Dáil debates
Tuesday, 16 November 2021
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
- Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (1 speech)
Members and all in attendance are asked to exercise personal responsibility in respect of protecting yourselves and others from the risk of contracting Covid-19. Members are strongly advised to...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (58 speeches)
The need to build capacity in our hospitals has never been more urgent. Decades of bad government policy meant that our health service was at breaking point before we ever heard of Covid-19....
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (94 speeches)
The report of the Business Committee is taken as read. Are the proposed arrangements for this week's business agreed to?
- Protection of Children’s Health (Idling of Mechanically Propelled Vehicles in Vicinity of Schools) Bill 2021: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide, in the interests of protecting children’s health, for an offence relating to causing or permitting a...
- Education (Health, Relationships and Sex Education) Bill 2021: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Education Act 1998 and to provide for related matters. This Bill seeks to guarantee that young people and...
- Sectoral Employment Order (Construction Sector) 2021: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft: Sectoral Employment Order (Construction Sector) 2021, a copy of which has been laid in draft form before Dáil...
- Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 30th July, 2020, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, Questions for oral...
- Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Authorisation to Instruct Legal Representatives: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That Dáil Éireann, pursuant to section 4(2)(f) (iv) of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Acts 2003-2018, hereby authorises the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission to...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
- Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (26 speeches)
1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent engagement with the First and deputy First Ministers of Northern Ireland. [53399/21]
- Policing Reform (16 speeches)
5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the policing reform implementation programme office based in his Department. [47864/21]
- Departmental Bodies (27 speeches)
10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the housing and infrastructure unit of his Department. [47865/21]
- 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 Aengus Ó Snodaigh -...
- Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021: Motion (15 speeches)
I move: That Dáil Éireann resolves that the period of operation of sections 1 to 7 and 9 of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021 (No. 14 of 2021) be extended for a period...
- Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (12 speeches)
In accordance with the Standing Order of the Dáil of 28 April 2021, it is not necessary to agree an Order for Second Stage.
- National Ambulance Service: Motion [Private Members] (38 speeches)
I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — the National Ambulance Service (NAS) and emergency services are at crisis point, with health care professionals expecting a very...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Public Procurement Contracts (9 speeches)
62. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress to date of the interim procurement reform board under the remit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Public Spending Code (8 speeches)
63. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide information on planned changes to the public spending code against which proposals from Departments and State agencies...
- Departmental Policies (7 speeches)
64. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the issues the Open Government Partnership will be addressing with him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56104/21]
- Office of Public Works (9 speeches)
65. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an update will be provided on the overpayment of rent at the Miesian Plaza; the contacts which his officials have had with the...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- EU Funding (7 speeches)
66. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a report on the national recovery and resilience plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55892/21]
- Brexit Issues (7 speeches)
67. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which the national development plan, NDP, will help to deal with the ongoing challenge of Brexit; and if he will make a...
- Flood Risk Management (7 speeches)
68. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the flood relief measures for County Louth; the progress to date; the additional staffing resources provided by the OPW to...
- Flood Risk Management (9 speeches)
70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of his Department’s overall strategy or master plan for countering the impact of rising sea levels and coastal...
- Aviation Industry (7 speeches)
69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an overview of NSO 6 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55877/21]
- National Development Plan (8 speeches)
71. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way the revised national development plan will strengthen rural economies and communities; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Public Procurement Contracts (7 speeches)
72. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the work of the interim procurement reform board; his plans to strengthen the procurement process in the State; and if he...
- Public Private Partnerships (7 speeches)
73. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason for using public private partnerships, PPPs, to deliver capital projects, particularly in relation to the technological higher...
- Flood Risk Management (7 speeches)
74. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of final approval for a project (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55884/21]
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Employment Support Services (4 speeches)
The reason I raise this issue is that the workers in placement and the staff in this very successful service located in my neighbourhood of Bluebell, but covering all of Dublin west, have been...
- Aviation Industry (4 speeches)
I thank the Minister of State for agreeing to take this Topical Issue matter tonight. Two weeks ago, I spoke at an aviation conference held in County Clare. On the Wednesday evening we had what...
- Vacant Properties (10 speeches)
My Fine Gael colleagues and I from around the country want to raise this very important matter of vacant and derelict houses that could and should be converted to homes for people. In 2015, I...
- Housing Provision (8 speeches)
I note that the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, is in the Seanad at present. That is probably why he is not here in the Chamber. I am aware the Minister of State played a role in the...
- Message from the Standing Business Committee of Dáil Éireann (1 speech)
The Standing Business Committee has completed its consideration under Standing Order 30 of the request by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to waive the requirement for...
