Dáil debates
Wednesday, 31 March 2021
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10 a.m.
- Caring for Carers: Motion [Private Members] (7 speeches)
I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — for too long family carers have been taken for granted and denied the supports that they and their loved ones need; — family...
- Teachtaireacht ón Seanad - Message from Seanad (1 speech)
Seanad Éireann has passed the Residential Tenancies Bill 2021 without amendment.
- Estimates for Public Services 2021: Messages from Select Committees (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimate for public services for the service of the year...
- Message from the Standing Business Committee of Dáil Éireann (1 speech)
The Standing Business Committee has completed its consideration under Standing Order 30 of the request by the Minister for Justice to waive the requirement for scrutiny of the Children...
- Caring for Carers: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 speeches)
Debate resumed on the following motion:
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (64 speeches)
Friday is World Autism Day. This marks a moment when we should be focused on raising awareness of the challenges facing those on the autistic spectrum and discussing how best to support them....
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (40 speeches)
The House has agreed that, for the duration of the Covid-19 emergency only, the rapporteur's report of the Business Committee shall not be read out but shall be taken as read. Arising from it...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (38 speeches)
I want to raise the change the Government has made to the vaccination plan, as announced yesterday evening. This is both a huge and an astonishing decision that was made without prior notice...
- Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Prohibition of Winter Disconnections) Bill 2021: First Stage (7 speeches)
I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Electricity Regulation Act 1999, to include explicit provision for the Minister to provide policy direction to the...
- Protection of Young Persons (Employment) (Exclusion of Workers in the Fishing and Shipping Sectors) Regulations 2021: Referral to Joint Committee (1 speech)
I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft: Protection of Young Persons (Employment) (Exclusion of Workers in the Fishing and Shipping...
- Online Advertising and Social Media (Transparency) Bill 2017: Restoration to Order Paper (1 speech)
I move: That, pursuant to Standing Order 198, the Online Advertising and Social Media (Transparency) Bill 2017, which lapsed on the dissolution of the 32nd Dáil, shall be restored to the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
- Cabinet Committees (17 speeches)
1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the Cabinet committee dealing with education. [1594/21]
- Cabinet Committees (21 speeches)
7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the meeting of the Cabinet committee on Covid-19. [1593/21]
- Cabinet Committees (18 speeches)
15. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health last met; and when it next plans to meet. [13096/21]
- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (65 speeches)
I participated in a videoconference meeting of the members of the European Council last Thursday, 25 March. Provision had been made for this meeting to continue on the morning of 26 March. This...
- Children (Amendment) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 speeches)
Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
- Public Service Pay Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 speeches)
The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Michael McGrath, was in possession and has 14 minutes remaining.
- Public Service Pay Bill 2020: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach pursuant to Standing Orders 95(3)(a) and 181(1).
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) (9 speeches)
On a point of clarification, after Deputies Mairéad Farrell and O'Reilly made their contributions on Second Stage of the Public Service Pay Bill 2020, there was a slot for the Labour Party...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (4 speeches)
We are a little ahead of time but the Clerk has confirmed that we are entitled to proceed. Question No. 52 is in the name of Deputy Doherty, who is not in the Chamber. Does another Deputy wish...
- Financial Services Regulation (7 speeches)
52. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the legislation providing for a senior executive accountability regime and other provisions; the planned scope of this legislation across...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (7 speeches)
53. To ask the Minister for Finance the additional financial assistance available to businesses to keep their employees working from home; if he has plans to change or amend such incentives; and...
- Insurance Industry Regulation (7 speeches)
54. To ask the Minister for Finance the engagement he has had with the insurance industry to ensure that any reduced cost of claims as a result of the newly adopted personal injuries guidelines...
- Covid-19 Pandemic (7 speeches)
55. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will place a quantifiable monetary value on the direct social and economic costs of the ongoing lockdown strategy on the Irish economy; if he will...
- Banking Sector Remuneration (9 speeches)
56. To ask the Minister for Finance the grounds on which he gave consent to a bank (details supplied) to acquire a company without the excessive bank remuneration charge applying to the bank...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Insurance Costs (8 speeches)
57. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures that can be taken in order that insurance companies provide rebates and premium reductions to customers in the case of a decline of claims costs...
- Banking Sector (7 speeches)
58. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to defend jobs and services in the branch networks of banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17194/21]
- Insurance Costs (13 speeches)
61. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make contact with the insurance industry to request that annual premium renewals are reduced for sports clubs that are being hit by large premiums....
- Tax Code (7 speeches)
60. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will extend the exemption of green diesel from the increase to the carbon tax introduced as part of budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Banking Sector Remuneration (7 speeches)
64. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the continuation of the bankers' pay cap; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17193/21]
- Illicit Trade (8 speeches)
66. To ask the Minister for Finance the additional measures he will implement to counteract the illegal and cross-Border trade in tobacco and drink products and household fuel products; and if he...
- Mortgage Insurance (8 speeches)
70. To ask the Minister for Finance the engagement he has had with mortgage lenders regarding mortgage applicants unable to draw down their mortgage loans due to their inability to secure...
