Dáil debates
Thursday, 3 June 2021
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9 a.m.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (8 speeches)
We are beginning with questions to the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment. Is the Minister of State, Deputy English, taking the questions or is it the Minister, Deputy Varadkar?
- Departmental Reviews (13 speeches)
3. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the establishment of a task force to examine the future of retail in Ireland. [29942/21]
- Workplace Relations Commission (8 speeches)
1. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the recruitment campaign to increase the number of Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, inspectors from 53 to...
- Job Losses (7 speeches)
2. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will meet the Deputies and local representatives representing Baldoyle to discuss the impending closure of two pharmaceutical...
- Employment Rights (7 speeches)
4. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he envisages introducing a mandatory sick pay scheme before the end of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (7 speeches)
5. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to provide additional economic supports to businesses as they exit Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Health and Safety (7 speeches)
6. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps his Department is taking to protect workers’ health and safety in view of the reopening of the hospitality sector; and...
- Digital Hubs (7 speeches)
7. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the development of the Youghal digital hub; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29875/21]
- EU Meetings (7 speeches)
8. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on his recent meeting of EU trade ministers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29421/21]
- Trade Agreements (7 speeches)
10. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the impact of the EU-UK Trade Cooperation Agreement to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29420/21]
- Flexible Work Practices (9 speeches)
14. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress on the moves to ensure the option of remote working post-Covid-19; the details of his work with remote working hubs to...
- Industrial Development (7 speeches)
12. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way IDA Ireland's property division plans to work in partnership with Mayo County Council to develop access infrastructure to...
- Flexible Work Practices (8 speeches)
15. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the national remote work strategy; the details of the implementation of the strategy; the progress being made to ensure...
- Company Law (7 speeches)
17. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the review by the Company Law Review Group of legal provisions on liquidations and the rights of employees in the...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell (7 speeches)
113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Haughton scoping exercise regarding the circumstances of the killing of a person (details supplied) in view...
- Departmental Reviews (7 speeches)
114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the implementation of the Hamilton review recommendations. [30409/21]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Crime Prevention (7 speeches)
115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way her Department intends to support the implementation of the proposals within a report completed by a person (details...
- Public Inquiries (8 speeches)
116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will examine calls for an independent public inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied); if she will examine...
- Domestic Violence (13 speeches)
118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1462 of 21 April 2021, the status of the audit of the way responsibility for domestic,...
- An Garda Síochána (7 speeches)
119. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has met with the family or representatives of a person (details supplied) who died in Garda custody in 2005; if she will...
- Naturalisation Applications (7 speeches)
120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if stamp 1 permissions obtained by non-EEA fishermen employed under the atypical work scheme are eligible for transfer to stamp...
- Citizenship Applications (11 speeches)
121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of citizenship applications currently being reviewed; the number of persons that have been granted citizenship to...
- International Protection (7 speeches)
122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the impact of Covid-19 on the processing of international protection applications; the steps taken to address same; and if she...
- An Garda Síochána (10 speeches)
124. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the retirement age for a chief superintendent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30167/21]
- An Garda Síochána (12 speeches)
132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the education and training An Garda Síochána receive in relation to autism; and if she will make a statement on the...
- An Garda Síochána (8 speeches)
125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions that will be taken to increase diversity within An Garda Síochána in line with the programme for...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 speeches)
In a report published this morning, the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, has called on the Government to double public investment in public housing. It has called for investment in...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (38 speeches)
I gently remind Members there is no coming in on a question and we will conclude within the time.
- Acquisition of Development Land (Assessment of Compensation) Bill 2021: First Stage (6 speeches)
I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act further to regulate in accordance with the principles of social justice and to delimit by law the exercise of private property...
- Mental Health During and Post Covid-19: Statements (27 speeches)
I thank Members for the opportunity to update the House further on mental health services during and post-Covid-19. At the outset, it is important to acknowledge that although we are, hopefully,...
- Traveller Accommodation: Statements (18 speeches)
I welcome the opportunity to discuss this important issue. Improving the provision of Traveller-specific accommodation is something which I, as Minister of State, and my Department are taking...
- Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (21 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." This Bill is being brought forward to consolidate in one stand-alone enactment the State's maritime jurisdiction legislation and to update it to...
- 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 Mattie McGrath, Michael...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Maritime Jurisdiction (7 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for giving us the opportunity to debate this very serious matter, which I tried to do during the week in other fora. I really appreciate this matter being bought...
- Road Safety (5 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this issue on UN World Bicycle Day. In February last year, the European Transport Safety Council published a report on cyclist deaths across...
- School Library Grant (6 speeches)
I apologise to the Minister of State, Deputy Burke, he has had a busy evening. I am here to echo previous calls from many quarters, including Children’s Books Ireland, for the...
- Housing Provision (15 speeches)
Today the ESRI published a report detailing the need for the State to take a new approach to housing. The approach outlined is to borrow money and build houses. Sinn Féin has been calling...
- 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 Estimates for public services for the service of the year...
- An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceart chun Tithíochta) 2020: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Housing) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 speeches)
Tairgim: "Go léifear an Bille don Dara hUair anois." I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." It is worth noting that we originally tabled this Bill in the previous Dáil in...
