Dáil debates
Thursday, 2 June 2022
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9 a.m.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Emergency Accommodation (7 speeches)
1. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Question No. 146 of 18 May 2022, his views on the different categories of accommodation listed therein...
- Direct Provision System (7 speeches)
2. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to recent media reports of further delays to his Department’s plans to...
- Ukraine War (7 speeches)
3. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the Ukrainian refugee crisis unit within his Department; and his further views on the number of...
- Early Childhood Care and Education (12 speeches)
4. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the real concerns regarding viability under core funding within parts of the early childhood care and...
- Childcare Services (7 speeches)
5. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the State agency for early learning and care and school-age childcare. [28273/22]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
Question No. 6 replied to with Written Answers.
- Early Childhood Care and Education (8 speeches)
7. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide data on the number of early learning and care and school-age children providers that have...
- International Agreements (18 speeches)
11. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has drawn the attention of the Government of the urgency to ratify the optional protocol of the United...
- Magdalen Laundries (7 speeches)
9. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the next steps with regard to the establishment of a national memorial and archive for survivors of institutional...
- Youth Services (7 speeches)
8. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Foróige clubs that are supported by his Department; the number of clubs that are in operation...
- Ukraine War (7 speeches)
10. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagements that he has had to date with the Department of Transport and Connecting Ireland on the actions to...
- Child Abuse (8 speeches)
12. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has any protocols or structures in place for dealing with persons who contact it and who have...
- Direct Provision System (9 speeches)
34. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Ukrainian nationals who have entered the direct provision system in each of the past ten years and...
- Youth Services (5 speeches)
37. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has, or plans to introduce, a funding scheme to support youth clubs and organisations with the...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Cost of Living Issues (7 speeches)
85. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the degree to which household electricity bills here are more expensive than the European Union average; the reason for...
- Cost of Living Issues (7 speeches)
86. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the ways in which energy companies can assist the State and consumers to meet the challenges of escalating...
- National Broadband Plan (7 speeches)
87. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the National Broadband Plan as regards design, build, premises passed and connections...
- Human Rights (9 speeches)
88. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has liaised with the ESB to ensure that a human rights assessment is carried out on the communities surrounding...
- Renewable Energy Generation (8 speeches)
89. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way that he plans to address the high cost of renewable energy here in view of provisional renewable energy support...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Energy Prices (7 speeches)
90. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if Ireland's electricity market is characterised by very limited interconnection, with gas having a strong influence on...
- Energy Prices (11 speeches)
91. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps his Department can take to ease the gas price increases that are being experienced by residents of an area in...
- Energy Policy (15 speeches)
92. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if sectoral carbon budgets targets can be met if the State also supports the building of liquified natural gas terminals...
- Energy Policy (6 speeches)
93. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to some households in multi-unit complexes not receiving the full electricity credit,...
- Climate Change Policy (12 speeches)
94. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress that is being made on sectoral carbon emissions limits; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Wind Energy Generation (10 speeches)
95. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will discuss the engagements his Department has had with the offshore wind sector; the potential for offshore wind...
- Renewable Energy Generation (3 speeches)
96. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his Department’s strategy towards expanding the possibility for more households to switch to sources of renewable...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 speeches)
An deireadh seachtaine seo caite, chonaic muid radhairc dhochreidte ag Aerfort Bhaile Átha Cliath nuair a bhí paisinéirí ag fanacht taobh amuigh den fhoirgneamh aerfoirt ar...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (55 speeches)
The Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, is the Green Party Minister responsible for transport. We have another Green Party Minister responsible for tourism. Bruce Springsteen is coming to town next...
- Planning and Development Regulations (Amendment) (Solar Energy for Schools and Community Buildings) Bill 2022: First Stage (6 speeches)
I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to make provision for the installation of solar panels on school and community buildings without the need for planning...
- Higher Education Investment and Costs: Statements (29 speeches)
I am grateful for the opportunity to discuss plans for future investment in the higher education sector. I have just come from Trinity College Dublin, where we have made an investment that I am...
- Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 speeches)
Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
- Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth pursuant to Standing Orders 95 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 Thomas Gould - the need...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Child Abuse (4 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to speak on this important matter. As the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, may recall, it is not the first time I have raised this particular issue and...
- Home Help Service (4 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to raise the matter of home help services. In my region of Cork and Kerry, we have had a major issue with getting home help for people. This has...
- Homeless Persons Supports (4 speeches)
The homeless housing assistance payment, HAP, scheme is available only in Dublin but, unfortunately, the homeless crisis is not a Dublin-only issue. Rents have been skyrocketing and are now...
- Urban Regeneration Report: Motion (19 speeches)
I move: That Dáil Éireann shall take note of the Report of the Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage entitled "Urban Regeneration", copies of which were laid...
