Dáil debates
Wednesday, 10 March 2021
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10 a.m.
- Civil Registration (Right of Adoptees to Information) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am delighted to be able to have this debate today. The mother and baby homes report has reignited a crucial conversation in this country...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 speeches)
Last week, two things happened in the world of high finance which caused understandable public outrage. First came the announcement that the Government will again allow the payment of outrageous...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (57 speeches)
Go raibh maith agat a Thaoisigh, tá an t-am caite agat. Rachaimid ar aghaidh go dtí an chéad phíosa oibre eile, is é sin clár oibre na seachtaine. The House has...
- Civil Liability and Courts (Amendment) Bill 2021: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004 and to provide for related matters. Insurance fraud should never pay. It...
- Adoption (Information) Bill 2021: First Stage (8 speeches)
I move: That leave by granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for improved information access for adopted persons in relation to their birth, for that purpose to amend the...
- Planning and Development Act (Exempted Development) (No. 1) Regulations 2021: Motion (1 speech)
I move: "That Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Planning and Development (Exempted Development) Regulations 2021, a copy of which has been laid in draft form...
- Planning and Development Act (Exempted Development) (No. 2) Regulations 2021: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (No. 2) Regulations 2021, a copy of which has been laid in...
- Report of Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That the amendments to the Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann relative to Public Business as contained in the report of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform...
- Joint Committee on Public Petitions: Motion (1 speech)
I move: "That, in relation to the review by the Joint Committee on Public Petitions of its Orders of Reference, the instruction agreed by Order of the Dáil of 22nd September, 2020, is...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
- Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Statements (68 speeches, 1 comment)
I am delighted to be here today again addressing Dáil Éireann on the work of the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. We have been working very...
- Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 speeches)
Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
- Public Service Pay Bill 2020: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
Bill entitled an Act to provide for the adjustment of the restrictions, contained in the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act 2009, on increasing the remuneration...
- Public Service Pay Bill 2020: Second Stage (1 speech)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and Deputies for facilitating the commencement of Second Stage of this Bill this evening. This Bill is a...
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Legislative Process (7 speeches)
37. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the climate action and low carbon development (amendment) Bill will be brought before Dáil Éireann; if he...
- Legislative Process (7 speeches)
38. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the new climate action and low carbon development (amendment) Bill 2020; and if he will make a statement...
- Electricity Grid (7 speeches)
39. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if EirGrid has recently sought between €700 million and €3 billion for grid investment; if so, the new and...
- Data Centres (7 speeches)
40. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will review State policy relating to the building of data centres in Ireland and specifically the impact on energy...
- National Broadband Plan (7 speeches)
41. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes that will have high-speed broadband in County Donegal by the end of 2021 and the end of 2022; and if...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Climate Action Plan (7 speeches)
42. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the use of negative emissions technology in reaching Ireland's climate targets; if concerns regarding the...
- Renewable Energy Generation (7 speeches)
43. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which the existing Climate Action Plan 2019 can be enhanced in order to increase the speed at which renewable...
- North-South Interconnector (8 speeches)
44. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will reconsider commissioning an independent report incorporating international industry expertise to examine the...
- Climate Action Plan (8 speeches)
46. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will seek to future proof the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2020 against potential misuse of...
- North-South Interconnector (8 speeches)
50. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has spoken to an Taoiseach regarding the concerns in regard to the proposed North-South interconnector; his plans...
- Energy Infrastructure (10 speeches)
51. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the discussions he has had with stakeholders regarding the future use of Lough Ree power station; and if he will make a...
- Broadband Infrastructure (6 speeches)
59. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which he plans for all persons in Ireland to have access to high-speed broadband when commercial operators...
