Dáil debates
Thursday, 10 November 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)
- National Car Test (7 speeches)
1. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that he is taking to reduce the long waiting times for NCT appointments; if the private company operating the NCT service has...
- Public Transport (9 speeches)
2. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the BusConnects project in Cork; if he will confirm if the routes will be subject to tender for private operators; the...
- Ports Policy (7 speeches)
3. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the port capacity review will be published and when the full review of the national ports policy will be commenced; if he will outline...
- Climate Change Policy (11 speeches)
4. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps which he intends to take on foot of the Climate Change Advisory Council-commissioned report from the OECD on reducing Ireland's...
- Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth has completed its consideration of the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022, and has made...
- Estimates for Public Services 2022: Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine has completed its consideration of the following Supplementary Estimate for Public Services for the service of the year ending on 31...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Road Network (7 speeches)
6. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the options open to a community (details supplied) in north County Louth, which is campaigning for traffic-calming measures; and if he will...
- Road Safety (7 speeches)
7. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures that he is taking to support the delivery of the Road Safety Authority, RSA, road safety strategy; if he will outline a...
- Public Transport (7 speeches)
8. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the present emissions profile of the Irish public transport fleet; the past and future trends; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Cycling Facilities (8 speeches)
9. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to increase the shared station-less e-bike schemes in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55884/22]
- Ports Policy (7 speeches)
10. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to develop the port infrastructure here to enable the deployment of offshore wind farms, particularly on the west coast, in view...
- Park-and-Ride Facilities (7 speeches)
11. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 55 of 22 September 2022, the progress on the roll-out of park-and-ride facilities in Galway; the...
- Public Transport (8 speeches)
12. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to implement a public transport security strategy; if he plans to include An Garda Síochána in such a strategy; and if...
- Bus Services (9 speeches)
13. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he intends to intervene directly with bus transport companies in relation to the current crisis in driver shortages and recruitment;...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Mortgage Interest Rates (12 speeches)
89. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of outstanding mortgage loans that are tracker or variable rate mortgages; and if he will consider options to introduce targeted, tailored and...
- Mortgage Interest Rates (7 speeches)
90. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department or the Central Bank has undertaken, or plans to undertake, an analysis of the potential impact of rising ECB interest rates on Irish...
- Defective Building Materials (22 speeches)
91. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the increased soft and hard costs resulting from the defective concrete products levy on a typical semi-detached house, its...
- Vacant Properties (13 speeches)
92. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason that the vacant property tax announced in Budget 2023 was set at 0.3% tax on the value of the vacant home; the rationale for selecting this level...
- Tax Reliefs (7 speeches)
93. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will increase the percentage payment for the temporary business energy support scheme, TBESS, to SMEs that are highly energy-dependent and where their...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Inflation Rate (8 speeches)
94. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he continues to remain satisfied that adequate measures have been taken to confront inflation here, and control any incoming inflation to...
- Tax Code (7 speeches)
95. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, post-budget analysis that suggests that permanent tax changes made in budget 2023 will...
- Tax Yield (14 speeches)
96. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated annual revenue forgone as a result of stamp duty not being applied to share buybacks not effected by means of a stock transfer form; and if he...
- Tax Code (7 speeches)
97. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reconsider the benefit-in-kind, BIK, changes introduced in budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55675/22]
- Credit Unions (7 speeches)
98. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps that he is taking to fulfil the commitment in the programme for Government for credit unions to become a key provider of community banking. [55634/22]
- Business Supports (5 speeches)
99. To ask the Minister for Finance the way that farmers are to be included in the temporary business energy support scheme, TBESS. [53235/22]
- Tax Collection (9 speeches)
100. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the publication of the draft residential zoned land tax maps by local authorities; the scope of the tax; and if he will make a...
- Tax Collection (5 speeches)
101. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the work of his Department to bring VAT rules into line with common EU priorities such as fighting climate change; and if he...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (85 speeches)
A Thánaiste, ní chreideann an tAire Tithíochta, Rialtais Áitiúil agus Oidhreachtagur cás éigeandála í an ghéarchéim tithíochta cé...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (59 speeches)
Twenty Members are seeking to get in during these 30 minutes, but that will not be possible. It will not even be possible with their full co-operation.
- Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (15 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to bring the Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022 before the House. This is a...
- Saincheisteanna 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 -...
- Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (39 speeches)
Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
- Estimates for Public Services 2022: Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimates for Public Service for the service of the year ending on 31 December 2022:...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Special Educational Needs (4 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to raise this important issue. I raise the issue of two girls, aged nine and 11, who urgently require access to assistive technology for the...
- Road Projects (6 speeches)
I welcome the opportunity to discuss the issue of the junction at Ballymaquirke. I note that the Minister of State, Deputy Joe O’Brien, is taking this Topical Issue. He might know the...
- Ukraine War (5 speeches)
This relates to a matter that was raised recently, namely, the need to deploy Ukrainian refugees to various locations around the country. This case has to do with Kill in County Kildare. The...
- Business Supports (5 speeches)
I wish to address the concerns that have been expressed to me, as they have no doubt been expressed to the Minister and to other Members of this House, about the number of businesses that...
- Report of the Joint Committee on Disability Matters on the UNCRPD: Motion [Private Members] (7 speeches)
I move: That Dáil Éireann shall take note of the Report of the Joint Committee on Disability Matters entitled "Ensuring independent living and the United Nations Convention on the...
- Visit of US Delegation (1 speech)
Before calling on the next Member to reply, I welcome to the House US Ambassador Cronin and Congressman Bill Keating, with the delegation from the US Congress. They are more than welcome to a...
- Report of the Joint Committee on Disability Matters on the UNCRPD: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 speech)
The following motion was moved by Deputy Michael Moynihan on Thursday, 10 November 2022:
