Dáil debates
Tuesday, 6 October 2020
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (71 speeches)
Yesterday was a critical day in our fight against Covid-19. The Taoiseach and I spoke yesterday afternoon as he considered the public health advice from the National Public Health Emergency...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (80 speeches)
The House has agreed, for the duration of the Covid-19 emergency only, that the rapporteur's report of the Order of Business shall not be read out but shall be taken as read. There are three...
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Amendment) Bill 2020: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 and provide for related matters. I am grateful for the opportunity...
- Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to a Home) Bill 2020: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Constitution. As Deputies across the House will be aware, the housing crisis has not gone away. Rents are...
- Report of the Committee of Standing Orders and Dáil Reform: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That, notwithstanding the Resolution of the Dáil of 10th September, 2020, adopting the report of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform entitled ‘Schedule of...
- Ceisteanna – Questions (0 speeches)
- Departmental Administrative Arrangements (20 speeches)
1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic division of his Department. [25398/20]
- Departmental Advertising (33 speeches)
6. To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent by his Department on advertising online, broadcast and print advertising in each of the past five years. [25601/20]
- Cabinet Committees (43 speeches)
10. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee which addresses the economy will next meet. [25608/20]
- Estimates for Public Services 2020: Messages from Select Committees (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimates for public services for the service of the year ending 31...
- Covid-19 (Arts): Statements (21 speeches)
Táim buíoch an deis seo a bheith agam chun plé a dhéanamh ar chúrsaí cultúrtha agus ealaíne. Aithníonn an Rialtas an tábhacht atá ag baint...
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
Note: Ministerial and Departmental titles have been updated in the Question text in anticipation of the relevant Government orders to give legal effect to the Taoiseach’s announcement in...
- Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- House Purchase Schemes (7 speeches)
28. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the affordable housing plan. [28829/20]
- Housing Provision (7 speeches)
29. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which the number of planned Housing First places compares with the identified need; and if he will make a statement...
- Homelessness Strategy (7 speeches)
30. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his policy response to the increase in the number of deaths of persons accessing emergency homeless accommodation and-or...
- Rent Controls (7 speeches)
31. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the ban on evictions will be reinstated in view of the reinstatement of Covid-19 restrictions and the increase in cases....
- Housing Policy (7 speeches)
32. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a commitment will be given that public land to be developed for housing can only be used for public housing. [27756/20]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Local Authority Housing (7 speeches)
33. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it will be ensured that substantial financial provision is made for the voids programme in 2021 due to the valuable and...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme (17 speeches)
34. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to amend the terms and conditions of the Tenant (Incremental) Purchase Scheme 2016; and if he will make a...
- Housing Policy (20 speeches)
36. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that public land is reserved for the building of public housing; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic (7 speeches)
37. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the relationship between the new Covid-19 levels and the protections for tenants; if the protections will be enhanced if the...
- Local Authority Funding (5 speeches)
38. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if additional financial support will be made available to local authorities to make up for the shortfall in non-rates revenue...
- Homelessness Strategy (14 speeches)
39. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the causes of the recent increase in homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28322/20]
- Referendum Campaigns (5 speeches)
40. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the preparations that have been made for the right to housing referendum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28424/20]
- Residential Tenancies Board (4 speeches)
41. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of queries and complaints made by landlords and tenants to the Residential Tenancies Board (details supplied); the...
- 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) Deputy Paul Donnelly - to...
- Estimates for Public Services 2020: Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Children, Disability, Equality and Integration has completed its consideration of the following Estimates for Public Services for the service of the year ending on 31...
- Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (37 speeches)
I move: "That Dáil Éireann: acknowledges that: — families, carers and service providers have been stretched to incredible lengths, many to breaking point throughout the...
- Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (0 speeches)
- Rail Services Provision (6 speeches)
I firmly believe that the process involved in selecting the preferred options and the consultation process are significantly flawed. I will give a couple of examples. First, I welcome the DART+...
- National Transport Authority (4 speeches)
We had an unhappy birthday lately in the south east with the 10th anniversary of the closure of the Rosslare to Waterford train route occurring within the past few weeks. This put an end to a...
- Swimming Pool Programme (4 speeches)
Is í an cheist atá faoi chaibidil agam anocht ná an baol mór atá ann nach mbeidh an linn snámha poiblí i nGaillimh oscailte arís tar éis na Nollag....
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Refugee Resettlement Programme (7 speeches)
92. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the nature and the full extent of the response by Ireland to the fire at the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos; and if he will...
- Brexit Issues (7 speeches)
93. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures he is taking to assist hauliers here to deal with the anticipated delays at ports in the UK particularly at Dover. [28470/20]
- Human Rights (8 speeches)
94. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the violation of human rights in Xinjiang; the steps he and his EU colleagues will take in this regard; and if he will...
- International Relations (8 speeches)
95. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the response of Ireland to escalating tensions between Turkey and a number of EU member states in the eastern Mediterranean over access to...
- Human Rights (7 speeches)
96. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he, through the EU and UN, continues to engage with NGOs and others involved in seeking an improvement in how refugees...
- UN Security Council (7 speeches)
97. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the immediate priorities of Ireland’s membership of the UN Security Council; and the resources that are being...
- UN Security Council (7 speeches)
98. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of work undertaken by his Department in the advancement of the nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation agenda as Ireland...
- Consular Services (8 speeches)
99. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of emergency repatriations carried out since March 2020 by his Department. [28297/20]
- US Presidential Election (8 speeches)
101. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there have been discussions with the American Ambassador to Ireland with regard to the very worrying comments from the current President...
- Human Rights (7 speeches)
102. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will write to his Polish counterpart to call for an end to the discrimination against Polish LGBT+ people; and if he will make a...
- Middle East (8 speeches)
105. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the diplomatic representations that were made to Israel regarding its annexation plan; and if his attention has been drawn to the town of...
- Middle East (5 speeches)
107. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, as the 20th anniversary of the second Palestinian Intifada is passed, his attention has been drawn to the escalating policy of silent...
