Dáil debates
Wednesday, 18 September 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 (3 speeches)
Cuirim fáilte roimh chuile dhuine go dtí an Teach. We will begin with questions to the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. The first question is from Deputy Darragh...
- Social and Affordable Housing (34 speeches)
32. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the affordable homes scheme; the amount spent to date; the amount anticipated to be drawn down by the end of...
- Building Regulations (10 speeches)
33. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will reconsider supporting the recommendations made in the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local...
- Residential Tenancies Board (11 speeches)
35. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will intervene in eviction attempts by two owners of properties (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Land Development Agency (14 speeches)
37. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount and location of lands transferred to the Land Development Agency to date; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme Data (17 speeches)
38. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes purchased in Galway city and county under the 2016 tenant incremental purchase scheme; the number and value...
- Local Authority Housing Maintenance (7 speeches)
39. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which it is planned to address the turnaround times for maintenance sections in the context of refurbishing local...
- Wastewater Treatment (20 speeches)
41. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he will take to ensure that the recurring closure of Dublin beaches due to sewage leaking into Dublin Bay from the...
- Housing for People with Disabilities Provision (3 speeches)
42. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which he plans to address the issue of social housing for persons with mental health issues; his plans to provide...
- Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (8 speeches)
At the start of Oral Questions, some questions were raised about the grouping of questions. There was a suggestion that I or my office had some role in the grouping of questions. I want to make...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (61 speeches)
Last night, the daily struggle of Gillian Bolger and Darren Milne to look after their eight year old twins, Kyle and Ryan, who both have autism and other health issues, was harrowingly revealed....
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (74 speeches)
Some 27 Deputies have indicated so far. I ask them to adhere to the time of one minute per question. I call Deputy Micheál Martin.
- Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (2 speeches)
It is proposed that, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, any division which would normally be taken at the weekly division time on Thursday, 19 September, shall be taken in the weekly...
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
- Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 speeches)
1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the special meeting of the European Council from 30 June to 2 July 2019. [29287/19]
- British-Irish Council (7 speeches)
3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the British-Irish Council in Manchester. [29286/19]
- Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (18 speeches)
5. To ask the Taoiseach if he has met the leader of the DUP, Mrs. Arlene Foster, or the vice president of Sinn Féin, Ms Michelle O'Neill, recently. [29749/19]
- 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 Bernard J. Durkan - to...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Garda Resources (4 speeches)
I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and the staff of the Ceann Comhairle's office for affording me the opportunity to raise this issue which is of importance to the people of north Kildare, to wit,...
- Company Liquidations (6 speeches)
I wish to raise the recent liquidation of Avara Shannon Pharmaceutical Services Limited and, in particular, the plight of the 114 workers. As the Minister of State well knows, and this should be...
- School Transport (4 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this topic. There is much talk about the development of new schools because of demographic pressures. Areas, such as Kildare, where there is...
- Regeneration Projects (4 speeches)
When the Ballymun shopping centre was built it became the social and economic heart of the area. In more recent years, its derelict, vacant units and outward appearance disheartened locals and...
- Agriculture: Motion [Private Members] (54 speeches)
I move:“That Dáil Éireann: notes:— that beef and suckler farmers are at their wits’ end, experiencing a severe income crisis, under significant financial stress,...
- Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2019: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
Bill entitled an Act to amend and extend the Investment Limited Partnerships Act 1994 and the Irish Collective Asset management Vehicles Act 2015 and to provide for related matters.
- Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (9 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I welcome the opportunity to address Dáil Éireann today on the Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2019, which was...
- Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (43 speeches)
I am grateful for the opportunity to again brief the Dáil on developments on Brexit. There have been significant shifts in British politics over the summer impacting on Brexit but before...
- Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 speech)
Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
- Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2019: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach pursuant to Standing Orders 84A(3)(a) and 149(1).
- Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
- Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (5 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak on the Second Stage of this important legislation. The Bill provides for the reform of guardian...
