Dáil debates

Thursday, 7 July 2022

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9 a.m.
• Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Student Accommodation (7 speeches)
    1. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of higher education institution, HEI, student accommodation projects with planning permission; the steps he is taking to support...
  • Third Level Education (15 speeches)
    2. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that he is putting in place to address student poverty; if he will consider introducing free public transport, investing in ensuring...
  • Third Level Costs (8 speeches)
    3. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking that will come into effect this upcoming academic year to support student and families with the rising cost of living; and...
  • Third Level Fees (7 speeches)
    4. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way he intends to address the extremely high cost of tuition fees for graduate-entry medicine courses; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Third Level Education (7 speeches)
    5. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the setting up of a three-year academic degree (details supplied), with a fourth year to be completed in practice, in order to alleviate the...
• Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
  Question No. 6 replied to with Written Answers.
  • Disability Services (12 speeches)
    7. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will detail progress on supporting more students with disabilities to access further and higher education, including the status of the new...
  • Disability Services (7 speeches)
    8. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will request that personal assistant hours in further and higher education be provided based on the needs of the disabled person rather than...
  • Student Accommodation (13 speeches)
    9. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the discussions that he has had with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to the student accommodation crisis that...
  • Apprenticeship Programmes (8 speeches)
    10. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of advertising of apprenticeship opportunities posted on the apprenticeship website; and the initiatives to get more sectoral...
  • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (7 speeches)
    11. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given to rolling out a national bystander intervention programme around sexual and gender-based violence; and if he will...
  • Apprenticeship Programmes (11 speeches)
    12. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will list the uptake of apprenticeships by trade, sector and by county for each of the years from 2020 to 2022, to date, in tabular form;...
  • Third Level Education (7 speeches)
    13. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to increase the availability of third level courses for the study of educational psychology. [36581/22]
• Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Early Childhood Care and Education (7 speeches)
    80. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the impact there will be on core funding for the early years sector in the event that no employment regulation...
  • Early Childhood Care and Education (7 speeches)
    81. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has plans to review and possibly expand the access and inclusion model, AIM, programme, given the vital...
  • Direct Provision System (7 speeches)
    82. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that all children and families in direct provision being moved from congregated living are...
  • Direct Provision System (12 speeches)
    83. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the review of projected timelines for the implementation of A White Paper to End Direct Provision...
• Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Early Childhood Care and Education (10 speeches)
    84. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on take-up of the transition payment for early years providers; how effective has...
  • Childcare Provision (7 speeches)
    87. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the childcare supports available to one-parent families. [36287/22]
  • Childcare Services (7 speeches)
    86. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he has taken to improve the pay and conditions of professionals in the childcare sector, and to reduce...
  • Childcare Services (7 speeches)
    88. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will clarify in relation to the 9,000-plus childcare places in Dublin where the provider is refusing to...
  • Childcare Services (7 speeches)
    89. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total grant aid available for the provision of additional childcare places and the upgrading of existing...
  • Residential Institutions (7 speeches)
    90. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline progress made under the commitments set out in An Action Plan for Survivors and Former...
  • Childcare Services (7 speeches)
    91. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has sought reports from the childcare committees in the various Dublin local authority areas on the...
  • International Protection (7 speeches)
    92. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the total admissions to the Irish refugee protection programme since its...
  • Departmental Reports (7 speeches)
    93. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an outline of the value of the Growing Up In Ireland longitudinal survey in terms of...
• Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (42 speeches)
  Cuirim fáilte roimh na scoláirí ó Chonamara atá anseo. Is deas an rud é go bhfuil daoine ag tabhairt cuairte ar Thithe an Oireachtais arís. Tá an costas...
• Business of Dáil (1 speech)
  I have two brief announcements to make before we proceed. Today marks the 100th anniversary of the death of Cathal Brugha, who was a crucial figure in the post-Rising reorganisation of the...
• Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (61 speeches)
  The Central Bank has estimated that inflation will hit 10% next month and much of that, as we have just heard, has been driven by soaring energy costs. Many families will be simply unable to...
• Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (39 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Second Stage (21 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to introduce the Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022 to the House. The Bill enjoys significant...
• 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) Deputies Mattie McGrath and...
• Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Religious Persecution (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this matter for debate. It is very important that we discuss this and make our voices heard as a neutral country. I am in no way taking from the savage...
  • General Practitioner Services (4 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Collins, for coming in this evening. I raise the matter of the reconfiguration of the North East Doctor on Call, NEDOC, service that we received...
  • Public Transport (4 speeches)
    It is good to have the opportunity to discuss the extension of the €2 limit on the public transport fares as far as Skerries and Balbriggan but I would also like an explanation as to why...
  • Sports Facilities (4 speeches)
    I thank Ceann Comhairle for selecting this issue for discussion. I am sorry I have to raise it. I also thank the Minister of State for coming to the House on a Thursday evening. As I said, I...
• Irish Corporate Governance (Gender Balance) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I thank colleagues from across the House for their expressions of support for this Bill, and all members of the Cabinet for agreeing this week...