Dáil debates
Thursday, 30 July 2020
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 09.30
- Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (19 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now a Second Time." I am pleased, as Minister of State with responsibility for trade promotion, digital and company regulation, to present the Companies...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- State Examinations (8 speeches)
1. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the exact statistical model used for the national school standardisation process for leaving certificate results in 2020; and the way in which...
- School Accommodation (7 speeches)
2. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether expanded classrooms or additional prefabs will be required to be erected to facilitate appropriate distancing of pupils; if...
- School Funding (7 speeches)
3. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether expanded classrooms or additional prefabs will be required to be erected to facilitate appropriate distancing of pupils; if...
- School Transport (9 speeches)
4. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the school transport scheme will need to be expanded in view of Covid-19 and social distancing; and the steps that will be taken to ensure that...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Citizens' Assembly (7 speeches)
5. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the proposed citizens' assembly on education; the terms of reference for the assembly; when it is due to meet; and if she will make...
- School Staff (9 speeches)
7. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the shortage of teachers in post-primary schools. [19324/20]
- Special Educational Needs (6 speeches)
8. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports being made available to the 39 schools that were directed to establish special classes; and if she will make a statement on the...
- State Examinations (7 speeches)
9. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the postponement in publishing the results of the 2020 leaving certificate in view of the fact schools have submitted their...
- Schools Building Projects (7 speeches)
10. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to advance the building project for a school (details supplied). [18536/20]
- Education Data (8 speeches)
12. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, report, Implications of the Covid-19 Pandemic for Policy in Relation to Children and Young...
- State Examinations (5 speeches)
13. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the knock-on impact anticipated due to the delayed announcement of the leaving certificate results; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Special Educational Needs (7 speeches)
14. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that have been taken to establish a special school at a school (details supplied). [19032/20]
- Further Education and Training Programmes (9 speeches)
15. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure that young persons not in education, employment or training have appropriate options available to them to re-enter education;...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 speeches)
I ask for the co-operation of the Deputies on time limits. I will try to be strict on it. Today is the final day of the session and we are going off on holidays so I ask for co-operation.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (51 speeches)
A fortnight ago, when I raised with the Tánaiste the issue of pubs reopening he said that NPHET had not at that time been asked to advise on my suggestion that pubs could potentially reopen...
- Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 speeches)
Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
- Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 speeches)
Sections 1 to 13, inclusive, agreed to.
- Residential Tenancies and Valuation Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (69 speeches)
Sections 1 and 2 agreed to. SECTION 3
- Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (40 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am happy to present this Bill. It is the Government's intention to progress this Bill through all Stages and I look forward to engaging...
- Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 speeches)
SECTION 1
- Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (182 speeches, 1 comment)
I ask for a little co-operation on the next matter. It is very late and getting later and there is still a lot to be done. I call Deputy Catherine Murphy, who, I understand, is moving a motion...
- Establishment of Select Committees: Motion (2 speeches)
I move: (1) That Select Committees as set out in column (1) of the Schedule hereto are hereby appointed pursuant to Standing Order 95. (2) Each Select Committee shall perform the functions set...
- Work Programmes of Select Committees: Motion (2 speeches)
I move: "It shall be an instruction to each Select Committee appointed pursuant to Standing Order 95 that the work programme provided for in Standing Order 100(4) shall include the...
- Report of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform: Motion (2 speeches)
I move: "That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, and unless the Dáil shall otherwise order, the rotas and arrangements recommended in the Report of the Committee on Standing...
- Instruction to Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Motion (2 speeches)
I move: It shall be an instruction to the Special Committee on Covid-19 Response that it shall, not later than 30th September, 2020, report to Dáil Éireann on the progress it has...
- Speaking Arrangements: Motion (54 speeches)
I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, and unless the Dáil shall otherwise order, the speaking arrangements recommended in the Appendices to the Report of the Committee...
- Future of School Education: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (10 speeches)
The following motion was moved by Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire on Tuesday, 28 July 2020:
- Adjournment of Dáil: Motion (22 speeches)
I move: That the Dáil on its rising tonight shall adjourn until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, 15 September 2020.
- Opening of Schools and Calculated Grades: Statements (78 speeches)
We move on to No.a13. which is Statements by the Minister for Education and Skills on the opening of schools and calculated grades. I call on the Minister, Deputy Foley, to make her opening...
- Teachtaireacht ón Seanad - Message from Seanad (1 speech)
Seanad Éireann has passed the Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020 without amendment.
- 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) Deputies Paul Murphy, Mick...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Direct Provision System (10 speeches)
Anyone who has heard about what is happening in the Skellig Star is utterly horrified. It was so bad that it drove people to engage in a hunger strike. Coronavirus spread like wildfire through...
- Schools Site Acquisitions (4 speeches)
I very much appreciate the Minister's presence here this evening. She has had a long day of engagement with Deputies and Senators on a wide range of issues over the course of this day. It is...
- Fire Stations (6 speeches)
I was first contacted by local retained firefighters concerned about the continued closure of Castlerea fire station long before I was ever elected to this House. The retained firefighters did...
- Traffic Management (7 speeches)
I wish a good morning to the Acting Chairman, the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, and the other Deputies who are present. It is worth reading into the record that it is now 2.20 a.m. I thank the...