Dáil debates

Tuesday, 6 July 2021

  • Prelude (0 speeches)
    Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
  • Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (72 speeches)
    The disgraceful practice of so-called cuckoo funds snapping up family homes in bulk, under the noses of ordinary workers and families, is an issue we have raised with the Taoiseach in the House...
  • An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (69 speeches)
    Are the proposed arrangements for this week's business agreed to?
  • Standing Orders: Motion (1 speech)
    I move: That- (a) notwithstanding the Order of the Dáil of 16th December, 2020, the sequence in which Leaders shall be called upon to put questions between 6th July, 2021, and 15th July,...
  • Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
    • Cabinet Committees (21 speeches)
      1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Government Co-ordination last met; and when it will next meet. [33146/21]
    • Departmental Bodies (23 speeches)
      9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work, role and staffing of the recently established social dialogue unit in his Department. [33147/21]
    • Northern Ireland (7 speeches)
      18. To ask the Taoiseach when the shared island unit will host its next dialogue; and the topic that will be discussed at the dialogue. [34660/21]
  • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence: Statements (36 speeches)
    Ba mhaith liom an deis seo a thapú chun déileáil leis agus caint faoin gceist ríthábhachtach seo. Is maith an rud é go bhfuil seans againn an t-ábhar seo a...
  • 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 Paul McAuliffe - to...
  • Ban on Rent Increases Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 speeches)
    I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am sharing time with a number of colleagues. The first legislation I introduced following my election to the Dáil was the Rent...
  • Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
    • Guardian Status (7 speeches)
      44. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the legislative actions he plans to take in cases in which there is a question or doubt concerning a...
    • Departmental Schemes (7 speeches)
      46. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he requested his departmental officials to conduct a review specifically into the continual discrimination of...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (12 speeches)
      47. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to ensure that the experiences of the 550 persons who gave evidence before the Commission...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education (7 speeches)
      48. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking in relation to assessing the childcare needs of parents in County Cavan where service...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education (8 speeches)
      49. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his proposals to improve the pay and conditions of professionals in the childcare sector. [36211/21]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education (7 speeches)
      50. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he expects the survey on income and costs for the childcare sector being compiled by Pobal to be published;...
    • Direct Provision System (7 speeches)
      51. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the immediate steps he is taking to address the child safeguarding concerns raised in the report of the Ombudsman...
    • Direct Provision System (7 speeches)
      52. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the decision not to implement the recommendations in the McMahon report on direct provision; the...
    • Childcare Services (7 speeches)
      53. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he plans to take to fully address the devastating impacts that the national childcare scheme will have...
    • Departmental Strategies (8 speeches)
      54. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the development and implementation of a national autism strategy. [36231/21]
    • Adoption Services (7 speeches)
      55. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if clarity will be given on the rights of mothers to access their own care or adoption file and the rights of...
    • Direct Provision System (7 speeches)
      58. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons admitted to direct provision since January 2020; the number who left direct provision in...
    • International Protection (5 speeches)
      68. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the accommodation arrangements made for applicants for international protection in Galway city and county who are...
  • Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (4 speeches)
      Gabhaim buíochas leis an Leas-Cheann Comhairle agus leis an Aire. I want to bring to the attention of the Minister and the House the concerns of many taxi drivers who have over the past 12...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic (6 speeches)
      I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, to the House. As we are all aware, more than 2,000 people have died in our nursing homes due to Covid over the past 12 months or so, 1,000 of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic (4 speeches)
      I tabled this matter not to scaremonger or bring about a spiral of fear but to raise a very practical question. My concern does not pertain to those who are vaccinated, it relates to those who...
    • Rural Schemes (4 speeches)
      I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for being here on the graveyard shift and the Minister of State, Deputy Malcolm Noonan, for staying late to take this Topical Issue matter. It is a very...
  • Teachtaireacht ón Seanad - Message from Seanad (1 speech)
    Seanad Éireann has passed the Private Security Services (Amendment) Bill 2021, without amendment.