Dáil debates

Tuesday, 21 September 2021

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
• Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (45 speeches)
  In June 2016, as a newly elected Deputy to this House, the first Bill that I brought forward sought to link rent reviews to inflation. In that year, rents across the State rose by an alarming...
• An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (63 speeches)
  As Deputies are aware, we have agreed that for the period of the emergency, the report of the Business Committee will be taken as read. Are the proposed arrangements for this week's business...
• Education (Voluntary Contributions) Bill 2021: First Stage (6 speeches)
  I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to make provision whereby the Minister for Education shall make regulations governing the collection by schools of voluntary...
• European Union Aviation Agreements: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann approves, under Article 29.5.2° of the Constitution, the terms of: (i) the Common Aviation Area Agreement between the European Union and its Member...
• Housing (Housing Assistance Payment Waiting Times) (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2021: First Stage (5 speeches)
  I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 and subsequent...
• Ninth Report of the Committee of Selection: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the Ninth Report of the Standing Committee of Selection in accordance with Standing Order 34, copies of which were laid before Dáil...
• EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement: Motion (11 speeches)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area...
• 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 Patrick Costello –...
• Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Order for Second Stage (2 speeches)
  
• Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (2 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to introduce the Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021 to the House. By way of background I should advise that...
• Planning and Development (Amendment) (20 per cent Provision of Social and Affordable Housing) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, has done it again. Once more, he promised one thing very loudly, brashly and publicly, but unfortunately...
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Banking Sector (7 speeches)
    1. To ask the Minister for Finance the correspondence or contact he has had with retail banks and the Central Bank regarding the use of allowances under the mortgage lending rules for mortgage...
  • Tax Code (10 speeches)
    2. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the activities of certain companies (details supplied) in respect of corporation tax; if he will act to amend the Ireland-Malta tax treaty to...
  • Tax Code (16 speeches)
    3. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a vacant property tax in the context of budget 2022; if so, the current status of those plans; the date by which it will be introduced; and...
  • EU Funding (16 speeches)
    4. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of funding Ireland is set to receive from the EU recovery fund; his views on the amount of funding Ireland is set to receive; and if he will make a...
• Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 speeches)
    6. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies in counties Carlow and Kilkenny that have registered under the business resumption support scheme. [44780/21]
  • Insurance Industry (9 speeches)
    7. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that insurance premiums are being successfully reduced for motorists, businesses and other users in line with the revision of guidelines for...
  • Tax Code (12 speeches)
    8. To ask the Minister for Finance his position in respect of the OECD corporation tax reform process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44840/21]
  • Housing Schemes (12 speeches)
    9. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to extending the help-to-buy incentive until 31 December 2022. [44723/21]
  • Remote Working (16 speeches)
    10. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax incentives and measures that are currently being considered to support continued remote and flexible working options; the potential impact of the...
  • Credit Unions (9 speeches)
    12. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to fulfil the programme for Government commitment to review the policy framework within which credit unions operate. [44839/21]
• Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Regeneration Projects (4 speeches)
    This is a difficult subject because it is a very difficult, layered and multifaceted problem. I have been contacted in recent days by residents of the Oliver Bond flats complex, just down the...
  • Hospital Services (16 speeches)
    The second matter I have selected is from Deputies Niamh Smyth and Holly Cairns who wish to discuss when the current restrictions will be lifted so that partners can accompany women to maternity...
  • Disability Services (8 speeches)
    I know the Minister of State is familiar with this important issue. Carmona school is located in Dún Laoghaire, which is the constituency of my colleague, Deputy Carroll MacNeill. It...
  • Public Transport (11 speeches)
    This important matter has been submitted by Deputies Duncan Smith, Ellis, Alan Farrell and O'Reilly. They wish to discuss reported changes in the national development plan, NDP, with regard to...