Dáil debates

Thursday, 14 October 2021

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (7 speeches)
    1. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a review has been conducted by her Department or the Charities Regulatory Authority on whether the work of the authority and its...
  • Rural Schemes (11 speeches)
    2. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department intends to facilitate a local improvement scheme in 2022; and if so, the criteria that will be applied to ensure an...
  • National Development Plan (7 speeches)
    3. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the impact the national development plan, NDP, will have on the spending by her Department; the provisions in the plan for rural and...
  • Domestic Violence (7 speeches)
    4. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has been involved in supporting efforts to establish a domestic violence refuge in County Carlow; and if her...
  • Departmental Funding (7 speeches)
    5. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the measures she will put in place to increase funding already allocated under the rural regeneration and development fund to projects...
  • Departmental Schemes (8 speeches)
    6. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there is a specific scheme within her Department for the upgrading of playgrounds. [50030/21]
  • Community Development Projects (9 speeches)
    7. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to support the development of women’s sheds in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49403/21]
  • Common Agricultural Policy (6 speeches)
    8. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the percentage of the European agricultural fund for rural development, EAFRD, that must be utilised for the purposes of LEADER; and the...
  • Community Development Projects (8 speeches)
    9. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the schemes that are available for local groups to avail of funding to establish community centres; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Digital Hubs (7 speeches)
    10. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if additional funding will be provided for digital hubs particularly in north central areas of Cork city; and if she will make a...
  • Housing Schemes (8 speeches)
    14. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps she has taken when it comes to incentivising persons to restore derelict properties in rural areas; and if she will make a...
  • Departmental Funding (8 speeches)
    15. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of funding awarded and applications under consideration in counties Louth and Meath in respect of support for walking...
  • Rural Schemes (6 speeches)
    18. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the input she has had in the development of the Common Agricultural Policy, CAP, strategic plan; and if she will make a statement on...
• Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (54 speeches)
  Yesterday, the plight of private renters dominated Leaders' Questions, and rightly so. The budget did not contain a single measure to ease the burden of sky-high rents. The only mention of the...
• Retirement of Staff Members (1 speech)
  Before moving on to Questions on Promised Legislation, ba mhaith liom cúpla focal a rá faoi Gerry O’Gorman, an príomhoifigeach seirbhíse i dTithe an Oireachtais....
• Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (48 speeches)
  I remind Members that this is Questions on Promised Legislation and also on issues arising under the programme for government. I ask that we avoid statements. If Members choose to make comments...
• Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (30 speeches)
  Debate resumed on the following Financial Resolution: -(Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment)
• 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 27A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan...
• Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (14 speeches)
  Debate resumed on the following Financial Resolution: - (Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment)
• Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Irish Sign Language (5 speeches)
    I am glad the Minister of State is here to take this matter because I know she understands it. She and I have met a number of groups to discuss it over the last few weeks. I would like to speak...
  • Early Childhood Care and Education (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to raise this matter. I am pleased to have been associated with the establishment of a Fine Gael policy lab, which is essentially policy research...
  • Ambulance Service (10 speeches)
    The next item I have selected is from Deputy Michael Moynihan, which is to discuss understaffing and resources in the ambulance services in counties Cork and Kerry. It is good to hear that the...
  • Housing Schemes (4 speeches)
    In budget 2022, the Government has effectively signalled that it has given up on inner city flat complexes. The Government has started waving the white flag. It feels to residents and me that...