Dáil debates
Thursday, 20 May 2021
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9 a.m.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Agriculture Industry (7 speeches)
1. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will carry out a comprehensive analysis of the impact of factory owned feedlots on the beef sector including their...
- Covid-19 Pandemic (7 speeches)
2. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department plans to review its handling of the outbreaks of Covid-19 in the meat processing industry over the past year with a...
- Organic Farming (8 speeches)
3. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to address the low number of applications to the organic farm scheme. [26907/21]
- Agriculture Schemes (8 speeches)
4. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the sources and value of funding for the results-based environmental agri pilot project; if he will review the number of participants...
- EU Funding (8 speeches)
5. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the proposed reduction to farmers' entitlement values to create the EU eco-schemes fund will be subject to internal convergence....
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Forestry Sector (16 speeches)
6. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares of new forestry planting targeted for 2021; the number of applications for felling licences outstanding; and the...
- Common Agricultural Policy (19 speeches)
7. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of convergence rates which will form part of the new Common Agricultural Policy in the trilogue negotiations. [26918/21]
- Horticulture Sector (8 speeches)
8. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagement he has had with the mushroom and horticultural sectors on the changes to the harvesting of horticultural peat; and the...
- Departmental Bodies (7 speeches)
9. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress to date of the beef task force; the timeline for the completion of commitments given to the task force; the steps he is...
- Departmental Funding (7 speeches)
10. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial supports his Department provides to a club (details supplied); and if multi-annual funding for this community service...
- Agriculture Schemes (7 speeches)
11. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered amending the sheep welfare scheme in the interests of ensuring animal welfare as a result of the continued...
- Forestry Sector (9 speeches)
13. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the development of a new forestry strategy for Ireland as recommended in reports (details supplied); the timeline for...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Higher Education Grants (7 speeches)
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students who lost their jobs as a result of the pandemic will be pushed out of SUSI for accepting the pandemic unemployment payment; and if he...
- Higher Education Grants (7 speeches)
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to amend the earnings disregard for qualification for a SUSI grant to include support received by students who have received pandemic...
- Third Level Admissions (7 speeches)
77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the barriers facing students accessing graduate-entry medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27378/21]
- Third Level Fees (7 speeches)
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if counselling psychologists will be treated with equality to clinical psychologists (details supplied); and when the national psychology...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Disability Services (5 speeches)
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures in place or planned to improve access to further and higher education and training for learners with disabilities; and if he will...
- Mental Health Services (7 speeches)
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1484 of 24 March 2021, if his attention has been drawn to the shortfall in skilled mental health staff both...
- Irish Language (7 speeches)
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to provide ring-fenced funding for the provision of additional courses in third level colleges in cases in which the tuition would be...
- Third Level Fees (7 speeches)
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason third level students here are required to pay the highest fees in the EU; his plans to address this inequality before the next academic...
- Further and Higher Education (8 speeches)
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made by students participating in local training initiatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26785/21]
- Covid-19 Tests (6 speeches)
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the roll-out of rapid antigen testing in third-level colleges which will facilitate the return of students to...
- Further and Higher Education (7 speeches)
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he has advanced his proposals for the maximisation of achievement and the attainment of various targets identifiable through...
- Further and Higher Education (7 speeches)
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to improve the working conditions for PhD researchers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26992/21]
- Institutes of Technology (9 speeches)
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place for development at Letterkenny Institute of Technology, LYIT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26714/21]
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (32 speeches)
Inné, thug an Rialtas teachtaireacht shoiléir d’úinéirí tithe agus iad siúd atá ag iarraidh a bheith i mbun úinéireacht tithe. Sin é,...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (61 speeches)
Before I have to give out, if Members can take a minute or less with contributions, more colleagues will be able to get in.
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 speeches)
Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
- Situation in Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel: Statements (32 speeches)
I am sharing time with Deputy Carroll MacNeill. We are here this afternoon to address the current cycle of violence between Israelis and Palestinians. It is the latest in a long, brutal and...
- Nursing Home Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 speeches)
- Nursing Home Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Health pursuant to Standing Orders 95 and 181.
- 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) Deputy Jennifer Whitmore - to...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (8 speeches)
The Minister is present for the first Topical Issue matter raised by Deputy Whitmore.
- Water Quality (5 speeches)
I want to raise the issue of the drinking water supply for the people of Barndarrig in County Wicklow. On 9 February this year, a "do not consume" notice was issued as a result of high nitrate...
- Aviation Industry (10 speeches)
The aviation sector has been decimated by the pandemic. Workers across the State are on reduced hours, reduced pay, the pandemic unemployment payment, PUP, and the employment wage subsidy...
- Apprenticeship Programmes (4 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to discuss the important issue of apprenticeships. I was very welcoming of the launch of the new five-year apprenticeship action plan. The...
- Planning Issues (5 speeches)
I wish to discuss build-to-rent construction. I will begin by being honest in saying I do not like it. I do not like it as a model and it did not exist when I was working in architecture. I do...
- Estimates for Public Services 2021 - Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimates for public services for the service of the year ending on 31 December 2021:...
- Principles of Social Welfare Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." As set out in its Long Title, this is a Bill to make provision for a statement of principles to inform the interpretation and administration...
