Dáil debates
Thursday, 10 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)
- Defence Forces (8 speeches)
1. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if, following the publication of the report from the Commission on the Future of the Defence Forces, he will outline a timeframe for the...
- Departmental Expenditure (9 speeches)
2. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on Ireland’s defence spending into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13465/22]
- Defence Forces (7 speeches)
3. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the overseas peacekeeping missions the Defence Forces are currently deployed in; if there are plans to expand these missions; if concerns have...
- Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach has concluded its consideration of the Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018 and has made amendments thereto.
- Estimates for Public Services 2022: Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimate for Public Services for the year ending on 31 December 2022: Votes 35 and 36...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Defence Forces (12 speeches)
6. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the plans that are in place to address the former married quarters housing stock in the Curragh, many of which are lying empty; and if he will...
- Asylum Seekers (7 speeches)
7. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Irish Defence Forces will be involved in supporting refugees arriving from Ukraine in terms of settlement; and if he will make a statement...
- Defence Forces (41 speeches)
8. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the Commission on the Defence Forces report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13191/22]
- Departmental Expenditure (12 speeches)
9. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide details in tabular form of Ireland’s procurement of military equipment from Israel between 2019 and 2022; and if he will...
- Defence Forces (9 speeches)
10. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the use that the Defence Forces are currently making of the Glen of Imaal. [13295/22]
- Defence Forces (7 speeches)
5. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the time frame for consideration of the development of an Irish radar surveillance capability; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Defence Forces (5 speeches)
12. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on and response to the finding of the Commission on the Defence Forces that it is clear, in relation to the Defence Forces, that there...
- Defence Forces (6 speeches)
15. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary question No. 122 of 27 January 2022, the status of the independent review to examine the effectiveness of the policies,...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Disadvantaged Status (14 speeches)
62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the roll-out of the expansion of Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, DEIS; and if she will meet with Opposition...
- School Textbooks (10 speeches)
63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the pilot free book scheme as announced in budget 2022; and when the scheme will be rolled out to all students. [13508/22]
- Special Educational Needs (7 speeches)
64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to ensure the equitable distribution of special needs assistants, SNAs, across the school system with particular regard to...
- Legislative Programme (7 speeches)
65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Education (Health, Relationships and Sex Education) Bill 2021; and if she will expedite the work on the Bill. [13664/22]
- Special Educational Needs (7 speeches)
66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the opening date for autism classes in schools (details supplied) in Dublin 12; the reason for the delay in opening the classes; and if they will...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- School Transport (8 speeches)
67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of the school transport system, including consultation; when the final report can be expected; and if she will make a...
- State Examinations (9 speeches)
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the junior cycle examinations; if she will clarify the position regarding same; if she...
- Schools Building Projects (7 speeches)
71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding for a school (details supplied) will be sufficient to provide a new building considering the level of inflation in the building sector....
- School Staff (8 speeches)
74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the staffing schedule for 2022-23 will be published. [13510/22]
- Schools Building Projects (12 speeches)
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Question No. 146 of 23 November 2021, the analysis her Department has carried out into the future acquisition of any privately owned...
- State Examinations (10 speeches)
77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all concerns regarding the leaving certificate examinations have been addressed with reference to the disruption to the past two school years...
- Special Educational Needs (7 speeches)
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the meeting between the National Council for Special Education and a school (details supplied), which is scheduled for 4...
- Schools Building Projects (2 speeches)
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that are currently in temporary accommodation while awaiting permanent sites; the stage that each of those schools is at,...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 speech)
Aréir, thug an Rialtas isteach laghdú, mar a dtugadh air, ar pheitreal agus ar dhíosal agus an cháin atá á ghearradh orthu sin ach ag dul trasna aon...
- Visit of Canadian Ambassador to Ireland (1 speech)
Before I call the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Deputy Ryan, we have a very distinguished visitor in the Visitors Gallery, H.E. Ms Nancy Smyth, the Canadian ambassador...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (26 speeches)
This energy price crisis has been with us now for the guts of a year. The Government has taken a series of responses. In October last, through the budget we increased the fuel allowance, the...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (49 speeches)
What was already post-pandemic inflation has now risen even further as a result of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. Key commodity prices are skyrocketing, such as for wheat and palm oil, on...
- Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Referral to Select Committee (2 speeches)
I advise the House that yesterday, the motion to refer this Bill to the select committee was not moved.
- Proceeds of Crime (Gross Human Rights Abuses) Bill 2020 [Private Members]: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Justice pursuant to Standing Order 95(3)(a) and 178(1).
- Messages from Select Committees (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth has completed its consideration of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022, and has made amendments thereto. The...
- Estimates for Public Services 2021: Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimate for Public Services for the service of the year ending on 31...
- Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (32 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The main purpose of this Bill is to provide for the introduction of caps on the cost of borrowing under a moneylending agreement. While the...
- Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2022: 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 Orders 95(3)(a) and 181(1).
- 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 Michael Moynihan - to...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Planning Issues (5 speeches)
I sincerely thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to discuss this issue, which arises when community groups, particularly those in rural communities, come together in a voluntary capacity...
- Ukrainian War (5 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for selecting this issue. Deputy Cannon planned to be in the Chamber for the Topical Issue debate on Tuesday and Wednesday but it does not suit him to be...
- Social Welfare Payments (9 speeches)
I raise this issue because it concerns another example of difficult circumstances in which many people, whether they are carers or not, find themselves. It relates to the inability of people who...
- National Transport Authority (4 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this issue. Having had the pleasure of sitting through the earlier Topical Issue debates, I often think this portion of the week better...
- Education (Voluntary Contributions) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." In the first instance, I extend an apology to the Minister from Deputy Carthy, my co-sponsor of the Bill. He is at Dublin Airport to...
- Estimates for Public Services 2021: Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimates for Public Services for the service of the year ending on 31 December 2022:...
