Dáil debates
Tuesday, 20 October 2020
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (56 speeches)
This morning, people woke up with a great sense of anxiety and uncertainty about the future. Last night's news that the State was to be moved to level 5 from midnight tomorrow until the end of...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (137 speeches)
It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that today's Order of Business shall consist of the announcement of business and proposals for arrangements for Tuesday and Wednesday...
- Parliamentary Precincts and Privilege: Motion (1 speech)
I move: "That, for the avoidance of doubt, office premises ordinarily occupied by staff of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission shall be considered to form part of the parliamentary...
- Planning and Development (Climate Measures) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Restoration to Order Paper (1 speech)
I move: That, pursuant to Standing Order 198, the Planning and Development (Climate Measures) (Amendment) Bill 2019, which lapsed on the dissolution of the 32nd Dáil, shall be restored to...
- Estimates for Public Services 2020: Messages from Select Committee (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimate for Public Services for the Service of the year ending on 31 December...
- Ceisteanna – Questions (0 speeches)
- National Economic and Social Council (15 speeches)
1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of his Department with the National Economic and Social Council. [28558/20]
- Cabinet Committees (37 speeches)
6. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with housing last met. [28811/20]
- Programme for Government (14 speeches)
9. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the implementation of the programme for Government. [29923/20]
- Post-European Council Meeting on 15 and 16 October: Statements (11 speeches)
I attended a meeting of the European Council in Brussels on Thursday and Friday last, 15 and 16 October. We discussed a wide range of pressing and strategic issues over the course of two days....
- 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 27A and the name of the member in each case: (1) Deputies Ruairí Ó...
- Post-European Council Meeting on 15 and 16 October: Statements (Resumed) (38 speeches)
The Taoiseach, in his introductory remarks, referred to the work of Mr. Michel Barnier as the EU's chief negotiator. He outlined that Mr. Barnier had given a detailed report at the Council...
- 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...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- After-School Support Services (7 speeches)
22. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the situation in regard to disadvantaged children being locked out of after-school programmes under the national childcare scheme (details...
- School Attendance (7 speeches)
23. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the truancy rate for children with a disability at primary and post-primary level; the engagement by school attendance officers with schools...
- Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (7 speeches)
24. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if funding allocated to women’s refuges as part of their response to Covid-19 will continue (details supplied). [31305/20]
- Youth Services (7 speeches)
25. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extra supports his Department has in place for young persons that have been severely hit by Covid-19, particularly in terms of their...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Early Years Sector (10 speeches)
26. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the early years sector did not receive an increase in funding in budget 2021 compared with 2020 figures; and if he will make a...
- Childcare Services (13 speeches)
27. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the timeline for the establishment of childcare Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29743/20]
- Domestic Violence Services (7 speeches)
28. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to improve the services for victims of domestic violence; his views on increasing the roll-out of these services in view of the...
- Childcare Services (7 speeches)
29. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which he will address ongoing issues with the HIVE portal system for childcare providers; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Childcare Services (7 speeches)
30. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a gap in funding is causing significant difficulties for providers and families in the...
- City and County Child Care Committees (7 speeches)
31. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is a timeline in place for the implementation of the Workplace Relations Commission's agreement of August 2019 between a union...
- Childcare Services (5 speeches)
32. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the degree to which he and his Department have monitored the issue of child welfare throughout the course of the pandemic; the issues...
- Equality Issues (4 speeches)
34. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which he and his Department are in a position to address the issues of inequality in society; the areas in respect of which...
- National Childcare Scheme (5 speeches)
35. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to outline his plans to help childcare providers overcome the challenges arising from the hive registration and applications for a childcare...
- Ministerial Power (Repeal) (Ban Co-Living and Build to Rent) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (47 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." This morning we read in the newspapers of yet another co-living application. It is a proposed 14-storey development - twice the height cap...
- Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (6 speeches)
The Chief Whip has a proposal.
- Sitting Arrangements: Motion (1 speech)
I move: It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that — (a) in relation to Thursday, 22nd October, 2020— (i) the business to be transacted shall be as...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Tax Collection (12 speeches)
This issue has probably been synopsised on the basis of how badly I put the question. This question was brought to me by Paddy Malone of Dundalk Chamber of Commerce. He is an accountant and he...
- Aviation Industry (4 speeches)
Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCeann Comhairle as an ábhar seo a roghnú le haghaidh na díospóireachta anocht. I thank the Ceann Comhairle for choosing this Topical Issue. The...
- Covid-19 Pandemic (4 speeches)
I acknowledge the presence of the Minister of State in the House and indeed all of the Ministers working in the Department of Health at the moment and their officials for dealing with all the...
- Water Quality (4 speeches)
I thank the Minister of State for his attendance to take this question. Normally, I would deal with this issue locally but we have been frustrated in our attempts to get a satisfactory...
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Student Accommodation (7 speeches)
73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the mechanisms he has explored to ensure students in both on-campus and off-campus accommodation will receive full refunds for unused...
- Student Support Schemes (7 speeches)
74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether legislative change is required to ensure that all students who are long-term residents and or born here but who are not...
- Student Support Schemes (7 speeches)
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps taken to ensure all third level students have access to internet connectivity to allow them to participate in their online education;...
- Technological Universities (7 speeches)
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his objectives and plans to grant technological university status further to an application by Athlone Institute of Technology and Limerick...
- Student Assistance Fund (7 speeches)
77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the student assistance fund will be available to students from Northern Ireland that are studying here; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Asylum Seekers (5 speeches)
78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will remove non-EU third-level education fees for asylums seekers in order that they can be treated as domestic students in this regard; and...
- Student Accommodation (7 speeches)
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of his commitment to work with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to ensure private providers of student...
- Bullying in Educational Institutions (7 speeches)
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which allegations of bullying in academia have been identified and resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31279/20]
- Apprenticeship Programmes (7 speeches)
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount allocated in additional funding in budget 2021 to craft apprenticeships; the number of consortia-led apprenticeships which have been...
- Further and Higher Education (5 speeches)
100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the 10,000 upskilling and reskilling places, 4,000 apprenticeships, 5,000 higher education places and the 1,500 Springboard places separate...
- Student Assistance Fund (10 speeches)
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the mechanism or criteria for distributing the student hardship fund announced as part of budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Further Education and Training Programmes (6 speeches)
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which he expects to influence the higher education system to ensure the ongoing availability of a steady stream of highly qualified...
