Dáil debates
Thursday, 3 December 2020
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9 a.m.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (7 speeches)
1. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which her Department is monitoring the requirement for persons who qualify for the pandemic unemployment payment,...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (8 speeches)
2. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the continuation of the pandemic unemployment payment will be guaranteed until the end of the pandemic; and if she will make...
- JobPath Programme (12 speeches)
3. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered reducing the payment rates made to JobPath providers given the extension of the scheme for a further 12...
- Carer's Support Grant (7 speeches)
4. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to enhance financial supports for persons in receipt of the carer’s support grant in view of the ongoing...
- Disability Allowance (7 speeches)
5. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on the proposed introduction of a cost of disability payment; the studies undertaken in this regard; and if...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Covid-19 Pandemic (7 speeches)
6. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the examinations being undertaken in relation to the instances of Covid-19 compared with the Pobal areas of deprivation...
- JobPath Programme (10 speeches)
7. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider a review of the JobPath programme; and her views on whether it has provided value for money for the State....
- Community Employment Schemes (8 speeches)
8. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the number of places on community employment, CE, schemes; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Personal Public Service Numbers (13 speeches)
9. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to long delays for persons applying for PPS numbers; the number of applications pending a...
- Carer's Benefit (7 speeches)
10. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person will be allowed to apply for carer’s benefit based on the PRSI contributions of their spouse in which the...
- Youth Unemployment (11 speeches)
12. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to combat youth unemployment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39723/20]
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- National Childcare Scheme (7 speeches)
84. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the actions he has taken to address the systematic discrimination of stay-at-home parents through their exclusion from access to the...
- Early Years Sector (7 speeches)
85. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the engagement he has had with the Minister for Finance or the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform on rates of pay and conditions for...
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (7 speeches)
86. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will announce the date he plans to publish the report by the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and certain...
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (7 speeches)
87. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which he consulted with and sourced international and national independent law and data privacy advisers in advance of the...
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (7 speeches)
88. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the interactions he has had with the collaborative forum for former residents of mother and baby homes since becoming Minister; when members...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (7 speeches)
89. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the additional supports which will be provided for those seeking places in refuges during the Christmas period; and if he will make a...
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (7 speeches)
90. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on concerns that survivors of an institution (details supplied) and their relatives regarding the possibility that unmarked graves...
- Parental Leave (10 speeches)
91. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the extension to maternity leave is not being introduced until April 2021 as opposed to immediate introduction after budget 2021...
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (7 speeches)
93. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the Facing the Future Together report which identifies the ongoing and future needs for the survivors of mother and baby homes...
- Equality Issues (7 speeches)
94. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of funding allocated for LGBTI+ services in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40777/20]
- Childcare Costs (9 speeches)
96. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to reduce childcare costs for parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40755/20]
- Direct Provision System (8 speeches)
138. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps he will take to ensure that persons being moved from direct provision are provided sufficient notice and adequate translation...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 speeches)
Táim ag cur ceiste inniu ar an Tánaiste i dtaobh an phá d'altraí atá ag traenáil agus iad ag obair ar an líne thosaigh sna hotharlanna ar fud an Stáit seo....
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (61 speeches)
In addition to the leaders, I have 12 names held over from yesterday, so I will go on to them and then on to the additional names. I ask for Deputies' co-operation.
- Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (115 speeches)
Debate resumed on amendment No. 59: -(Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett)
- Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (2 speeches)
It is proposed that, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, No. 10b, motion for the financial resolution for the Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2020, be taken now without debate, that...
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2020: Financial Resolution (1 speech)
I move: THAT Section 125A of the Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999 (No. 31 of 1999) be amended to provide for the specified rate of stamp duty in respect of an insured person in respect of...
- 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 Mattie McGrath, Peadar...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Covid-19 Pandemic (4 speeches)
Participants in sports such as gymnastics, basketball and karate are getting back to training in sports and community halls throughout the country. They need that outlet to keep physically...
- Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (28 speeches)
To clarify, I submitted this Topical Issue matter yesterday before last night's debate. It was not selected for last night's Topical Issue debate, but I wanted to make my views known clearly and...
- Industrial Relations (4 speeches)
I appreciate the Minister of State taking the time today to discuss this important issue. I have had numerous inquiries over recent weeks from the Psychiatric Nurses Association ambulance...
- Abortion Services Provision (13 speeches)
The next matter was tabled in the names of Deputy Mattie McGrath, Nolan, Michael Healy-Rae, Canney, Grealish, Michael Collins, O'Donoghue, Tóibín and Fitzpatrick. As far as I can...
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 speeches)
Before we begin, I ask Deputies who wish to speak to come forward and give their name to the Clerk. We have only 75 minutes in which to transact this business and it is very much a case of first...
- Estimates for Public Services 2020: Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Agriculture and the Marine has completed its consideration of the following Supplementary Estimate for public services for the year ending 31 December 2020: Vote 30.
