Confidence in Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence: Motion (107 speeches)
The next item is a motion regarding confidence in the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence. It is due to conclude within 110 minutes and any division demanded will be taken immediately....
- Freedom of Information: Motion [Private Members] (19 speeches)
I move: That Dáil Éireann: recognises the importance of a well-functioning Freedom of Information (FOI) regime in establishing trust and transparency in public life; notes, with...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Employment Rights (7 speeches)
46. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when legislation delivering a right to request remote working will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43777/21]
- Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (7 speeches)
47. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline, in the context of the corporate enforcement authority, the organisational structure and the required human...
- Living Wage (7 speeches)
48. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans for the introduction of a living wage as committed to in the Programme for Government. [43778/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic (10 speeches)
49. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures he will take to ensure the maximum possible engagement with workers and their representatives in the process of the...
- Brexit Issues (7 speeches)
50. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied that Irish food export companies are fully prepared for the changes proposed as part of the post-Brexit process,...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Low Pay (6 speeches)
51. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 41 of 16 June 2021, the status of the examination by the Low Pay Commission of a universal basic...
- Trade Promotion (8 speeches)
53. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding provided under the online retail scheme to date by county; if further funding rounds are being considered as part of the...
- Enterprise Policy (9 speeches)
54. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the mid-west regional enterprise plan. [43807/21]
- Employment Rights (7 speeches)
56. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the heads of the right to flexible working Bill will be published; the legal protections currently in place to support workers...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (8 speeches)
55. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he or his Department has considered any mechanisms that could accommodate workers who need to stay at home with a self-isolating...
- Redundancy Payments (6 speeches)
58. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if time spent on the pandemic unemployment payment will count towards redundancy entitlements; if he plans to bring forward...
- Work Permits (23 speeches)
61. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he and his Department can facilitate the urgent staff requirements in the construction, catering, food processing...
- Industrial Development (7 speeches)
63. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the IDA commitment to establish a further facility (details supplied) in County Mayo. [43841/21]
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- General Practitioner Services (8 speeches)
A thriving town centre general practice in Templemore is closing as the HSE has failed to appoint a replacement for the retiring doctor. The proposed closure of this practice, which has 800...
- Agriculture Schemes (6 speeches)
I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Heydon, for being in attendance. It is important to recall that the beef exceptional aid measure was put in place to provide farmers with temporary...
- Tax Code (4 speeches)
It transpires that the single malt tax shelter the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, thought he had closed down in 2018 appears to be still very much open for business. The so-called single malt allowed...
- Early Childhood Care and Education (6 speeches)
For young families to succeed, childcare must be affordable, accessible, of high quality and sustainable. I welcome the Minister's commitment to ongoing learning and listening to providers,...
