Dáil debates

Tuesday, 4 October 2022

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
• Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (51 speeches)
  I ask the Taoiseach to scrap the Government's concrete block levy. The proposal is flawed and will make the housing crisis even worse. The Taoiseach says the levy is to ensure that industry...
• An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (74 speeches)
  I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion re Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 3) Regulations 2022 and the...
• Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 3) Regulations 2022 and Planning and Development (Solar Safeguarding Zone) Regulations 2022: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 3) Regulations 2022, and Planning and...
• Message from Standing Business Committee of Dáil Éireann (1 speech)
  The Business Committee has completed its consideration under Standing Order 30 of the request by Deputy Thomas Pringle to waive the requirement for scrutiny of the Traveller Culture and History...
• Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
  • Cabinet Committees (16 speeches)
    1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on education will next meet. [43923/22]
  • Cabinet Committees (30 speeches)
    8. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economic recovery and investment will next meet. [43924/22]
  • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (31 speeches)
    15. To ask the Taoiseach if he will outline his engagements with the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on the issue of Brexit and Northern Ireland. [44478/22]
• Housing for All Update: Statements (44 speeches)
  I wish to share time with Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan. Nothing is more important to this country than tackling the housing crisis head-on. As I have said on a number of occasions,...
• 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 Pádraig O'Sullivan -...
• Housing for All Update: Statements (Resumed) (19 speeches)
  I wish to raise a couple of matters in the five minutes I have. The first relates to affordable housing and the Dún Laoghaire area. Regarding the First Home scheme, I am very pleased to...
• Defective Concrete Products Levy: Motion [Private Members] (42 speeches)
  I move: "That Dáil Éireann: believes that: — the Defective Concrete Products Levy being proposed by the Government is badly designed and unacceptable; and — it...
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • National Development Plan (7 speeches)
    78. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the national development plan; the impact of cost inflation; if he will provide a list of any projects...
  • Budget 2023 (7 speeches)
    79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has examined or requested a SWITCH analysis of the budget 2023 measures, excluding the 2022 temporary cost-of-living...
  • Public Sector Pay (7 speeches)
    80. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views relating to public pay. [48647/22]
  • Regional Development (11 speeches)
    81. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of Ireland's partnership agreement for cohesion funding for the period 2021 to 2027; when he expects to bring the agreement to...
  • National Children's Hospital (7 speeches)
    82. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the engagements his Department has had with the Department of Health and other Departments regarding the...
• Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Office of Public Works (11 speeches)
    83. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the actions that have been taken or that are planned following the analysis and conclusions of the spending review 2022 report entitled...
  • Public Expenditure Policy (14 speeches)
    84. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which reform remains a fundamental feature in terms of public expenditure and budgetary management throughout all...
  • Public Sector Staff (11 speeches)
    85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way that he intends to solve the recruitment crisis across the public sector in Dublin given the lack of availability of affordable...
  • Living Wage (9 speeches)
    86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he plans to ensure that all contractors that are awarded State public procurement contracts pay all staff a living wage given the...
  • Flood Risk Management (7 speeches)
    88. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline progress on the Crossmolina flood relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48343/22]
  • Budget 2023 (10 speeches)
    91. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the cost-of-living supports announced in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48325/22]
  • Island Communities (6 speeches)
    93. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the up-to-date position on the provision of a safer landing facility at An Blascaod Mór; and if he will make a statement on the...
• Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Teaching Qualifications (4 speeches)
    Cork Life Centre, on Winter's Hill, Cork, is a one-of-a-kind institution. It is a voluntary organisation offering an alternative learning environment to marginalised young people. The centre...
  • Housing Policy (8 speeches)
    A man called Philip came into my clinic this week. Philip has recently entered recovery and is currently staying in step-down accommodation where he has been for the past six months. However,...
  • Family Resource Centres (4 speeches)
    Family resource centres provide invaluable services in communities across the country. They are a place that people can go to for assistance, support and information on everything from State...
  • Departmental Funding (5 speeches)
    I am glad to see the Minister here this evening because the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, who is leaving the Chamber, the Minister and I have discussed this on a number of occasions. I very...