Dáil debates
Tuesday, 29 November 2022
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2.00 p.m.
- Minute's Silence to Commemorate Holodomor Famine (1 speech)
Members will be aware that last weekend marked the 90th anniversary commemoration of the Holodomor famine in the Ukraine during which many millions died. On the initiative of the Ceann...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (77 speeches)
Here we go again. With less than three weeks to go before the Taoiseach hands the keys of his office back to the Tánaiste, Deputy Varadkar, the Fine Gael Minister for Finance, Deputy...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (133 speeches)
I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion reProposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 9(2)) (Amount of Financial...
- Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 9(2)) (Amount of Financial Contribution) Order 2022, a copy of which was laid in draft...
- Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 30th July, 2020, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, Questions for oral...
- President von der Leyen's Address to the Houses of the Oireachtas: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That the following arrangements shall apply in relation to any meeting of the Dáil on Thursday 1st December, 2022: (a) the ordinary routine of business shall be interrupted after...
- Special Committee on Gender Equality: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That the Orders of Reference of the Special Committee on Gender Equality, contained within the Report of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform entitled "Orders of...
- Employment Permits Bill 2022: Financial Resolution (1 speech)
I move: That provision be made in the Act giving effect to this Resolution for the charging in accordance with the Act of certain fees, being fees for the granting or renewal of employment...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
- Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 speeches)
1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the COP27 summit. [57372/22]
- Ukraine War (86 speeches)
7. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Ukraine will next meet. [54592/22]
- Departmental Strategies (27 speeches)
16. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the strategic goals of his Department's Strategy Statement 2021-2023. [54593/22]
- COP27: Statements (57 speeches)
We meet at a critical moment. This year alone, we have witnessed record temperatures, wildfires, calamitous floods, and prolonged droughts across the world. Populations are on the move because,...
- Estimates for Public Services 2022: Messages from Select Committees (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Transport and Communications has completed its consideration of the following Supplementary Estimate for Public Services for the service of the year ending on 31 December...
- Toll Charge Increases: Motion [Private Members] (17 speeches)
I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — there are 11 toll roads in operation across the State, 10 of which are on the national roads network with two of these being in full...
- 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 Aengus Ó Snodaigh - to...
- Toll Charge Increases: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 speeches)
Debate resumed on the following motion: -(Deputy Darren O'Rourke)
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Social Welfare Payments (7 speeches)
63. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the processing of additional needs’ payments; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Community Welfare Services (11 speeches)
64. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is satisfied that every resident in the State, regardless of geography, has access to a community welfare officer in...
- Child Maintenance Payments (9 speeches)
65. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on intended reforms to the child maintenance system; when it is expected that required primary...
- Cost of Living Issues (7 speeches)
66. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the cost of disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59450/22]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Social Welfare Code (10 speeches)
67. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way that the new scheme announced under the Social Welfare Act 2020 in respect of uilleann pipe makers will work in...
- Social Welfare Benefits (7 speeches)
68. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has any plans to review the two-year, or 104-week, limit for the carer's benefit; and if she will make a statement on...
- Social Welfare Schemes (12 speeches)
70. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the new over 70s fuel allowance scheme will open for applications for persons from County Kerry; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Payments (7 speeches)
72. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to reform illness benefit entitlements for self-employed persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Pensions Reform (8 speeches)
71. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the work of her Department with regard to the auto-enrolment workplace pension scheme; and if...
- Departmental Policies (7 speeches)
73. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that her Department has an alert notice on its website highlighting the danger of scam phone calls and scam text...
- School Meals Programme (8 speeches)
74. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the subvention available to the school meals providers is sufficient in view of escalating costs owing to the rate of...
- Social Welfare Schemes (7 speeches)
75. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a specific clothing allowance as an exceptional needs due to the energy and cost-of-living crises (details...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Health Services Staff (4 speeches)
I want to raise the issue of the number of psychologists on the north Tipperary children's disability network team, CDNT. I recently received a response to a parliamentary question I submitted...
- Sports Facilities (4 speeches)
I thank the Minister of State for being here to respond to this topic, which is something I feel strongly about. A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, with all due respect to the Minister of State, I did not...
- Job Losses (5 speeches)
The union SIPTU has brought to our attention a notice of strike action at Zenith Energy Bantry Bay Terminal Limited. That strike is to take place on Tuesday, 13 December. The Whiddy Island...
- National Car Test (4 speeches)
I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for selecting this matter for Topical Issue debate. I thank the Minister of State with responsibility for transport for taking it. I raised this issue briefly...
