Dáil debates
Tuesday, 10 December 2019
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (48 speeches)
Community facilities, businesses, crèches, leisure centres, hotels, pubs, marts, you name it, are all under extraordinary pressure because of the rising costs of insurance. Many of us in...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (204 speeches)
The business this week shall be as set out in the report of the Business Committee dated 5 December 2019. In relation to today's business, it is proposed that No. 14, motion re proposed...
- Insurance (Life Assurance and Life Insurance) (Amendment) Bill 2019: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to prohibit insurers, insurance providers, brokers or other such undertakings from failing or refusing to make payments under...
- Universities Act 1997 (section 54(3))(University Authorisation) Order 2019: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft: Universities Act 1997 (section 54(3))(University Authorisation) Order 2019, copies of which have been laid in draft...
- Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2019: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2019, a copy of which has been laid in draft form before...
- Appointment to the Policing Authority: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That Dáil Éireann recommends, pursuant to section 62C(7) of the Garda Síochána Act 2005, that Dr. Deborah Donnelly be appointed by the Government to be a member of...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
- Citizens' Assembly (72 speeches)
1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Citizens' Assembly will meet to discuss gender equality. [48829/19]
- Cabinet Committees (15 speeches)
7. To ask the Taoiseach the Cabinet committee at which Israel and Palestine is discussed. [48835/19]
- 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: Deputy Tóibín - to...
- Estimates for Public Services 2019: Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach has completed its consideration the following Supplementary Estimates for Public Service for the year ending 31...
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Childcare Services Provision (7 speeches)
49. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is considering putting in place support measures for parents in cases in which a crèche has been deregistered; and the measures...
- Domestic Violence Services Funding (10 speeches)
50. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to explain the reason there has been no additional provision in budget 2020 for a refuge (details supplied) to receive funding for play...
- Childcare Services (7 speeches)
51. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the public consultation process on the draft childminding action plan will be extended in order to facilitate childminders who have...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Early Childhood Care and Education (14 speeches)
52. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the actions she can take to address delays in the re-registration process for childcare providers as early years services which are causing...
- Childcare Services Provision (18 speeches)
53. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to address the lack of crèche spaces and the unaffordability of the spaces nationwide and in south County Dublin in...
- Child and Family Agency Services (7 speeches)
54. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which a rapid response is available for children at risk or in distress with a view to ensuring a comprehensive and seamless...
- Child and Family Agency Staff (7 speeches)
55. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures she is taking to increase the retention and recruitment of social workers in Tusla. [51522/19]
- Children and Family Services Provision (20 speeches)
56. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department will work with organisations (details supplied), Tusla, the local authority and other State agencies to ensure that the...
- Youth Services Funding (9 speeches)
57. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has considered reviewing the system through which youth groups and services access public funding. [51523/19]
- Foster Care (7 speeches)
58. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether the background checks being carried out on potential foster carers by Tusla are robust enough to ensure the protection...
- Insurance Costs (7 speeches)
60. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has raised or plans to raise the issue of insurance for childcare facilities with an organisation (details supplied); her views on...
- Domestic Violence Services Funding (9 speeches)
61. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to support a network (details supplied) that includes the vital local service provided by an organisation in view of the 16 days...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Pharmaceutical Sector (8 speeches)
The first Topical Issue is in the name of Deputy Tóibín, to ask the Minister for Health to discuss an update on negotiations with the Irish Pharmacy Union.
- Greyhound Industry (10 speeches)
I welcome the opportunity to speak about the Indecon report and the possible closure of Youghal greyhound track. I have been told that nobody from Indecon visited that track and that the survey...
- School Enrolments (4 speeches)
I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on this issue. Regarding the closure of the greyhound track in Youghal, I think Youghal is being sacrificed on the altar of expediency. It is a profit...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio (4 speeches)
I am grateful for the opportunity to raise this issue. On the issue raised by Deputy Sherlock, Deputies from all across the country, including myself, are raising the issue of the lack of places...
- Credit Union Restructuring Board (Dissolution) Bill 2019: Order for Report Stage (1 speech)
I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."
- Credit Union Restructuring Board (Dissolution) Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (6 speeches)
Bill received for final consideration.
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2019: Order for Report Stage (1 speech)
I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (11 speeches)
I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, after line 28, to insert the following: “(b) Schedule 3 to the Principal Act, shall not apply to policies that fail to provide cover for day case and...
- OECD Report on SME and Entrepreneurship Policy in Ireland: Statements (16 speeches)
Before I start, it would be useful to set the scene by explaining the rationale behind the OECD review and the Government's focus on improving SME productivity in our whole-of-government plan,...
- Rent Freeze (Fair Rent) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (76 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." As everybody in this Chamber knows, rents are completely out of control. A quick look on daft.ietoday confirms this. In Cork city, the cost of...
