Dáil debates

Thursday, 6 May 2021

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10 a.m.
• Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (32 speeches)
  I will now take Leaders' Questions under Standing Order 36. Again, I ask Members for their co-operation in relation to the time limits.
• Topical Issue Matters: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, and until further notice in the 33rd Dáil, that topical issues submitted for Wednesdays shall reach the Clerk not later...
• Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (54 speeches)
  There is a list of 20 Deputies. I am not sure we will get through them all but I ask Deputies to comply with the time and we will do our best.
• Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Vote at 16) Bill 2021: First Stage (5 speeches)
  I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Constitution. I am delighted to introduce my Private Members’ Bill on the constitutional amendment on...
• Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (42 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• 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 Marian Harkin and...
• Private Security Services (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (5 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to introduce the Private Security Services (Amendment) Bill 2021 in this House, and I look forward to our discussion of its...
• Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (114 speeches)
  I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for the opportunity to update the House on the Government’s response to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and the roll-out of the national vaccine programme....
• Planning and Development (Amendment) (Repeal of Part V Leasing) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Agriculture Schemes (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for his explanation of what happened earlier. The Minister is aware of the Shass Mountain landslide at Drumkeeran. Approximately 55 ha of land was affected, with...
  • Care of the Elderly (4 speeches)
    I wish to raise the issue of boarding out regulations which comes under SI 225 of 1993. As the date suggests, these regulations first came into operation in 1993. They allow for individuals or...
  • Anti-Social Behaviour (4 speeches)
    As Covid forced many people in society to withdraw from our public spaces, unfortunately, levels of antisocial behaviour crept in. As we head into a period when, hopefully, things will begin to...
  • Driver Test (12 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle and Jill Gray in his office for facilitating this Topical Issue debate. We have been raising this matter with the Tánaiste, the Taoiseach and everyone else. The...
• Estimates for Public Services 2021: Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
  The Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimates for public services for the year ending 31 December 2021: Vote 30.
• Message from Business Committee (1 speech)
  The standing Business Committee has completed its consideration, under Standing Order 30, of the request by the Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment to waive...