Dáil debates
Wednesday, 5 May 2021
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 12 meán lae.
- Private Rental Sector: Motion [Private Members] (28 speeches)
I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — the rental crisis continues to spiral out of control; — rents across the State have increased by 2.5 per cent in the last 12...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (55 speeches)
At the weekend, we learned that an investment fund is buying up the majority of homes in a development at Mullen Park in Maynooth. The fund, which has a "war chest" of €1 billion, has...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (64 speeches)
The House has agreed that for the duration of the Covid-19 emergency only, the rapporteur's report of the Business Committee will be taken as read. Arising from it, there are just two proposals...
- Dog Breeding Establishments (Amendment) Bill 2021: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to enhance the welfare of dogs by strengthening the regulation of dog breeding establishments; and to provide for related...
- Trade Union Recognition Bill 2021: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide a legal mechanism for trade union recognition for workers who comprise at least 20 per cent of the employees in an...
- Social Welfare (Payment Order) (Amendment) Bill 2021: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the extension of the powers of the Liable Relatives Unit of the Department of Social Protection, to make a...
- Presentation of Further Revised Estimates 2021: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That, notwithstanding Standing Order 215 of the Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann relative to Public Business or the Resolution of the Dáil of 16th December, 2020, the...
- Eighth Report of the Committee of Selection: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the Eighth Report of the Standing Committee of Selection in accordance with Standing Order 34, copies of which were laid before Dáil...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
- Cabinet Committees (28 speeches)
1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the environment and climate change last met; and when it will next meet. [17169/21]
- Cabinet Committees (31 speeches)
7. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Government Co-ordination will next meet.. [19936/21]
- Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (7 speeches)
11. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent phone conversation with the UK Prime Minister following recent events in Northern Ireland. [19969/21]
- Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 speeches)
Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Social and Affordable Housing (9 speeches)
28. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether costs of between €18,000 and €28,000 per unit per year for 25-year long-term leases...
- Rental Sector (7 speeches)
29. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he has taken to ensure that an independent valuation of rents has been carried out in cases in which rents are set...
- House Prices (7 speeches)
30. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he plans to take to bring down the all-in cost of residential development in order to make homes more affordable for...
- Social and Affordable Housing (7 speeches)
31. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the planned affordable housing scheme in view of the impact of the scheme on increasing house prices; and if...
- Housing Policy (7 speeches)
32. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider raising the financial threshold for an applicant to qualify for entry on to the housing list given that it...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Irish Water (8 speeches)
33. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to parliamentary question No. 760 of 21 April 2021, the amount of Departmental funding drawn down by Irish Water to...
- Housing Issues (7 speeches)
34. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the acceleration of housing in eastern areas of County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23015/21]
- Flexible Work Practices (7 speeches)
35. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the policies to support local authorities to continue new work practices implemented during the Covid-19 pandemic that are more...
- Climate Action Plan (7 speeches)
36. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the work that is being undertaken to ensure that the planning system supports the overall efforts for decarbonisation of...
- Urban Renewal Schemes (11 speeches)
37. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of progress regarding the town centre first initiative; when this process is likely to conclude and be implemented;...
- Mica Redress Scheme (8 speeches)
38. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will carry out an urgent review of the financial assistance offered by the State under the defective concrete blocks...
- Wind Energy Guidelines (7 speeches)
39. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe for the publication of the revised wind energy development guidelines; the reason for the significant delay in...
- Local Authority Housing (4 speeches)
If Deputy Durkan wishes to avail of a one-minute question and a one-minute response, I will facilitate him.
