Dáil debates
Wednesday, 20 June 2018
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Social and Affordable Housing (18 speeches)
25. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the delivery of cost rental and affordable purchase housing schemes. [26825/18]
- Social and Affordable Housing Funding (9 speeches)
24. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the development of a special purpose vehicle to enable credit union fund investment in social housing; the...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision (7 speeches)
27. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will give a commitment, in view of the housing emergency and the abundant availability of public land in the State, to...
- Housing Policy (7 speeches)
28. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a proposal by a group, details supplied, will be supported as a pilot scheme; if the land will be taken out of Dublin City...
- Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Election Management System (24 speeches)
29. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has examined the possibility of using online voting for elections; his views on whether it could encourage...
- Housing Assistance Payment Administration (7 speeches)
30. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider reviewing the housing assistance payment, HAP, scheme whereby a person or family identified as homeless is...
- Traveller Accommodation (7 speeches)
31. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the appointment of a special expert group to review the legislation on Traveller accommodation. [26818/18]
- Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (10 speeches)
32. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if under the local infrastructure housing activation fund 2 scheme projects that were approved for LIHAF 1 but that did not...
- Vacant Properties (7 speeches)
33. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the job description of vacant homes officers in local authorities; if they are required to investigate and report on the...
- Water Quality (5 speeches)
34. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the response to the European Court of Justice legal action regarding the breaches of the urban wastewater treatment directive;...
- Leaders' Questions (40 speeches)
I pay tribute to the Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, for its hard-hitting and uncompromising report on Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, set up by the Government four years ago....
- Business of Dáil: Motion (12 speeches)
Before moving to questions on promised legislation I call on Deputy Maria Bailey on behalf of the Business Committee to make a business proposal arising out of yesterday's debate.
- Visit of Kuwaiti Delegation (1 speech)
Before proceeding with Questions on Promised Legislation I wish on my behalf and on behalf of all Members of the Dáil present to extend a céad míle fáilte, a very hearty...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (81 speeches)
The Education for Persons with Special Education Needs Act 2004 was passed through this House in 2004 and quite a significant number of sections have not yet been commenced, sections which deal...
- Management Fees (Local Property Tax) Relief Bill 2018: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012 to make provision for a partial exemption of property tax payable by a relevant...
- Civil Liability and Courts (Amendment) Bill 2018: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move:That leave be given to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004 and to provide for related matters. The Bill's purpose is to provide that, where a...
- Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (1 speech)
I move:That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 12th December, 2017, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, Questions for...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
- Northern Ireland (28 speeches)
1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to Belfast; the meetings that he attended; and the issues that were discussed. [25651/18]
- Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 speeches)
11. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee E (Health) will next meet. [26475/18]
- Messages from Select Committees (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Health has completed its consideration of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015, and has made amendments thereto. The Select Committee on Justice and Equality has...
- 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 Eugene Murphy - to...
- Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Audiology Services Provision (4 speeches)
I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, for being in the House to answer my questions. I call on the Minister for Health to urgently address the failings identified in a review of...
- Community Development Initiatives (11 speeches)
In recent years the Tidy Towns has put in Trojan work in making villages and, indeed, Ireland look a better place, especially for tourists. I know more people are back at work throughout the...
- Garda Accommodation (6 speeches)
This is a very simple issue. I have been in contact with a member of An Garda Síochána who would be very happy, should the opportunity arise, to take up an offer of official...
- School Accommodation Provision (4 speeches)
I raise the issue of North Wicklow Educate Together secondary school, which is based in Bray. It is a voluntary secondary school under the patronage of Educate Together. That patronage was...
- Health Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (36 speeches)
I move:“That Dáil Eireann:notes that: — there is not a family in the State currently unaffected by the crisis of hospital waiting lists; — excessive waiting times are...
- United States Immigration Policy: Motion (26 speeches, 1 comment)
I move:That Dáil Éireann shares the dismay and condemnation articulated internationally and in the U.S. following the recent U.S. policy of removing children from their immigrant...
- Summer Economic Statement 2018: Statements (62 speeches)
It is my privilege to open tonight’s statements on the 2018 summer economic statement. Ten years after we were hit by the worst economic shock this country has ever faced, I am happy...
- Childcare Support Bill 2017: From the Seanad (17 speeches)
We are awaiting the party spokespersons.
