Dáil debates
Tuesday, 17 May 2022
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (78 speeches)
The Cabinet this afternoon signed off on the deal for the new national maternity hospital. Instead of securing a clean-cut transaction where the site will come into public ownership, the deal...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (118 speeches)
I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion re referral of Consumer Rights Bill 2022 to Select Committee (without debate) - Motion re Thirteenth Report of the Committee of Selection...
- Short-term Lettings Enforcement Bill 2022: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend section 38 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) to require estate agents and online platforms to only...
- Consumer Rights Bill 2022: Referral to Select Committee (2 speeches)
On Wednesday last, the motion to refer the Consumer Rights Bill 2022 to the relevant select committee was not moved. I understand it is proposed that the Bill be referred to the Select Committee...
- Thirteenth Report of the Standing Committee of Selection: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the Thirteenth Report of the Standing Committee of Selection in accordance with Standing Order 34, copies of which were laid before Dáil...
- Planning and Development (Street Furniture Fees) Regulations 2022: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Planning and Development (Street Furniture Fees) Regulations 2022, a copy of which has been laid in draft form...
- Report of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That the Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann relative to Public Business be amended as recommended in the report of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform dated...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
- Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (37 speeches)
1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to Finland and Estonia. [20608/22]
- Cabinet Committees (35 speeches)
8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the housing and infrastructure unit of his Department. [22094/22]
- Departmental Bodies (35 speeches)
22. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the public service, justice and policing reform division of his Department. [22902/22]
- Garda Síochána (Compensation) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (11 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am delighted to introduce the Garda Síochána (Compensation) Bill 2021 to the House following its passage through Seanad...
- National Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (62 speeches)
I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: - in its report entitled "Report of the unannounced monitoring assessment at the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street, Dublin", 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 37A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Barry Cowen - to discuss...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Family Support Services (7 speeches)
69. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she will publish her response to the recommendations of the child maintenance review group; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Code (13 speeches)
70. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has engaged in research in respect of the need to devise a disability-related payment to deal with the...
- Pensions Reform (7 speeches)
71. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she will publish her response to the report of the Commission on Pensions; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Schemes (8 speeches)
72. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will meet with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss the issues that are facing disabled artists particularly...
- Social Welfare Payments (7 speeches)
73. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way she plans to ensure social protection payments meet a minimum essential standard of living, in review of the recently...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Live Register (8 speeches)
74. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she expects the live register figures to fall below the pre-pandemic level; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Cost of Living Issues (7 speeches)
75. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will increase social welfare rates in line with increases in the cost of living; and if she will make a statement on...
- Employment Schemes (7 speeches)
76. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline plans regarding redundancy provision for local employment service, LES, and job club staff who lose...
- Departmental Reports (18 speeches)
79. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the date she expects to publish the child maintenance review group report; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Payments (13 speeches)
77. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who are applying for assistance with energy costs, including boiler repairs and replacements, under the...
- Parental Leave (7 speeches)
78. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of those availing of parent's leave and parent's benefit, by county, since the extension was announced on 1 April...
- Departmental Schemes (9 speeches)
80. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures being taken by her Department to support low-income farmers; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Energy Prices (10 speeches)
Last Tuesday, the Irish Independent carried a story by Charlie Weston on a EUROSTAT report that shows that Irish electricity prices are 25% above the European average. Last year, I highlighted...
- Emergency Services (4 speeches)
I thank the Minister of State for discussing this matter with me today. I am talking about the funding needs of the great service that is provided by the Irish Community Air Ambulance. As the...
- Disabilities Assessments (10 speeches)
The Minister of State knows well the struggle experienced by many parents of children with disabilities in regard to assessment of need. We have spent a long time in the Joint Committee on...
- Courts Service (8 speeches)
It was a bit of a shock to learn that the Courts Service office in Youghal is to close. I was disappointed that we were not briefed on this by the service. We have had a number of items of...
