Dáil debates
Thursday, 30 May 2019
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach Gníomhach (Deputy Eugene Murphy) i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (1 speech)
I wish everyone a good and positive day at work on behalf of the people of the nation. We are dealing with questions to the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection. I want the...
- State Pensions Reform (10 speeches, 1 comment)
1. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the 2012 pension review; the number of persons who have had their pension entitlements reviewed to date; the...
- Social Welfare Code Reform (7 speeches)
2. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider the establishment of a social welfare commission, as outlined in recently published legislation, as a way...
- Carer's Allowance Eligibility (7 speeches)
3. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to changing the rules for carer's allowance to increase the hours a person is entitled to work...
- Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times (8 speeches)
4. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the length of time it takes for social welfare payments to be processed following an application granted on appeal when...
- Employment Rights (7 speeches)
5. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of her plans to quantify and measure incidences of, and trends in, bogus self-employment; her plans to table new...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (1 speech)
Tá an Teachta a chuir síos Ceist Uimh. 6 as láthair ag an am seo. Bogfaidh muid ar aghaidh go dtí Ceist Uimh. 7. Deputy Wallace has other things on his mind at this stage.
- Jobseeker's Payments (8 speeches)
8. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the duration of jobseeker's payments in line with the increase in pension to 67 years of age; and if she...
- Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times (15 speeches)
9. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 481 of 14 May 2019, the reason the average number of weeks taken to award payments...
- Local Employment Service (12 speeches)
11. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of plans for the local employment service, LES, including the tender process for the service; and if she will make...
- Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (13 speeches)
12. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of her planned engagement with community employment, CE, supervisors; the proposals she plans to bring forward to...
- Pension Provisions (7 speeches)
13. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the progress being made and the associated timeframe regarding the introduction of a total contribution pension...
- Social Insurance Fund (10 speeches)
Deputy Penrose has tabled Questions Nos. 14 and 15. If we use the time efficiently, we may reach Question No. 15.
- Child Poverty (9 speeches)
15. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of children in poverty; the steps she is taking to tackle the problem; if she has held discussions with the...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 speeches)
The Minister, Deputy Bruton, is taking over today for the Tánaiste who is in Belfast at the latest stage of the talks about the future of the Northern Ireland Assembly. It is now two and a...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (84 speeches)
I remind all Members that these are questions, not statements.
- Sectoral Employment Order (Electrical Contracting Sector) 2019: Motion (1 speech)
I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft:Sectoral Employment Order (Electrical Contracting Sector) 2019, a copy of which has been laid in draft form before...
- Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 2) Regulations 2019: Motion (1 speech)
I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft:Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 2) Regulations 2019, a copy of which has been laid in...
- Establishment of Special Joint Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Motion (1 speech)
I move:That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders—(1) Dáil Éireann hereby appoints a Special Committee (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Committee’), to be...
- Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: From the Seanad (3 speeches)
The Dáil went into Committee to consider amendments from the Seanad.
- Vulture Funds: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (2 speeches)
The following motion was moved by Deputy Michael Harty on Tuesday, 28 May 2019:
- Housing (Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 speech)
The following motion was moved by Deputy Willie O'Dea on Wednesday, 29 May 2019:
- 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 29A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Gino Kenny - to discuss...
- Loss of Biodiversity and Extinction of Species: Statements (Resumed) (4 speeches)
The destruction of species, wildlife, flora, fauna, ecosystems and the natural world is a greater threat to our planet and humanity than any we have faced ever before. Last month, Dáil...
- Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Global Assessment Report: Statements (1 speech)
Nature and the services that natural systems provide are essential for human life and for people's quality of life. The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem...
- Message from Business Committee (1 speech)
Before I call the next speaker, I wish to announce a message from the Business Committee of Dáil Éireann. The Business Committee has completed its consideration, under Standing Order...
- Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Global Assessment Report: Statements (Resumed) (7 speeches)
I call Deputy Niamh Smyth.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- School Staff (4 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for selecting this issue and I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Breen, for attending to deal with it. While the matter does not fall under his remit, I...
- School Placement (4 speeches)
I want to raise an issue that has been ongoing for some time in Milltown, County Kerry. I refer to the Presentation secondary school facilities, the Nagle Rice primary school and the lack of...
- Industrial Relations (8 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for putting this matter on the agenda. I will provide background to my question on whether the Industrial Relations Act 1990 needs to be revised. Times have changed...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision (4 speeches)
St. John's special school in Dungarvan opened in 1969 to serve children with a mild general learning disability in the west Waterford area. The school has expanded rapidly in the past few years....
- Report on Development and Working Conditions in the Irish Film Industry: Motion (40 speeches)
I move:That Dáil Éireann shall take note of the Report of the Joint Committee on Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht entitled 'Development and Working Conditions in the Irish Film...
