Dáil debates

Tuesday, 27 February 2018

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
• Leaders' Questions (78 speeches)
  The roll-out and launch of the national development plan have been by far the most expensive and extensive ever undertaken by a Government. The role of the strategic communications unit, SCU,...
• Severe Weather Conditions: Statements (14 speeches)
  Before moving on to the Order of Business, I understand the Taoiseach wishes to make a brief statement.
• Order of Business (122 speeches)
  Today's business shall be No. 5, Radiological Protection (Amendment) Bill 2018 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage and No. 29, Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 [Seanad] - Second Stage...
• Industrial Relations (Science Foundation Ireland) (Amendment) Bill 2018: First Stage (5 speeches)
  I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) Act 2003 (as amended) to make provision to alter part of the...
• 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 need...
• Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
  • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (63 speeches)
    1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with British Prime Minister May on 13 February 2018. [8084/18]
  • Commissions of Investigation (8 speeches)
    17. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the commission of investigation into Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, IBRC; and the projected costs in that regard. [8221/18]
• Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Housing Issues (11 speeches)
    31. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the proposed powers and resources of the new national regeneration and development agency; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Social and Affordable Housing (7 speeches)
    32. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the commitment made on page 53 of Rebuilding Ireland to create a special purpose vehicle involving investors...
  • Rental Sector (7 speeches)
    33. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he will to take to regulate short-term lettings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9730/18]
  • Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (7 speeches)
    34. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to raise the income limits for qualification for social housing to address the problems of a growing number of...
  • Construction Costs (7 speeches)
    35. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the independent audit of residential construction costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9731/18]
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Homeless Persons Data (13 speeches)
    36. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of families accommodated in hotels due to homelessness; the number of families in such accommodation for longer than...
  • Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (7 speeches)
    37. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the next round of funding for the local infrastructure housing activation fund will be announced; and his plans to fund an...
  • Water and Sewerage Schemes (8 speeches)
    38. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review of the demonstration scheme for group sewerage schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Housing Provision (11 speeches)
    40. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the proposed housing targets under the affordable purchase scheme in each of the years from 2018 to 2023,...
  • Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (9 speeches)
    41. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which the housing needs reflected in the waiting lists of the various local authorities are being met in line...
  • Housing Provision (10 speeches)
    42. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes built under the rapid build programme that were completed in 2017; the areas in which these homes are...
• Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
  The Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs has completed its consideration of the Childcare Support Bill 2017 and has made amendments thereto.
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • School Patronage (12 speeches)
    I thank the Minister for coming in. The programme for Government states "We need a dynamic and innovative education system that reflects the diversity of Twenty First Century Ireland." It also...
  • Schools Building Projects Status (7 speeches)
    The next Topical Issue is in the names of Deputies O'Broin and Curran. Deputy O'Broin has two minutes.
  • Mental Health Policy (4 speeches)
    This issue relates to a blueprint borne from a study carried out in the mid-west in 2013 and 2014 on trying to address co-occurring disorders. According to the report, treatment for people with...
  • Foreign Conflicts (8 speeches)
    Is the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade not here?
• Radiological Protection (Amendment) Bill 2018: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
  I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."
• Radiological Protection (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (21 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to introduce the Radiological Protection (Amendment) Bill 2018 to the House. While it is a comparatively short Bill and quite...
• Radiological Protection (Amendment) Bill 2018: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
  I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment pursuant to Standing Orders 84A(3)(a) and 149(1).
• Message from Seanad (1 speech)
  Seanad Éireann has passed the Public Service Superannuation (Amendment) Bill 2018, without amendment.
• Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Motor Insurance: Motion [Private Members] (72 speeches)
  I move:"That Dáil Éireann: recognises that:— it has been 19 months since the Government first established the Cost of Insurance Working Group and there has been no tangible...