Dáil debates
Thursday, 15 September 2022
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9 a.m.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Living Wage (7 speeches)
1. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when workers can expect the progression towards a living wage to begin; the estimated timeframe for its delivery; if he will outline...
- Energy Prices (7 speeches)
2. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions that his Department plans to take to quantify and address the threat to jobs created by the massive increases in costs for...
- Enterprise Support Services (13 speeches)
3. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will commit to establishing an Irish enterprise agency to assist small and medium enterprises trading domestically; and if he...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Energy Prices (21 speeches)
5. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures that he intends to introduce in order to help businesses deal with the cost of energy; and if he will make a statement on...
- Work Permits (9 speeches)
6. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will arrange to carry out an urgent review and reform of the work permit system with a view to introducing a more effective and...
- Industrial Development (8 speeches)
8. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is supportive of the industrial hub around Shannon Airport being a base for major parcel distribution and transiting centres; and...
- Employment Rights (27 speeches)
9. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures his Department is taking to uncover, to tackle and to reduce bogus self-employment, especially in State-funded agencies or...
- Cost of Living Issues (9 speeches)
12. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action that he will take to ensure that wages for workers increase to meet the rise in the cost of living. [45081/22]
- Enterprise Support Services (10 speeches)
13. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the recruitment of a full-time replacement as south east regional manager for IDA Ireland; and if he will make a...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- EU Funding (7 speeches)
79. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when she will provide information on the next steps of the new LEADER programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44717/22]
- Housing Schemes (7 speeches)
80. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the engagement she has had with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage on eligibility requirements for the Croí...
- Departmental Schemes (7 speeches)
81. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the category 2 applications from Tipperary County Council under the rural regeneration and development fund. [45401/22]
- Community Development Projects (7 speeches)
82. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will conduct a review of the way increasing inflation, fuel and energy costs are affecting community groups throughout the...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Community Development Projects (7 speeches)
83. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans, if any, to develop new locations for connected hubs in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45048/22]
- Rural Schemes (7 speeches)
84. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding that has been allocated to the local improvement scheme in 2021 and 2022 for Cork; the demand for the scheme in Cork; the...
- Island Communities (10 speeches)
85. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Question No. 45 of 31 May 2022, the status of the new policy for the islands; if she has received the initial draft of the...
- Rural Schemes (11 speeches)
Question No. 87 was the name of Deputy Cathal Crowe is being taken by Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív.
- Island Communities (7 speeches)
88. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress that has been made to date on developing an islands strategy; the anticipated date for the completion and publication of...
- Derelict Sites (7 speeches)
89. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding that will be provided for the re-development of derelict or vacant buildings for community use; and if she will make a...
- Community Development Projects (8 speeches)
90. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the options that are available to communities that wish to apply for the community centres investment fund, CCIF, but do not currently...
- Offshore Islands (3 speeches)
91. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if it is intended to have a special local action group for islands under the new LEADER programme, as there was previously up to 2013;...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (38 speeches)
Our next important business is Leaders' Questions. I better get it right today.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (53 speeches)
A response to a parliamentary question put by my colleague, Deputy Ward, showed yet another increase in the number of children awaiting psychological treatment. Of the 13,000 waiting on...
- Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Statement of Estimates: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That Dáil Éireann take note of the Statement of Estimates of moneys required in respect of ongoing expenditure for the period beginning on 1st January, 2023 and ending on 31st...
- Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Authorisation to instruct Legal Representatives: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That Dáil Éireann, pursuant to section 4(2)(f)(iv) of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Acts 2003-2021, hereby authorises the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission to...
- An Bord Pleanála: Statements (73 speeches)
On this particular matter, we are aware that matters have been referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP. As a consequence of that, these matters may perhaps find their way to the...
- Security of Electricity Supply: Motion [Private Members] (100 speeches)
I move: That Dáil Éireann: recognises: — that SSE Airtricity has announced that it will increase prices for its customers on the 1st October, with electricity bills rising...
- 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 McNamara - to...
- Water Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (23 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." On behalf of the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, I am happy to have the opportunity to outline...
- Water Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage pursuant to Standing Orders 95(3)(a) and 181(1).
- Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 speech)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." On behalf of the Minister for Health, I am pleased to address the House on the Bill, which is fundamentally about health practitioners, the...
- Waste Management (4 speeches)
I thank the Minister of State for facilitating this debate at this late hour. Last Wednesday, I attended a safety forum in Darndale. Safety forums across the northside are meetings that take...
- Wind Energy Generation (4 speeches)
I wish to raise the issue of the Derrybrien wind farm with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications. Obviously he is not here and I thank the Minister of State for coming...
- Bus Services (4 speeches)
This Monday, commuters, public transport users and schoolkids in Dunmore East, Passage East and Portlaw heard the news that the operator they have relied upon for bus services for generations was...
