Dáil debates
Tuesday, 30 November 2021
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (83 speeches)
Before we begin, I will read out the note on health and safety for all Members. Members and all in attendance are asked to exercise personal responsibility to protect themselves and others from...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (101 speeches)
The next item is the least contentious. As Deputies know, the House has agreed that for the duration of the Covid-19 emergency, the rapporteur's report will not be read out. There is just one...
- Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach pursuant to Standing Order 180.
- Sectoral Employment Order (Electrical Contracting Sector) 2021: Referral to Joint Committee (1 speech)
I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft: Sectoral Employment Order (Electrical Contracting Sector) 2021, a copy of which has been laid in...
- Planning and Development (LRD Fees) Regulations 2021: Referral to Joint Committee (1 speech)
I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Planning and Development (LRD Fees) Regulations 2021, a copy of which has been laid in...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
- Departmental Staff (12 speeches)
1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the number of special advisers and political staffing appointments in his Department. [54768/21]
- Cabinet Committees (37 speeches)
2. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Education will next meet. [55668/21]
- Programme for Government (41 speeches)
12. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a progress report on the programme for Government. [57018/21]
- Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2021: Motion (17 speeches)
I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2021, copies of which were laid in draft form before Dáil...
- 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 Éamon Ó...
- Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (11 speeches)
I am sharing time with Deputy Costello who is taking the last three minutes. I welcome this opportunity. Let me start by recalling that the Middle East peace process is a key priority for...
- Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (15 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The Houses of the Oireachtas Commission came into existence on 1 January 2004 under the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Act 2003. This...
- Employment Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (39 speeches)
I move: "That Dáil Éireann: acknowledges: — the commitment, hard work and professionalism of those working in Job Clubs and Local Employment Services (LESs) across the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Third Level Costs (7 speeches)
55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the increase in expenditure in the current academic year on SUSI, the student assistance fund and mental health supports; and if he will make a...
- Third Level Costs (9 speeches)
56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the student protests which took place on 23 November 2021 led by a union (details supplied): the way he plans to reduce the cost of...
- Third Level Examinations (7 speeches)
57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students will have a remote option for end of semester exams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59095/21]
- Student Accommodation (7 speeches)
58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to deal with the issue of student poverty and, in particular, the chronic shortage of affordable student specific accommodation; and if...
- Technological Universities (7 speeches)
59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the likely timeline by which Dundalk Institute of Technology will attain technological university status as part of the technological university...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Third Level Education (7 speeches)
60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the funding allocated under the student assistance fund in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58567/21]
- Further and Higher Education (7 speeches)
62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the operation of the Speak Out tool for the anonymous reporting of violence and harassment in higher and further education...
- Third Level Education (7 speeches)
63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made on the current review of the student grant scheme; when he expects the final report and the timeframe to implement...
- Third Level Education (7 speeches)
64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review the criteria and income thresholds for SUSI grants to ensure that a family qualifying for the working family payment is deemed...
- Further and Higher Education (31 speeches)
65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the increases or decreases that have been made to the rates of grant under the SUSI grant scheme for undergraduate and postgraduate students since...
- Third Level Education (7 speeches)
68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he continues to facilitate the provision of an adequate number of qualified academics and technicians to meet the requirements...
- Third Level Education (7 speeches)
72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he continues to make provision for an increased supply of higher level graduates throughout the country, with particular...
- Student Accommodation (11 speeches)
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his engagement with third level educational institutes and the various stakeholders to resolve accommodation issues currently experienced by...
- Estimates for Public Services 2021: Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment has completed its consideration of the following Supplementary Estimate for Public Services for the service of the year ending on 31...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Electricity Transmission Network (6 speeches)
I note my disappointment that the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Deputy Eamon Ryan, is unavailable. I raised a similar issue some weeks ago and the Minister did not...
- Cúrsaí Gaeilge (7 speeches)
Gabhaim buíochas leis an Leas-Cheann Comhairle. Táim fíor-bhuíoch an seans seo a bheith agam an t-ábhar tábhachtach seo a phlé anseo sa Dáil anocht. Mo...
- International Agreements (4 speeches)
This Friday is International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the day to promote the rights and well-being of people with disabilities and celebrate their contributions to communities and...
- Hospital Services (13 speeches)
The reason there is a number of speakers is that this relates to the Saolta University Health Care Group and the latest data which have come from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation and...
