Dáil debates
Tuesday, 28 July 2020
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 09.30
- Teachtaireacht ón Seanad - Message from Seanad (1 speech)
Seanad Éireann has passed the Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2020, without amendment.
- Residential Tenancies and Valuation Bill 2020: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
- Residential Tenancies and Valuation Bill 2020: Second Stage (46 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am grateful to the Ceann Comhairle and to all Deputies for facilitating the urgent passage of this very important legislation through the...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 speeches)
Last week, we had the debacle around the Government's green list. Its travel advice was, and is, confused and ambiguous and relies on citizens using their best judgment. Personally, I would...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (104 speeches)
The House has agreed that, for the duration of the Covid-19 emergency only, the rapporteur's report of the Order of Business shall not be read out but shall be taken as read. Arising from it,...
- Residential Tenancies and Valuation Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 speech)
I must now deal with a postponed division relating to Second Stage of the Residential Tenancies and Valuation Bill 2020. Earlier today, on the question, "That the Bill be now read a Second...
- Ministers and Ministers of State (Successors) Bill 2020: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to ensure the prompt appointment of successors to Ministers and Ministers of State who have as a result of a general election...
- An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceart chun Tithíochta) 2020: An Chéad Chéim - Thirty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Housing) Bill 2020: First Stage (5 speeches)
Tairgim: Go gceadófar go dtabharfar isteach Bille dá ngairtear Acht chun an Bunreacht a leasú. I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the...
- Presentation of Revised Estimates: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That, notwithstanding Standing Order 215(1) or (2) of the Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann relative to Public Business, the following Revised Estimates for the Public...
- Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the terms of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, done at New York on 7th July, 2017, a copy of which was laid before Dáil...
- Restoration of Bills to Order Paper: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That, pursuant to Standing Order 198, the Bills which lapsed on the dissolution of the 32nd Dáil, and are set out in the Schedule to this motion, shall be restored to the Order...
- European Parliament Regulations: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the...
- Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 3) Regulations 2020: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 3) Regulations 2020, copies of which were...
- Report of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the Report of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform entitled ‘Amendments to Standing Orders relating to Committees’,...
- Instruction to Committee: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That it be an Instruction to the Committee on Budgetary Oversight that it consider the matters provided in Standing Order 219(3) and report accordingly not later than 26th November,...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
- Cabinet Committees (15 speeches)
1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [16885/20]
- Cabinet Committees (10 speeches)
4. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on the Environment and Climate Change will next meet. [16886/20]
- Cabinet Committees (11 speeches)
7. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on education will next meet. [16887/20]
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Middle East (13 speeches)
23. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he will take if the threatened Israeli annexation of part of the West Bank takes place. [18484/20]
- UN Security Council (7 speeches)
25. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the membership of Ireland of the UN Security Council will be used to defend, advocate and give voice to those persons who are voiceless...
- Covid-19 Pandemic (14 speeches)
26. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he had with the NPHET with regard to the production of the green list; if he requested the advice that the expert advisory...
- Foreign Conflicts (7 speeches)
27. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps taken by Ireland and the international community to address the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Yemen; the nature of discussions...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Human Rights (17 speeches)
28. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will suspend the extradition agreement with Hong Kong in view of the actions taken by Australia, the UK and other nations suspending...
- Brexit Preparations (13 speeches)
29. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position on discussions with his UK counterpart on the issue of border checks on trucks originating here and arriving in the UK from...
- Human Rights (7 speeches)
30. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the treatment of Baha'i citizens and members of other religious minorities by the Iranian authorities; the assessment made of...
- Climate Change Policy (8 speeches)
31. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his preparations for the climate conference which has been postponed until 2021; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Ministerial Meetings (9 speeches)
33. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had discussions in relation to Brexit with the leader of the opposition in the UK Parliament, Sir Keir Starmer, or other opposition...
- Middle East Peace Process (15 speeches)
35. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he will take to prevent the annexation of occupied Palestine by Israel. [18121/20]
- Social Welfare (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
- Social Welfare (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (34 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I congratulate the Leas-Cheann Comhairle on her election to the esteemed position of Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I wish her well in her role,...
- Social Welfare (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (34 speeches)
Question proposed: "That section 1 stand part of the Bill."
- Future of School Education: Motion [Private Members] (96 speeches)
We are a little behind time and I ask for co-operation as we move on to Private Members' business. It is late and we are all getting tired.
- 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 37 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Seán Crowe - the...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Disability Services Provision (12 speeches)
The first Topical Issue matter is in the name of Deputy Kathleen Funchion.
- Immigrant Investor Programme (5 speeches)
I do not need to go over the ground already covered by me and others on the devastating impact of accelerated decarbonisation in the midlands region, particularly in my constituency of...
- Driver Licences (4 speeches)
Will the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, outline the steps that have been taken to address the current oversight for driver licences that have expired but fall outside the four-month...
- Ports Development (4 speeches)
I appreciate the Minister of State is new to the portfolio and I congratulate her and wish her every success in the future. I would like to draw her attention to the need for investment in...
