Dáil debates
Tuesday, 5 November 2019
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
- Death of Mr. Gay Byrne: Expressions of Sympathy (10 speeches)
Following the death yesterday of the esteemed broadcaster, Gay Byrne, it is considered appropriate that the leaders today be given time to express sympathy to his family and friends and, in...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (65 speeches)
We have all been appalled at the horrific violence and threats meted out to the staff and directors of Quinn Industrial Holdings in Cavan and at the barbaric, professional kidnapping and assault...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (176 speeches)
The business this week shall be as set out in the second revised report of the Business Committee, dated 5 November 2019. Regarding today's business, it is proposed that No. a13, motion for...
- Finance Bill 2019: Financial Resolution (1 speech)
I move: THAT Chapter 2 of Part 29 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (No. 39 of 1997), as amended by Committee Stage amendments 25, 26, 27 and 28, which contains provisions for allowances and...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
- Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 speeches)
1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on infrastructure last met. [42284/19]
- Cabinet Committees (42 speeches)
4. To ask the Taoiseach if climate change is covered by Cabinet committees he attends. [43226/19]
- Departmental Reform (24 speeches)
6. To ask the Taoiseach if he is considering new divisions in his Department. [43258/19]
- 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) Deputies Mary Butler, David...
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Rent Pressure Zones (7 speeches)
21. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of specific staff allocated to each local authority affected by short-term letting regulations to implement the new...
- Water Supply Contamination (7 speeches)
22. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the information he received regarding the failure of Irish Water and Fingal County Council to fully implement the...
- Compulsory Purchase Orders (7 speeches)
23. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he has taken to strengthen the use of compulsory purchase powers by local authorities to acquire units for social and...
- Rental Sector (9 speeches)
24. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if incentives will be put in place to ensure that the private providers of accommodations are encouraged to keep their...
- Local Authority Housing Provision (22 speeches)
25. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will immediately fund local authorities to enable them to commence an emergency local authority house building programme...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Housing Estates (17 speeches)
26. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if projects that were approved for funding under the first national taking-in-charge initiative but that were not completed...
- Water Supply Contamination (5 speeches)
27. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the cause of the recent boil water notice at the Leixlip water treatment plant was the same as that discovered by the...
- Traveller Accommodation (5 speeches)
28. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for the implementation of the recommendations of the expert group on Traveller accommodation published in July 2019....
- Home Loan Scheme (10 speeches)
30. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the allocation of additional funding for Rebuilding Ireland home loan applications from County Kildare; and if he...
- Social and Affordable Housing (17 speeches)
32. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable homes which will be delivered in 2020; when the income eligibility criteria for such homes will be...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Human Trafficking (6 speeches)
The shocking discovery of 39 bodies in a truck recently is testament to the need to look at what measures Ireland will implement to take the scourge of human trafficking more seriously. The...
- Garda Divisional Headquarters (29 speeches)
I acknowledge the presence of the Minister. As he is aware, I raised this matter before and there was no Minister or Minister or State available to take it. I appreciate the advice of the Ceann...
- Policing Issues (4 speeches)
I appreciate the opportunity to raise this issue and I welcome the fact that the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Flanagan, is in the House to take it. The issue is self explanatory and...
- Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Decisions on Supervision Measures) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (12 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am very pleased to present this Bill to the House. I am also pleased to report that it received general support on its recent passage through...
- Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Decisions on Supervision Measures) Bill 2019: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Justice and Equality pursuant to Standing Orders 84A(3)(a) and 149(1).
- Blasphemy (Abolition of Offences and Related Matters) Bill 2019: Second Stage (2 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to be here with the Deputies to present the Blasphemy (Abolition of Offences and Related Matters) Bill 2019, which gives effect to...
- Illegal Drugs: Motion [Private Members] (47 speeches)
I move: “That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — individuals, families and communities throughout the country have been devastated by illegal drugs; — drug-related...
