Dáil debates
Tuesday, 8 December 2020
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (41 speeches)
Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCeann Comhairle. At 8 o’clock this morning Joanna Sloan, a young nurse in Belfast, was the first person in Ireland to receive a vaccine for Covid-19. A...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (55 speeches)
The House has agreed that, for the duration of the Covid crisis, the rapporteur's report on the Business Committee will be taken as read. There are, however, three proposals to be considered by...
- An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Vótáil Pharlaiminteach Chianda), 2020: An Chéad Chéim - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Remote Parliamentary Voting) Bill 2020: First Stage (6 speeches)
Tairgim: “Go gceadófar go dtabharfar isteach Bille dá ngairtear Acht chun an Bunreacht a leasú.” I move: “That leave be granted to introduce a Bill...
- Statistics (Decade of Centenaries) Bill 2020: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Statistics Act 1993, in relation to the first census of the population of Ireland taken since the establishment of...
- Report on Service by the Defence Forces: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the report by the Minister for Defence regarding service by the Defence Forces with the United Nations in 2019, a copy of which...
- Proposal re European Defence Agency Project: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves Ireland’s participation in the European Defence Agency Project - Maritime Surveillance (MARSUR) Networking - Operational...
- Proposal re Agreements on Statistical Transfer of Energy from Renewable Sources: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the terms of the Agreement: (i) between Ireland and the Danish State on the establishment of a framework for the statistical...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
- Cabinet Committees (12 speeches)
1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Europe will next meet. [39896/20]
- Covid-19 Pandemic (22 speeches)
4. To ask the Taoiseach the engagements he has had with the First Minister and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland in respect of lifting Covid-19 restrictions. [39968/20]
- Programme for Government (33 speeches)
6. To ask the Taoiseach if he plans to publish a review of the progress made in implementing the programme for Government. [40066/20]
- National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Act 2019: Motion (23 speeches)
I move: That Dáil Éireann authorises the Minister for Finance, pursuant to section 6(1) of the National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Act 2019 (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 37 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Joan Collins - to discuss...
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Brexit Supports (7 speeches)
30. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contingency measures he will put in place, including financial support, to support farmers and the agri-food sector to deal with...
- Forestry Sector (7 speeches)
31. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the additional steps he will take to protect the 12,000 jobs under threat in the forestry sector; and the assurances he will give that...
- Trade Agreements (14 speeches)
32. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has completed an assessment on the potential impact on the Irish agrifood sector of the EU-Mercosur trade deal. [41597/20]
- Beef Industry (7 speeches)
33. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the beef task force and his response to criticisms from farming organisations on its slow pace and lack of engagement...
- Common Fisheries Policy (7 speeches)
34. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advocate with his European Union counterparts for the EU to follow the lead of Australia in banning super-trawlers from...
- Food Exports (7 speeches)
35. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which his Department and associated agencies have adapted to the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic to develop new markets...
- Health and Safety Inspections (8 speeches)
36. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the findings of a centre (details supplied) and HSA reports into meat factories across the country; his views on the...
- Agri-Strategy 2025 (8 speeches)
37. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to develop a successor to the sustainable healthy agri-food research plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Fishing Industry (7 speeches)
38. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason Ireland has not received a single tonne of the hundreds of tonnes in additional international quota total allowable catch...
- Agricultural Colleges (7 speeches)
39. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it will be ensured that agriculture students attending Teagasc colleges will be eligible for the same financial supports as other...
- Common Agricultural Policy (7 speeches)
40. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date in agreeing transitional arrangements for the CAP for 2021 and 2021 or until a new CAP is agreed and...
- Animal Welfare (6 speeches)
43. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which animal health, husbandry and processing standards applicable throughout the country and the EU will continue to be...
- Message from Seanad (1 speech)
Seanad Éireann has passed the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020 without amendment.
- Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science has completed its consideration of the Supplementary Estimates for public services for the year...
- Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (37 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I will be sharing time. I feel very privileged to bring forward this very important legislation which seeks to deliver a much-needed...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Homeless Persons Data (9 speeches)
In the week from 19 October to 25 October last, a total of 8,737 people were in emergency accommodation nationally, of whom 2,642 were children. This compares with a total of 8,656 people,...
- Gender Equality (7 speeches)
We now move to the second important issue and Deputy Niamh Smyth, who wishes to discuss gender equality for ladies Gaelic games, which is not surprising given what happened in recent days.
- Covid-19 Pandemic (6 speeches)
It is satisfying to raise an issue that the Cabinet has addressed at least in part today, with the publication of who is going to get the Covid vaccine and the logic and the sequence of how that...
- Driver Test (6 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to speak on this very important workers' rights issue. The denial of basic shelter and hygiene facilities, and for the avoidance of any doubt that...
