Dáil debates
Thursday, 14 July 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)
- Tillage Sector (7 speeches)
1. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his targets for land use associated with the growing of crops for 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025; and his proposed measures to reach those...
- Horse Racing Industry (9 speeches)
2. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that he is taking to ensure that equitable funding is being given to the smaller horse racing tracks in Ireland; and his...
- Brexit Supports (9 speeches)
3. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to request further financial measures from the Brexit Adjustment Reserve to provide direct supports to farmers. [37921/22]
- Forestry Sector (11 speeches)
4. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the concerns that have been consistently raised by an organisation (details supplied) regarding the forestry sector. [38552/22]
- Fishing Industry (7 speeches)
5. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will urgently activate the funding made available by the European Union twinned with Exchequer funding to assist the fishing...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Farm Costs (8 speeches)
6. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the further supports that can be provided for farmers to address the cost of doing business; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Ukraine War (7 speeches)
7. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the Irish agricultural sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37483/22]
- Animal Diseases (10 speeches)
8. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that compensation payment levels will be increased without further delay in respect of the depopulation of herds due...
- Climate Action Plan (9 speeches)
9. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how he plans to meet the targets for cutting agricultural emissions in the lifetime of this Government. [38535/22]
- Greyhound Industry (7 speeches)
10. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has conducted a review into the funding and spending of Greyhound Racing Ireland; and if so, if he will report on same. [38536/22]
- Brexit Issues (7 speeches)
12. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the impact of Brexit on the Irish agri-foods industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37482/22]
- International Agreements (7 speeches)
13. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will conduct a socio-economic and environmental impact assessment of the proposed EU-New Zealand trade agreement, in particular...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Social Welfare Payments (7 speeches)
78. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will confirm the updates to processes for the additional needs payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Costs (7 speeches)
79. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps her Department is planning to offset September back-to-school costs, given they are just around the corner. [38907/22]
- Disability Services (7 speeches)
80. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when her Department will introduce measures to reflect the additional cost of disability; and if she will make a statement on...
- Disability Services (7 speeches)
81. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated amount it would cost to amalgamate four grants (details supplied) into one overall scheme, similar in structure...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Budget 2023 (7 speeches)
82. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to provide a €20 weekly cost of disability payment. [38580/22]
- Social Welfare Benefits (8 speeches)
83. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the extension of parent's benefit from five to seven weeks will take effect; the number of parents who have availed of...
- Social Welfare Benefits (7 speeches)
84. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to change the thresholds or to alter the qualifying criteria for the fuel allowance; and if she will make a...
- Cost of Living Issues (12 speeches)
85. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the actions that she will take to urgently address spiralling coal costs to support families facing huge pressures taking into...
- Cost of Living Issues (7 speeches)
86. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will reconsider setting up a cost-of-living hardship fund to be distributed by community welfare officers in the...
- Social Welfare Schemes (7 speeches)
87. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will consider expanding the qualifying criteria for the working family payment scheme. [38131/22]
- Community Welfare Services (7 speeches)
88. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered the effect of the additional workload, arising from the introduction of the additional needs payment,...
- Social Welfare Payments (8 speeches)
89. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the work that has been carried out in the past year to review the terms of the various means tested schemes to make them more...
- Cost of Living Issues (3 speeches)
90. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures that she is considering along with the additional needs payment to support those who do not qualify for social...
- Teachtaireacht ón Seanad - Message from Seanad (1 speech)
Seanad Éireann has passed the Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Bill 2022, without amendment.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 speeches)
Tá oibrithe agus teaghlaigh ar fud an Stáit ag streachailt leis an ghéarchéim le costais maireachtála, agus tá sé dhíth ar an Rialtas tuiscint an bhrú...
- Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (1 speech)
Before moving on to Questions on Policy or Legislation, and given that we are heading into the recess, I avail of this opportunity to thank the Tánaiste, the Taoiseach and Members of the...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (49 speeches)
Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle, or I should call you "a mháistir"? I wish to associate myself with his comments. On behalf of Sinn Féin, I wish to commend all of the staff in...
- Protection of Accident Victims from Non-Consensual Recording of Images Bill 2022: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to prohibit the recording or publication without consent of certain images of persons who are dead, seriously injured or in...
- 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 by the adoption of a new Standing Order 79A, as recommended in the report of the Committee on...
- Summer Economic Statement: Statements (21 speeches)
I welcome the opportunity to open the debate on the summer economic statement.
- Teachtaireacht ón Seanad - Message from Seanad (1 speech)
Seanad Éireann has passed the Child Care (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 37 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Michael Moynihan —...
- Summer Economic Statement: Statements (Resumed) (28 speeches)
As the Leas-Cheann Comhairle was reading the list of various Topical Issue matters, it brought into focus what we are talking about here. While the summer economic statement may paint a rosy...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Water Services (4 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me the opportunity to discuss the village of Castlemagner in north County Cork. Castlemagner is a beautiful village situated almost midway between...
- Disability Services (5 speeches)
I thank the Minister of State for taking the graveyard shift. I appreciate him being here. Week after week we come into the House to raise matters. On tonight's schedule of Topical Issues, as...
- Childcare Services (4 speeches)
I thank the Minister of State for attending and wonder whether he pulled the short straw in having to do so this evening. I recognise this issue is not his area. It relates to childcare in...
- Refugee Resettlement Programme (4 speeches)
We have an absolute crisis with regard to how we are dealing with refugees in this country. We awoke this morning to news of the situations in Dublin Airport, Citywest and beyond. However,...
- Teachtaireacht ón Seanad - Message from Seanad (1 speech)
Seanad Éireann has passed the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022 without amendment.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed) (0 speeches)
- Community Development Projects (4 speeches)
I have raised this issue on a number of occasions. I have been campaigning on this issue for a number of years, as have the local Labour Party and our local area representative Shane Folan....
- International Relations (4 speeches)
As I rise to raise this issue, Irish resident, Robert Pether is an Iraqi prison. He is in a 14 ft. room with 23 other men. They have cushions and some bunk beds. He gets outside for 20 minutes,...
- Passport Services (4 speeches)
I wish to raise the issue of the passport service because of the sheer volume of queries my office has received from people on a daily basis who are anxious to have their passports returned to...
- Oideachas trí Ghaeilge (8 speeches)
I expect Deputy Lawless, my constituency colleague, to join me. I hope he is running across the corridors as we speak. Tá an t-ádh linn scoil cosúil le Gaelcholáiste Mhaigh...
- Green Hydrogen Strategy Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I welcome the opportunity to move this Bill on Second Stage. I thank my co-sponsors, Deputies Quinlivan, Cronin and Guirke. I note the...
