Dáil debates
Tuesday, 3 November 2020
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
- Cancer Screening: Statements (8 speeches)
The Taoiseach has indicated that he wishes to make a statement pursuant to Standing Order 55 in advance of Leaders' Questions.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (40 speeches)
Before we start Leaders' Questions, I ask Deputies to co-operate with time, which is to the benefit of everybody.
- Tuairisc Oifigiúil Dháil Éireann - Official Report of Dáil Éireann (3 speeches)
I have something to draw to the House's attention. It is a special day. There have been 101 years and 1,000 bound volumes of the Official Report of Dáil Éireann, sin Tuairisc...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (206 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, but taken as read. There are three proposals to be...
- Regulation of Lobbying (Post-Term Employment as Lobbyist) Bill 2020: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to make further provision in relation to restrictions on the post-term employment of certain persons as lobbyists, for that...
- Homeless Prevention Bill 2020: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Housing Act 1988 to provide a legal definition of persons at risk of homelessness and to give the Minister for...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
- Departmental Staff (11 speeches)
1. To ask the Taoiseach the number of additional staff recruited or seconded to his Department to assist with the response to the Covid-19 pandemic. [31301/20]
- Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 speeches)
4. To ask the Taoiseach the number of meetings and phone calls between his Department and the offices of the First Minister and deputy First Minister in the Executive in Northern Ireland since...
- Covid-19 Pandemic (11 speeches)
5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on recent correspondences with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. [31332/20]
- General Practitioner Contract: Statements (272 speeches, 2 comments)
I welcome this opportunity to give an account to the Dáil of my actions in April 2019 in relation to the contract negotiated between the Government and general practitioners, GPs,...
- Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Justice has completed its consideration of the Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Decisions on Supervision Measures) Bill 2019 and has made no amendments thereto.
- Data Protection Act 2018 (section 60(6)) (Central Bank of Ireland) Regulations 2020: Motion (8 speeches)
I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Data Protection Act 2018 (section 60(6))(Central Bank of Ireland) Regulations 2020, a copy of which was laid...
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Vaccination Programme (7 speeches)
80. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address outstanding concerns regarding the availability of the flu vaccine; his plans to ensure there is a right to any Covid-19 vaccine the State...
- Cancer Services (25 speeches)
81. To ask the Minister for Health the reason he commenced the CervicalCheck tribunal while still negotiating with a group (details supplied) in view of his assurance that it would be postponed...
- Covid-19 Tests (7 speeches)
82. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for enhancing the testing and tracing system to make it more robust and proactive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33738/20]
- Health Services Staff (9 speeches)
83. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health doctors required and the number of these posts which will be at consultant level in respect of his undertaking to increase the...
- Nursing Education (5 speeches)
84. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the pay and working conditions concerns of student nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33739/20]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- HSE Staff (7 speeches)
85. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of staff at all levels throughout the health services; the degree to which he has identified...
- National Children's Hospital (18 speeches)
86. To ask the Minister for Health the progress in respect of the development of the national children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33615/20]
- Primary Care Centres (8 speeches)
87. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of new primary care centres in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33468/20]
- Health Promotion (7 speeches)
88. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the women’s health task force that was established over a year ago; the actions taken or achieved in the intervening period; the plans in...
- Nursing Education (14 speeches)
89. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the position of student nurses in the health service; if they have been offered healthcare assistants' contracts and work; if while on...
- HSE Staff (11 speeches)
90. To ask the Minister for Health the number of professionals who have been hired by the HSE since he launched the winter plan; the total increase in HSE employment that this represents in net...
- Hospital Funding (7 speeches)
92. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Letterkenny University Hospital had the sixth highest number of inpatients in hospitals across the State in...
- River Shannon Management Agency Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I note the Government's proposed amendment, and I will address it in greater detail in my closing statement. It is welcome, however, that 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 Steven Matthews - to ask...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Leave to Remain (4 speeches)
Last Friday, Malik Amir Iqbal was one of several people across the country to be advised of the rejection of their appeals for leave to remain in the country. Mr. Iqbal has lived in direct...
- Tidy Towns Competition (4 speeches)
I welcome the Minister to the House tonight as it is a sign that she is giving this very important matter the recognition it deserves. I will speak to the future of the Tidy Towns competition....
- One-Parent Family Payment (4 speeches)
I look forward to the Minister being as positive in response to my query as she was to the previous one. I thank her for taking time out of a long and busy day to be here so late to deal with...
- Speech and Language Therapy (4 speeches)
The Minister of State might recall a few weeks ago when we debated the cross-party disability motion that I mentioned this issue, but I raise it again today because there is a serious problem...
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- EU Regulations (8 speeches)
23. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the process carried out to grant approval for a product (details supplied); if the product was physically tested; and the...
- Livestock Issues (7 speeches)
24. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to ensure that marts can operate functionally during Covid-19 restrictions in view of the fact that these are...
- Veterinary Medicines (7 speeches)
25. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the measures he is taking to prevent the direct loss of up to 3,000 jobs in the agricultural merchants sector following...
- Beef Industry (7 speeches)
26. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the four movement and 30 month rules imposed by meat factories; and the steps he is taking to ensure that such rules do...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Horticulture Sector (7 speeches)
27. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which he plans to support the continued operation of the Irish horticulture industry in view of the proposed ban on the...
- Agriculture Industry (7 speeches)
28. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the work of his Department to develop the bioeconomy for the benefit of farmers and local agri-food business; and if he will make a...
- Animal Sales (14 speeches)
29. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to respond to the crisis in the marts sector; and his plans for the safe return of physical marts. [33596/20]
- Environmental Schemes (9 speeches)
30. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when details of the new temporary environmental scheme for persons who are not in an environmental scheme at present will be...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions (26 speeches)
32. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has an estimate of the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on greenhouse gas emissions during 2020; and if he envisages domestic...
- Beef Industry (7 speeches)
34. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of plans for specific designation EU protected geographical indication, PGI, status for Irish beef; the status of the...
- Brexit Preparations (6 speeches)
37. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which he remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of access to alternative markets for Irish food and food products post...
- Fishing Industry (3 speeches)
38. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the actions he is taking as a result of the High Court ruling that overturned Policy Directive 1 of 2019; and if an...
