Dáil debates
Thursday, 22 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)
- Taxi Regulations (8 speeches)
1. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to set out the efforts he is making to ensure the sustainability and viability of the taxi sector; if he will abandon or extend by five...
- Bus Services (7 speeches)
3. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which he intends to address poor service standards, including no-shows and poor punctuality, on many bus routes operated by an...
- Bus Services (7 speeches)
4. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of new routes that have been connected in south-west County Cork since Connecting Ireland was first announced; and the location...
- Bus Services (12 speeches)
5. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans in relation to the expansion of the rural transport scheme operated by Local Link; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Rail Network (17 speeches)
2. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has conducted an assessment of the benefits of a rail line from Navan to Dublin. [46130/22]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Transport Policy (10 speeches)
6. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 299 of 26 July 2022, the composition of the promised specialist team which will assist the National...
- Departmental Expenditure (8 speeches)
11. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total capital funding provided for his Department in 2022; the expenditure profile at the end of August 2022; if there is likely to be...
- Bus Services (13 speeches)
9. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to tackle reliability issues on bus routes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45999/22]
- Greenways Provision (12 speeches)
10. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the development of the Boyne greenway; and when the greenway will be built. [46284/22]
- Public Transport (11 speeches)
12. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will adjust the eligibility for the 19 to 24-year-old Leap card to include third-level students who are 18 years old given that many...
- School Transport (11 speeches)
13. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress to date with the safe-routes-to-school initiative, the best exemplars which have emerged; and if there shall be a new call...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Energy Prices (7 speeches)
93. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 177 of 14 September 2022, his views on implementing windfall taxes on energy companies that are generating unjustifiable...
- Tax Code (7 speeches)
94. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recommendations in the recent report by the Commission on Taxation and Welfare that wealth and capital taxes should increase materially as a...
- Energy Policy (9 speeches)
95. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the policy response of the Government to the energy crisis to date, given that recent research (details supplied) has found the economic supports...
- Budget 2023 (7 speeches)
96. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will undertake an analysis of budget 2023 to ascertain whether it is a progressive budget in terms of its redistributive effects; and if he...
- Disabilities Assessments (7 speeches)
97. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress that is being made on introducing a new scheme for disabled drivers and passengers which will be workable and relevant to persons with...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
Question No. 98 taken with Written Answers.
- Fiscal Policy (16 speeches)
99. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will indicate the relaxed European Union rules that are now available to member states' taxation and public finance ministers in order to assist in...
- Mortgage Interest Rates (9 speeches)
101. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which Irish mortgage borrowers can expect to be in a position to borrow at a similar rate to those available throughout Europe given their...
- Tax Code (8 speeches)
100. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to increasing inheritance tax thresholds given the increase in house prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Banking Sector (7 speeches)
102. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions that he and his Department have had with the Central Bank in respect of an extension of the timeframe for banks (details supplied) exiting the...
- Flexible Work Practices (15 speeches)
103. To ask the Minister for Finance if financial supports for working from home will be increased given the increase in the cost of utilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Insurance Industry (4 speeches)
104. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the work that he has undertaken to bring down the cost of insurance for motorists, homeowners and businesses; and if he will make a...
- Disability Services (6 speeches)
105. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on progress in the review of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 speeches)
Tá teaghlaigh i lár ghéarchéim costas maireachtála agus feictear seo go soiléir i gcuid mhór earnálacha. Feictear go hiontach soiléir é san...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (40 speeches)
With the budget only days away, tens of thousands of homeowners and tenants living in defective buildings are nervously waiting to hear what the Government's plan is. Families living with...
- Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 speeches)
Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
- 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: Deputy Eoin Ó Broin: To...
- Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 speeches)
Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
- Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media pursuant to Standing Orders 95(3)(a) and 181(1). Question put and agreed to.
- Tailte Éireann Bill 2022: Second Stage (10 speeches)
I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, to the House.
- Tailte Éireann 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).
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Departmental Schemes (4 speeches)
Across the State, tens of thousands of homeowners, private and social housing tenants, are living in defective buildings with defective blocks and pyrite in the foundations but also many with...
- Child Protection (6 speeches)
I call Deputy Durkan, who is returning to an issue close to his heart. He wishes to ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to discuss measures to safeguard and protect children in sensitive...
- Public Transport (11 speeches)
I know the Deputy from Dún Laoghaire will be interested in parts of this. It is disappointing not to have a Minister from the line Department present. Were it anyone else but the Minister...
- Sports Funding (4 speeches)
I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Chambers, for coming in. It is safe to say we both agree how important sport is in Irish society. We are a real sporting nation. It is one of the pillars...
- Pensions (Amendment) (Transparency in Charges) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
