Dáil debates
Tuesday, 18 May 2021
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (66 speeches)
Sinn Féin has been raising with Government the need to tackle the growing power of so-called cuckoo funds for years. We proposed measures to end the sweetheart tax deals that these funds...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (91 speeches)
The House has agreed that for the duration of the emergency only, the report of the Business Committee will be taken as read. Arising from it, there are three proposals to put to the House...
- Redundancy Payments (Lay-off, Short Time and Calculation of Reckonable Service) Bill 2021: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Redundancy Payments Act 1967 in respect of periods of lay-off and short time and the calculation of reckonable...
- Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 30th July, 2020, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, Questions for oral...
- Rota for Leaders' Questions: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That, notwithstanding the Order of the Dáil of 16th December, 2020, the sequence in which Leaders shall be called upon to put questions between 19th May, 2021, and 1st July, 2021...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
- Programme for Government (23 speeches)
1. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the programme for Government. [21779/21]
- Vaccination Programme (37 speeches)
5. To ask the Taoiseach the membership and terms of reference of the vaccine roll-out group chaired by the Secretary General of his Department. [21938/21]
- Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (38 speeches)
11. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with church leaders. [21939/21]
- Ballymurphy Inquest: Statements (22 speeches)
A week ago, Mrs. Justice Siobhan Keegan delivered her findings on the inquest into the deaths of ten people in Ballymurphy. The road to that moment had been a long and arduous one, but at its...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (2 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am very pleased to have the opportunity to introduce the Bill to the House. Since I was appointed in July 2020 as Minister of State with...
- Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (1 speech)
I wish to advise the House of the following in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputies Pat Buckley and David Stanton -...
- Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (33 speeches)
I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — housing in the State has become unaffordable for most ordinary workers, putting homeownership out of the reach of a whole generation...
- Recent Cyberattack and its Impact on the Health System: Statements (78 speeches)
My Department hosts the National Cyber Security Centre, NCSC, which was established by Government decision. It is the central cybersecurity incident response unit for the State, with a broad...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Employment Support Services (7 speeches)
67. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the tender for local employment services; the length of time the tendering process will be...
- Departmental Schemes (7 speeches)
68. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will reintroduce the mortgage interest supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26490/21]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (7 speeches)
69. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to cease the pandemic unemployment payment by the end of June, as set out in the 2021 further Revised...
- Employment Support Services (8 speeches)
70. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to continue using the services provided by Turas Nua and Seetec for the operation of the JobPath scheme; if she...
- Social Welfare Payments (7 speeches)
71. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider taking steps in the next budget to begin increasing core social welfare payments to meet the minimum...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (10 speeches)
72. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment; and the monthly breakdown of spending on the payment...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (21 speeches)
76. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in County Clare currently in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment; the number of persons in...
- State Pensions (7 speeches)
80. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the commitment to benchmark pension rates to salaries and inflation, as contained in the Roadmap for Social...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (8 speeches)
82. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have indicated their intention to withdraw from Covid-19 support payments and return to work; and if...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (7 speeches)
84. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which her Department anticipates a reduction in Covid-19 support payments to be replaced by employment; and if...
- Fuel Poverty (8 speeches)
96. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered extending the fuel allowance payment period for 2021 particularly in relation to the serious financial...
- Social Welfare Benefits (7 speeches)
111. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to extending maternity benefit eligibility to women who have not built up the required PRSI...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- School Transport (6 speeches)
I thank the Minister for attending. We know it is an ungodly hour. We have had issues with school places in recent years, and today I looked through my records going back to 2017. We also have...
- Special Educational Needs (6 speeches)
Deputy Joan Collins was unable to make it. I will concentrate on Dublin 12 in my constituency but many of the issues impact on the constituencies that border our constituencies. The Minister...
- Natural Gas Grid (4 speeches)
The Minister of State, Deputy Chambers, is well aware that the midlands is the battle line for decarbonisation following the fast-tracking of the closure of the Bord na Móna peat-production...
- Sports Organisations (6 speeches)
This is a straightforward ask. The Irish Mixed Martial Arts Association, IMMAA, which was established in 2017, needs a roadmap in order to get recognition as a national governing body. It has...
