Dáil debates

Tuesday, 15 October 2019

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
• Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (37 speeches)
  The savage death of Timmy Hourihane in Cork city over the weekend reveals the continuing and worsening homelessness crisis in our society. Our sympathies go out to Mr. Hourihane's family and...
• An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (70 speeches)
  The business this week shall be as set out in the first revised report of the Business Committee, dated 14 October 2019. On today's business, it is proposed that the Dáil shall sit later...
• 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...
• Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Data Protection Act 2018 (section 60(6)) (Central Bank of Ireland) Regulations 2019: Motion (1 speech)
  I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft:Data Protection Act 2018 (section 60(6)) (Central Bank of Ireland) Regulations 2019,a copy of which was laid in...
• National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
  I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection pursuant to Standing Orders 84A(3)(a) and 141.
• Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Official Languages Act 2003 (Public Bodies) Regulations 2019: Motion (1 speech)
  I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft:Official Languages Act 2003 (Public Bodies) Regulations 2019,copies of which were laid in draft form before...
• Standing Orders 23 and 140: Motion (1 speech)
  I move:That, in accordance with the recommendation of the sub-Committee on Dáil Reform under Standing Order 107(1)(a), the Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann relative to Public...
• Parent’s Leave and Benefit Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Financial Resolution (1 speech)
  I move:THAT section 126 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (No. 39 of 1997) be amended in the manner and to the extent specified in the Act giving effect to this Resolution to provide for...
• Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
  • Government-Church Dialogue (19 speeches)
    1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with church leaders on 4 July 2019. [37446/19]
  • Departmental Functions (42 speeches)
    5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic division of his Department. [37284/19]
  • Cabinet Committee Meetings (29 speeches)
    9. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the environment last met. [38503/19]
• 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 John Brassil - to ask...
• Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (3 speeches)
  Question No. 54 is in the name of Deputy McConalogue.
  • Beef Industry (10 speeches)
    55. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the implementation of the Irish beef sector agreement of 15 September 2019. [41607/19]
  • Beef Industry (12 speeches)
    54. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount in euro if all applications submitted to the beef emergency aid measure scheme were approved; the euro value for all...
  • Brexit Supports (7 speeches)
    56. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contingencies being operationalised and the supports that will be in place to safeguard farmers and the agricultural sector from a...
  • Beef Industry (7 speeches)
    57. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a fully independent investigation will be commissioned into the beef processing industry to ensure companies are operating to the...
• Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Beef Industry (7 speeches)
    58. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the steps he is taking to implement the agriculture motion adopted by Dáil Éireann on 26 September 2019; and if...
  • Animal Welfare (7 speeches)
    59. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 47 of 2 October 2019, the way in which he, as Minister with responsibility for animal welfare,...
  • Beef Industry (9 speeches)
    60. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of discussions with the beef industry regarding the creation of a base price for beef; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (7 speeches)
    61. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans he intends to propose at the EU Agriculture Council meeting regarding the need to protect the CAP budget post 2020; and if...
  • Forestry Sector (6 speeches)
    62. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he has identified the degree to which a specific area of forestry can offset carbon emissions by way of...
  • Fish Quotas (8 speeches)
    63. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the recent International Council for the Exploration of the Seas, ICES, mackerel advice which shows a further increase on...
  • Beef Industry (5 speeches)
    64. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to establish a beef market index and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41603/19]
• Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Educational Projects (10 speeches)
    The Get Ahead Club is a community-based education charity in north Clondalkin that attempts to achieve educational equality, particularly for children from disadvantaged backgrounds. It has...
  • Home Care Packages Provision (9 speeches)
    Wexford is consistently ranked among the worst counties in terms of waiting lists for home supports. There are 753 people waiting for home support in County Wexford, the third worst waiting list...
  • Road Network (7 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me raise this issue this evening. This may seem a complicated, convoluted and extensive issue, but in fact it is not. It is simple. The problems of...
  • Housing Assistance Payment Administration (5 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this topic. I understand he will bring the points I am raising back to the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, who cannot be here this...
• Parent's Leave and Benefit Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (9 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to address the House on the Second Stage of this Bill. It has its origin in a commitment in A Programme for a Partnership...
• Parent's Leave and Benefit Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 speeches)
  Sections 1 to 4, inclusive, agreed to.
• Health and Childcare Support (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (44 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I welcome the opportunity to introduce this Bill to the House. I am very grateful to Members of both Houses for their speedy consideration...
• Health and Childcare Support (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 speeches)
  Sections 1 to 3, inclusive, agreed to.
• Living Wage: Motion [Private Members] (46 speeches)
  Is it agreed to now proceed with Private Members' Business? Agreed. Officials have been in touch with all the spokespersons from the respective parties on this.