Dáil debates
Tuesday, 18 October 2022
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2.00 p.m.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (62 speeches)
The raw and human impact of the housing crisis was laid bare in heartbreaking fashion on RTÉ last night. With great courage and dignity, Graham King told how he and his family live in a...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (91 speeches)
I move: Tuesday's business shall be: -Motion re Supplementary Estimates for Public Services [Vote 40] (back from Committee) (without debate) -Motion re Instruction to Committee on the...
- Estimates for Public Services 2022 (1 speech)
I move the following Supplementary Estimate: Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Supplementary Estimate) That a supplementary sum not exceeding €719,413,000...
- National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Instruction to Committee (1 speech)
I move: That it be an instruction to the Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media on the National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) (Amendment) Bill 2022, that...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
- Economic Policy (50 speeches)
1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic policy unit of his Department. [48746/22]
- Social Dialogue (47 speeches)
12. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social dialogue co-ordination unit in his Department. [48039/22]
- Cabinet Committees (44 speeches)
18. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Brexit and Northern Ireland will next meet. [45437/22]
- National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (44 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a second time." The National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2022 provides the basis to enable the continued provision of capital funding to the...
- National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2022: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Education and Skills pursuant to Standing Orders 95(3)(a) and 181(1).
- Estimates for Public Services 2022: Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Environment and Climate Action has completed its consideration of the following Supplementary Estimate for Public Services for the service of the year ending on 31...
- 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 Éamon Ó Cuív -...
- Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 speech)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." We have seen the fallout when firms and industries ignore the impact on consumers of the decisions they make and the actions they take....
- Domestic Electricity and Gas Disconnections: Motion [Private Members] (41 speeches)
I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes: — that the latest round of energy price hikes announced by energy providers is putting severe financial pressure on people; — that...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Tax Reliefs (7 speeches)
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has engaged with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Minister for Finance on extending the renters' tax rebate...
- Third Level Costs (7 speeches)
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he recognises the need to remove all fees for and financial barriers to further and higher education given the shortage of graduates and...
- Departmental Expenditure (7 speeches)
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated total expenditure from the National Training Fund in 2022; the allocated expenditure for this coming year as part of budget 2023;...
- Technological Universities (13 speeches)
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the quantum of capital funding which he envisages will be available to draw down over a timeframe to deliver on the aspirations to halt the brain...
- Apprenticeship Programmes (7 speeches)
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the implementation of the action plan for apprenticeships 2021–2025, particularly in relation to...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
Question No. 85 taken with Written Answers.
- Children in Care (7 speeches)
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that are being taken by his Department to assist young people in aftercare, that is persons who have left Tusla residential or foster...
- Third Level Fees (7 speeches)
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason mature students who are studying blended learning courses will be ineligible to receive the €1,000 reduction in fees announced...
- Apprenticeship Programmes (11 speeches)
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the initiatives that he plans to encourage the recruitment of apprentices in the renewable energy sector; and if he will make...
- Third Level Education (7 speeches)
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the inequity experienced by PhD researchers who are excluded from the €500 one-off payment; if the PhD researchers...
- Further and Higher Education (8 speeches)
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans, if any, for the further development and expansion of local training initiatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51633/22]
- Technological Universities (9 speeches)
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the further development of the technological universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51634/22]
- Third Level Fees (7 speeches)
96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his engagement with private third level institutions on the one-off €1,000 reduction in the student contribution fee for higher education...
- Third Level Fees (8 speeches)
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the process for contribution fee refunds in 2022; when students can expect a refund of their contribution fee in 2022; and if...
- Teachtaireacht ón Seanad - Message from Seanad (1 speech)
Seanad Éireann has passed the Garda Síochána (Compensation) Bill 2021, without amendment.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Renewable Energy Generation (4 speeches)
Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as teacht isteach chomh déanach seo. This is a question I have been looking to put for quite a while. It is something the Government needs to take...
- Disability Services (4 speeches)
Last Thursday, I was contacted by constituents, parents and service users about St. Michael's House, 18 Cromwellsfort Road, Dublin 12. A man who has Apert syndrome and has relied on the service...
- Defective Building Materials (7 speeches)
We have a humanitarian crisis in Donegal and the west of Ireland. Families are living in homes that are crumbling around them. They are in dangerous homes this winter. However, one would not...
- Energy Conservation (4 speeches)
This topic has been discussed over many years. The former Deputy Tommy Broughan, the late Senator Feargal Quinn and I and, most recently, Senator Tim Lombard have raised this issue in these...
