Dáil debates
Wednesday, 29 July 2020
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9.30 a.m.
- Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
- Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Second Stage (10 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to have the opportunity to introduce the Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020 to the House this morning. This...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (7 speeches)
17. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons, including the self-employed, who will face a loss in income as a result of reductions in the pandemic...
- Community Employment Schemes (8 speeches)
18. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the duration of community employment schemes due to Covid-19. [18550/20]
- JobPath Programme (7 speeches)
19. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the tendering process as part of the review of contracted public employment services; if there has been...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (7 speeches)
20. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to address the disproportionate impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on disadvantaged communities; if her...
- Jobseeker's Payments (7 speeches)
21. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address the ongoing issue of 65 year old persons at retirement signing on for a jobseeker’s payment for...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- State Pensions (10 speeches)
22. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person will be entitled to a State pension when they turn 66 years of age before a review is completed by the commission...
- Farm Assist Scheme (9 speeches)
23. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if insurance contributions will be credited to farmers for pension purposes for the time they were in receipt of farm assist;...
- Social Welfare Schemes (11 speeches)
25. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the review she plans to carry out of the means testing of social welfare payments and payments under the community employment...
- Child Maintenance Payments (7 speeches)
27. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties faced by lone parents in terms of child maintenance payments; if reform in...
- Disability Allowance (9 speeches)
28. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to change the rules in respect of the treatment of savings for those on disability allowance; and if she will make a...
- Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme (5 speeches)
29. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the back to school clothing and footwear allowance; if persons in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (7 speeches)
31. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an anomaly will be addressed in relation to the exclusion from the enterprise support grants eligibility criteria for the...
- Pensions Reform (5 speeches)
30. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the timeframe for the introduction of a pension auto-enrolment system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18961/20]
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (41 speeches)
Welfare and solidarity payments should not be abused. We are all in agreement on that point. If there is any malpractice or fraud, it must be addressed. The circumstances we now face do not...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (55 speeches)
We will move to Questions on Promised Legislation. Before the clock starts ticking, I want to advise Members that 37 Deputies have indicated. A number of those have been carried forward from...
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
- Cabinet Committees (8 speeches)
1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Social Affairs and Equality will next meet. [16888/20]
- Cabinet Committees (18 speeches)
5. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economic recovery and investment is set to next meet. [17243/20]
- Departmental Offices (24 speeches)
8. To ask the Taoiseach the timeframe for the establishment of the shared island unit; and the status of the process to date. [17264/20]
- Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (40 speeches)
Question again proposed: “That the Bill be now read a Second Time.”
- Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (40 speeches)
SECTION 1
- Appointment of Ordinary Members to the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That Dáil Éireann, in accordance with section 8(3)(a) of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Acts 2003 to 2018, appoints the ordinary members of the Commission as follows:...
- Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (106 speeches)
SECTION 1
- Perjury and Related Offences Bill [Seanad] 2018: Motion [Private Members] (4 speeches)
I move: That Dáil Éireann calls on the Government to support the immediate establishment by the House of the Select Committee on Justice and for Committee Stage of the Perjury and...
- 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 Mattie McGrath - the...
- Perjury and Related Offences Bill [Seanad] 2018: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (16 speeches)
The following motion was moved by Deputy Denis Naughten on Wednesday, 29 July 2020:
- Teachtaireacht ón Seanad - Message from Seanad (1 speech)
Seanad Éireann has passed the Social Welfare (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2020 without amendment.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (4 speeches)
I am delighted this matter is being taken in the last week of the Dáil session because a decision will have to be made quickly on this important development. It is an iconic development on...
- Water Supply (4 speeches)
Ar an gcéad dul síos, gabhaim buíochas leis an gCeann Comhairle agus na daoine atá ag obair ina oifig for facilitating the selection of this Topical Issue matter. We do...
- Insurance Industry (6 speeches)
I raise a Topical Issue matter relating to the difficulties facing insurance policyholders with regard to claims arising from business interruption. I can speak of two serious cases that have...
- Forestry Sector (4 speeches)
Thank you, a Cheann Comhairle, for the opportunity to raise this important issue on the floor of the Dáil. I take this opportunity to congratulate Deputy Calleary on his appointment as...