Dáil debates

Thursday, 16 June 2022

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9.00 a.m.
• Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Fiscal Policy (9 speeches)
    1. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce an emergency budget with further targeted measures to support lower and middle-income families in response to the highest level of...
  • Banking Sector (7 speeches)
    2. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps that he and his Department are taking to provide further consumer choice to the Irish retail banking sector particularly with the exit of two banks...
  • Fuel Prices (9 speeches)
    3. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reduce the rates of excise duty applied to petrol and diesel to the lowest rates permissible under the Energy Tax Directive in response to the rising...
• Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Fuel Prices (13 speeches)
    5. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider reducing the rate of excise duty applicable to petrol and diesel to ensure that, as the price of fuel increases, Government income does not...
  • Tax Collection (12 speeches)
    6. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has studied a recent paper on wealth taxes and the problems with previous attempts by European Union states to introduce wealth taxes (details supplied);...
  • Insurance Industry (7 speeches)
    7. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures that he is taking to increase competition in the Irish insurance market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30073/22]
  • Departmental Reviews (7 speeches)
    8. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 37 of 28 April 2022, the status of the review of the help-to-buy scheme; the person or body carrying out the review; and...
  • Credit Unions (7 speeches)
    9. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his engagement with credit unions and representative bodies to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29754/22]
  • Departmental Policies (8 speeches)
    10. To ask the Minister for Finance if further measures are being considered to help with the cost of living given the decrease in consumer spending in the first quarter of 2022; and if he will...
  • Derelict Sites (7 speeches)
    11. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the introduction of a derelict property tax; if he will replace the derelict site levy that would be implemented by the Revenue Commissioners; if...
  • Insurance Coverage (7 speeches)
    12. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the status of his plans to address the rising cost of and limited access to public liability insurance; the detail of his...
• Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Public Sector Pay (7 speeches)
    86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on his negotiations for a new public service stability agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31505/22]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (7 speeches)
    87. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on his Department’s guidance for public service employers during Covid-19 in relation to special leave with pay...
  • Construction Industry (7 speeches)
    88. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he intends to introduce a new public works contract for the construction industry to ensure the risk in these contracts is shared in...
• Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
  Question No. 89 replied to with Written Answers.
  • Public Expenditure Policy (7 speeches)
    90. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has considered the need to front-load public investments in areas including health, education and transport if compact...
  • Public Sector Pay (5 speeches)
    91. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his intentions in relation to adjusting public sector pay in view if the exceptional increases in the cost of living; and if he will make...
  • Public Sector Pay (18 speeches)
    92. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the current public sector pay talks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31318/22]
  • Public Sector Pay (12 speeches)
    94. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the exploratory discussions on public service pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29645/22]
  • Capital Expenditure Programme (7 speeches)
    96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if capital expenditure to date in 2022 is within profile; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30528/22]
  • Flood Risk Management (7 speeches)
    98. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the selection of a contractor for the Glashaboy flood relief scheme; the length of time that he envisages...
  • Capital Expenditure Programme (9 speeches)
    99. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of all projects costing more than €100 million approved under the public spending code in Galway in the past five...
  • Public Sector Pensions (7 speeches)
    102. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he intends to increase existing public sector pensions to take account of the exceptional increase in the cost of living; and if he...
  • Earcaíocht san Earnáil Phoiblí (6 speeches)
    103. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform cén céimeanna atá glactha aige agus cén achmhainn bhreise atá curtha i leathaobh aige ó achtaíodh...
• Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (40 speeches)
  De réir mar a mhéadaíonn praghsanna fuinnimh mar gheall ar an gcogadh, fuair an Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, amach go bhfuil duine as achan trí teaghlaigh...
• Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (51 speeches)
  On Monday, Oireachtas Members from County Meath heard that the HSE intends to move imminently into the final stages of implementation, as it calls it, at Navan hospital. By September, the HSE...
• Special Educational Needs: Statements (27 speeches)
  I will take this opportunity to speak directly to the parents and families of children with special educational needs, SEN. While I could not possibly understand all the day-to-day pressures...
• Teachtaireacht ón Seanad - Message from Seanad (1 speech)
  Seanad Éireann has passed the Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2022 without amendment.
• 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) Deputies Denis Naughten and...
• Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Flood Risk Management (6 speeches)
    I will raise a point of order before I speak to this. I will place on the record my very strong objection to the removal of three of the six minutes allocated to me for this vitally important...
  • Regeneration Projects (4 speeches)
    The old iconic Ballymun shopping centre was the central hub of a thriving and vibrant community. It provided employment and was an important meeting and social gathering place for locals. Its...
  • Water Services (4 speeches)
    I am grateful for the opportunity to raise this issue, which is of deep concern to residents in Ratoath, as the Minister of State might imagine. There are regular outages there; we had in the...
• Emissions in the Transport Sector Report: Motion (10 speeches)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann shall take note of the Report of the Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action entitled "Report on Reducing Emissions in the Transport Sector by 51%...