Dáil debates

Thursday, 25 November 2021

  • Prelude (0 speeches)
    Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9.00 a.m.
  • Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
    • Fuel Poverty (7 speeches)
      1. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to support families who are struggling to meet energy costs during winter 2021 and who are locked out of the fuel...
    • Social Welfare Payments (7 speeches)
      2. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider ending the reduced rate of jobseeker’s benefit in favour of full rate pay for those who qualify for...
    • Social Welfare Benefits (7 speeches)
      3. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will reintroduce the pandemic unemployment payment for those workers who are affected by recent updates to public health...
    • Employment Support Services (9 speeches)
      5. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the analysis her Department has carried out into the lessons learned from the first phase of procurement for the new regional...
  • Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (7 speeches)
      6. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in County Wicklow who were in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment but who have since returned to...
    • Community Employment Schemes (10 speeches)
      7. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way she intends to fill the current gaps left as a result of those departing community employment positions, particularly...
    • Public Transport (8 speeches)
      8. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to providing free travel passes to persons with epilepsy who are not in receipt of a social...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility (12 speeches)
      9. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on changes to the carer’s allowance announced in budget 2022; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances (7 speeches)
      10. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce supports for persons who experience hair loss due to alopecia, cancer treatment or other similar...
    • Social Welfare Schemes (11 speeches)
      11. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of the changes to the carer’s allowance means test; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58004/21]
    • Social Insurance (8 speeches)
      12. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the approach of her Department to facilitating those pensioners without full social insurance records to increase their...
  • Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
    • Public Transport (7 speeches)
      117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has plans to establish a transport police service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58141/21]
    • Prison Service (7 speeches)
      118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidents of Covid-19 in Irish prisons; the impact of Covid-19 infections on the Irish Prison Service and the...
    • An Garda Síochána (7 speeches)
      119. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the supports or assistance she or her Department gave to the holding of a conference (details supplied). [57838/21]
  • Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
    • An Garda Síochána (7 speeches)
      120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí in the Ballymun Garda district as of 1 November 2021 or the latest date available; the...
    • An Garda Síochána (7 speeches)
      121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views in relation to the level and the trend in the detection rate for sexual offences in Ireland; and if she will make a...
    • Antisocial Behaviour (7 speeches)
      122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the initiatives that are being taken to tackle antisocial behaviour; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57947/21]
    • An Garda Síochána (7 speeches)
      123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí in the Roscommon-Longford division; the number of community gardaí in the Westmeath...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems (7 speeches)
      124. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans in place for the expansion of Garda CCTV; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57984/21]
    • International Protection (7 speeches)
      125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the Afghan admission programme; the number of applications that have been received; the...
    • Departmental Reports (9 speeches)
      126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the implementation of recommendations contained in a report (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Fishing Industry (8 speeches)
      127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider permitting the regularisation of fishers in the atypical scheme for non-EEA workers on stamp 4 equivalent...
    • An Garda Síochána (7 speeches)
      130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality cén fáth nach bhfuil freagra aici go fóill dom ar mo cheisteanna faoin ísliú stádais a thug...
  • Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (42 speeches)
    Roimh na Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí, I must read out a health and safety note. Members and all in attendance are asked to exercise personal responsibility in respect of protecting...
  • Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (57 speeches)
    Property developers designed the shared equity loan scheme and lobbied for the scheme. How do we know this? They lobbied Sinn Féin as well and we told them to sling their hook. However,...
  • Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (62 speeches)
    I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to have the opportunity to introduce the Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021...
  • Supplementary Estimates for Public Services 2021: Messages from Select Committees (1 speech)
    The Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach has completed its consideration of the following Supplementary Estimates for Public Services for the service of the...
  • 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 Marian Harkin - to...
  • Mother and Baby Institutions: Statements (25 speeches)
    I thank the Business Committee for arranging this debate and allowing time for the Dáil to discuss the important work that is ongoing in dealing with Ireland's legacy of mother and baby and...
  • Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
    The Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach has completed its consideration of the Finance (European Stability Mechanism and Single Resolution Fund) Bill 2021...
  • Estimates for Public Services 2021: Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
    The Select Committee on Transport and Communications has completed its consideration of the following Supplementary Estimate for Public Services for the service of the year ending on 31 December...
  • Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
    • Wind Energy Guidelines (4 speeches)
      I want to raise issues relating to the siting of wind farms, particularly on mountainsides and largely on peaty soil. I will begin with some general points about wind farms, their siting and how...
    • Defective Building Materials (4 speeches)
      Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Perhaps this is third time lucky. It is good to have the Minister of State back in the House. I know that at this stage he has a good and deep...
    • Primary Care Centres (4 speeches)
      I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, for coming to the House. I have been given the time to raise this important issue and the people of Tullow in County Carlow are depending on me to...
    • Hospital Services (4 speeches)
      I wish to raise a very important matter relating to the diabetes clinic at Portlaoise hospital, which services a very large area not just in County Laois but also Offaly, north Tipperary and...
  • Employment Permits (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 speeches)
    I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." This Bill is about trying to learn one of the lessons of the Covid-19 pandemic and protecting a particularly vulnerable group of workers...