Dáil debates

Thursday, 3 March 2022

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9 a.m.
• Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Rail Network (8 speeches)
    4. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects the all-Ireland rail review to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12069/22]
  • Coast Guard Service (9 speeches)
    1. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the steps taken to identify and resolve issues between volunteers and management at the Irish Coast Guard; the status of the...
  • Haulage Industry (7 speeches)
    3. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way that he is assisting the haulage sector with issues such as increasing fuel costs and the skills shortage in the sector; and if he...
  • Driver Licences (7 speeches)
    5. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason persons with diabetes are forced to get a shorter-term driving licence; the measures that are in place to offset the additional...
• Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Rail Network (20 speeches)
    7. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the strategic rail review has considered the feasibility of reopening the Kingscourt rail line; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Rail Network (8 speeches)
    6. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Navan rail line assessment; and when the project will commence construction. [12105/22]
  • Park-and-Ride Facilities (9 speeches)
    13. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 50 of 17 June 2021, 112 of 16 September 2021, 162 of 4 November 2021 and 82 of 16 December 2021,...
  • Road Projects (7 speeches)
    11. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress being made on completing the N22 Macroom bypass; if auxiliary works to the N22 Macroom to Ballincollig corridor will be...
  • Road Projects (13 speeches)
    12. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will give further consideration to the introduction of specific funding on an annual basis to local authorities for the local...
  • Heritage Sites (8 speeches)
    16. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which he proposes to support the transition of tourism sites under the auspices of Shannon Heritage to local authorities,...
• Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Housing Provision (7 speeches)
    109. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his response to the rising levels of homelessness and, in particular, the rising levels of family homelessness caused by an...
  • Land Issues (5 speeches)
    110. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the implementation of the land value sharing measures; when the measures will be implemented; if he will be...
  • Housing Schemes (9 speeches)
    111. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way that the cost rental equity loan will deliver affordable cost rental homes in Dublin city; and if he will make a...
  • Housing Policy (9 speeches)
    112. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will increase protections for tenants by preventing those landlords in receipt of Government retrofitting grants from...
  • Housing Provision (7 speeches)
    113. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the purchase of 300 new homes, including houses and duplexes by a company (details supplied). [12317/22]
• Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
  Question No. 114 replied to with Written Answers.
  • Wastewater Treatment (7 speeches)
    115. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the investment in wastewater treatment facilities to increase available service lands for housing development....
  • Planning Issues (7 speeches)
    116. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to communications sent by the Office of the Planning Regulator, OPR, to various local...
  • Housing Provision (12 speeches)
    117. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the projected supply of homes for affordable purchase from Dublin local authorities and the Land Development Agency, LDA, in...
  • Housing Provision (17 speeches)
    119. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the ongoing delays in the development of social and affordable homes at a location (details supplied). [12046/22]
  • Construction Industry (7 speeches)
    121. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his Department’s response to a report by an organisation (details supplied). [12050/22]
  • Special Areas of Conservation (8 speeches)
    124. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a dedicated conservation management plan has been put in place for the Lough Hyne marine nature reserve. [11737/22]
  • Rental Sector (8 speeches)
    125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action that he has taken to eliminate the exploitive practice of sex for rent; and if he will make a statement on the...
• Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 speeches)
  On behalf of Sinn Féin, I wish the outgoing Leader of the Labour Party, Deputy Kelly, well following his announcement last night that he has resigned his role. I extend my best regards to...
• Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (40 speeches)
  This morning the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland, SCSI, launched a report on the construction costs of rebuilding the homes affected by pyrite and mica. I thank it for its work and...
• Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Committee Report on Key Issues Affecting the Traveller Community: Statements (39 speeches)
  I apologise on behalf of the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy O'Gorman, as he cannot attend. Gabhaim buíochas leis an gcomhchoiste as an...
• Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (4 speeches)
    Public consultation opened recently on the third national strategy on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence. It is an important public consultation. Next week is International Women's Day....
  • Offshore Islands (17 speeches)
    Tháinig sé mar cheist iontais agus uafáis dom nach bhfuil oileánaigh clúdaithe faoin scéim a fógraíodh go mbeidh laghdú 20% sna táillí...
  • Horticulture Sector (4 speeches)
    I first raised concerns in this House regarding the availability of peat to the Irish horticultural sector, in particular, the mushroom sector, in July 2020. I was told by the then Minister for...
  • National Maternity Hospital (4 speeches)
    Like Deputies Ó Cuív and Carthy, I wish to again register my frustration. When we put down these questions, we expect the Minister to be here. I wish to put on record that the...
• Report on Commission on Pensions: Motion (13 speeches)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann shall take note of the Report of the Joint Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands entitled "Response to the Report...