Dáil debates
Thursday, 8 July 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)
- Grant Payments (7 speeches)
1. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the holiday earnings disregard is applied to the pandemic unemployment payment, PUP, for SUSI applicants; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Technological Universities (7 speeches)
2. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of funding his Department has secured to support the establishment of a County Wexford campus for the technological university of south...
- Third Level Education (8 speeches)
3. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the independent economic report on the Cassells report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37069/21]
- Apprenticeship Programmes (7 speeches)
4. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that sufficient funding is put in place to provide for additional apprenticeships for students given that all courses are now...
- Third Level Education (7 speeches)
5. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of time students can expect to have on campus when they return in September 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37166/21]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Third Level Fees (8 speeches)
6. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proactive steps his Department is taking to address university fees, which are the highest in the EU; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Third Level Staff (7 speeches)
7. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has engaged with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform on the employment control framework and the increase of precarious work in...
- Cross-Border Co-operation (7 speeches)
8. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that will be implemented to intensify co-operation on a North-South basis in the areas of further education and higher education; and...
- EU Directives (9 speeches)
9. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of arrangements under the third country researchers directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36847/21]
- Apprenticeship Programmes (8 speeches)
10. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the apprenticeship waiting lists; the number of apprentices who are waiting for off-the-job training; and the number who have been...
- Third Level Education (12 speeches)
13. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress regarding implementation of the Framework for Consent in Higher Education Institutions: Safe, Respectful, Supportive and Positive -...
- Student Accommodation (7 speeches)
15. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement he has had with third level institutions to ensure that 2020-21 first year students who did not attend their courses due to...
- Further and Higher Education (5 speeches)
17. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide greater clarity on the opening of further and higher education campuses in September 2021; and if he will make a statement on...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- An Garda Síochána (8 speeches)
84. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a full independent investigation will be carried out into issues of 999 calls not being responded to by members of An Garda...
- An Garda Síochána (7 speeches)
85. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will commission a review into the workings of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC and its limitations...
- An Garda Síochána (9 speeches)
86. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the proposed new Garda station for Sligo town; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37160/21]
- Data Protection (7 speeches)
87. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the data that was contained on a memory device (details supplied); if there was video imagery contained therein; the steps that...
- Asylum Applications (7 speeches)
88. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps her Department is taking to improve processing times for applications for asylum, leave to remain and associated...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Cross-Border Co-operation (8 speeches)
89. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the proposals there are for further co-operation with the authorities in Northern Ireland on the need to implement effective...
- Visa Applications (8 speeches)
91. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which improvements can be made in the processing of visas for employment here and the processing of applications...
- Closed-Circuit Television Systems (7 speeches)
93. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for the expansion of Garda CCTV in County Carlow to deter criminal activity; and if she will make a statement on the...
- An Garda Síochána (9 speeches)
94. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community Gardaí in the Clonakilty, Bandon and Bantry Garda districts of County Cork; and if she will make a...
- An Garda Síochána (7 speeches)
95. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the progress being made on the implementation of A Policing Service for the Future plan with reference to...
- An Garda Síochána (9 speeches)
97. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the report by the Mental Health Commission (details supplied) that states the highest number of applications to...
- Missing Persons (7 speeches)
98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the work of her Department in relation to the identification of unidentified bodies and linking this data with the...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 speeches)
I ask for Members' co-operation. If I have to interrupt them, it will eat into their time.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (71 speeches)
I ask for the co-operation of Deputies. There is a long list of speakers and everyone wants to get in. Each contributor will have up to one minute.
- Sale of Tickets (Cultural, Entertainment, Recreational and Sporting Events) Bill 2021: From the Seanad (10 speeches)
The Dáil went into Committee to consider amendments from the Seanad.
- Affordable Housing Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (83 speeches)
We have 180 minutes in which to deal with the business before us. We will suspend the House pending the arrival of the Minister.
- Business of Dáil: Motion (39 speeches)
I move: That, notwithstanding the Order of Business of Tuesday, No. 9a, motion regarding the Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021, shall be taken now and that any division...
- Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Motion (12 speeches)
I move: That initiation of the Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021 may proceed pursuant to Standing Order 174 notwithstanding that pre-legislative consideration of the Bill...
- Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Bill 2021: From the Seanad (10 speeches)
The Dáil went into Committee to consider amendments from the Seanad.
- 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 Donnelly - to...
- Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Bill 2021: From the Seanad (Resumed) (5 speeches)
The Dáil went into Committee to resume consideration of amendments from the Seanad
- Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 speeches)
Question again proposed: “That the Bill be now read a Second Time.”
- Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, pursuant to Standing Order Nos. 95 and 181.
- Consumer Protection (Regulation of Retail Credit and Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." This Bill will implement the key recommendation in the November 2018 review of personal contract plans, authored by Mr. Michael Tutty, which...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Schools Building Projects (4 speeches)
I want to raise the issue of Danu Community Special School and its proposed relocation to Riversdale Community College. Several years ago, parents of children with additional needs in Dublin...
- Defective Building Materials (6 speeches)
I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, the House. I acknowledge his participation and commitment, and also that of the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy...
- Health Service Executive (6 speeches)
I thank Deputy Pringle for his correspondence with me today in respect of this matter. I know he will tread carefully as he deals with what is obviously a sensitive issue.
- Defective Building Materials (4 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for facilitating this important Topical Issue debate. I also thank the Minister. He has had a busy day and I appreciate that he is in the Chamber tonight during one...
- Proceeds of Crime (Investment in Disadvantaged Communities) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I will share time with Deputy Ó Murchú. The vast majority of the money seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau, CAB, has been ripped...
