Dáil debates

Thursday, 1 December 2022

  • Prelude (0 speeches)
    Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 8.54 a.m.
  • Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
    • Defective Building Materials (9 speeches)
      1. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the establishment of a redress scheme for homeowners and tenants living in buildings with fire...
    • Housing Provision (7 speeches)
      2. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the emergency measures he is introducing during the winter ban on evictions to avoid a significant increase in homelessness when...
    • Housing Policy (7 speeches)
      3. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for social housing on west Cork islands, such as Bere Island, Dursey Island, Sherkin Island, Whiddy Island, Cape Clear...
    • Regulatory Bodies (9 speeches)
      4. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the redress available to tenants who make a complaint to the Residential Tenancies Board, RTB, regarding breaches of their...
  • Teachtaireacht ón Seanad - Message from Seanad (1 speech)
    Seanad Éireann has passed the Water Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022, without amendment. Seanad Éireann has passed the Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2022, without amendment.
  • Estimates for Public Services 2022: Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
    The Select Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science has completed its consideration of the following Supplementary Estimates for Public Services for...
  • Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
    • State Lands (7 speeches)
      5. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the development of the register of relevant lands; if the Land Development Agency, LDA, is on track to complete...
    • Housing Schemes (10 speeches)
      6. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Croí Cónaithe vacant property refurbishment grant; if the current grant amounts will be reviewed to...
    • Housing Policy (22 speeches)
      8. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the percentage rate at which new housing starts are reducing; the steps his Department is taking to tackle the problem; and if...
    • Local Authorities (9 speeches)
      10. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to review the baseline of self-funding property tax for local authorities like Dublin City and Fingal, in order that...
    • Departmental Policies (21 speeches)
      11. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has made any decision on modular homes for the homeless or social housing other than for asylum seekers; and if he will...
    • Housing Policy (8 speeches)
      12. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update in respect of the new rural housing guidelines; when it is expected that these guidelines will be...
    • Planning Issues (12 speeches)
      14. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 175 of 27 September 2022, the status of the development of the promised section 28...
  • Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
    • Student Accommodation (7 speeches)
      88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the capital funding to unlock student accommodation projects and deliver approximately 3,000 student beds,...
    • Third Level Education (9 speeches)
      89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will engage with the PhD researcher unions (details supplied) to ensure that all PhD research students receive a living wage income or above...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes (7 speeches)
      90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that such little progress has been made in clearing the backlog of apprentices waiting to access off-the-job training in further...
    • Technological Universities (7 speeches)
      91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that is being made on the delivery of the new STEM building for the Galway Campus of the Atlantic Technology University; and if he...
  • Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (1 speech)
    The Deputy who tabled the next question is not here. If a Deputy is delayed, we will go back and take the question when they arrive.
    • Third Level Reform (8 speeches)
      93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an announcement of the funding allocations being made available under PATH 4, phase 1; the institutions that have applied...
    • Research Funding (8 speeches)
      94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will engage with PhD researcher unions (details supplied) to ensure that all PhD research students receive a living wage income or above via...
    • Disability Services (13 speeches)
      95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will detail the work that is currently being undertaken by his Department in respect of workforce planning and the future training of...
    • Student Accommodation (7 speeches)
      96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure students have access to affordable accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59753/22]
    • Education and Training Boards (8 speeches)
      100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views with respect to the campaign for better working conditions and pay led by personal assistants working in institutes for further...
    • Further and Higher Education (10 speeches)
      104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update surrounding recent announcements on the new further education and training, FET, colleges of the future; and if he...
    • Further and Higher Education (8 speeches)
      105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he continues to identify and meet the demand in the higher education sector, with particular reference to identification of...
    • Third Level Education (5 speeches)
      110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the National Access Plan 2022-2028; the progress that has been made to date since the plan was implemented; and...
  • Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 speeches)
    Ar fud an Stáit, tá an Rialtas ag ligean síos agus ag teip leanaí agus daoine óga le míchumais agus riachtanais speisialta. Níl idirghabhála a...
  • Comhshuí de Dháil Éireann agus de Sheanad Éireann - Joint Sitting of the Houses of the Oireachtas (0 speeches)
    Tar éis do Dháil Éireann agus do Sheanad Éireann rún a rith, tháinig an dá Theach le chéile i Seomra na Dála ar 2 p.m., an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas....
  • Address by H.E. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission (24 speeches)
    What a special day. A Oirircis, Ursula von der Leyen, Uachtarán ar an gCoimisiún Eorpach, thar ceann Chomhaltaí an dá Theach agus thar mo cheann féin, cuirim fáilte...
  • Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 speeches)
    Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
  • Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Members of Local Authorities) Bill 2022: Second Stage (19 speeches)
    I move: “That the Bill be now read a Second Time.” I am delighted to bring before the House today the Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Members of...
  • Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Members of Local Authorities) Bill 2022: Referral to Select Committee (2 speeches)
    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).
  • 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 Christopher O'Sullivan - to...
  • Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
    • Health Services Staff (8 speeches)
      The Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, is branching into the health sphere in a big way today.
    • Traveller Accommodation (14 speeches)
      I am glad the Minister of State is in the House to listen to this. What he has to try to get into his mind is what it would be like if tonight the people who are here had to sleep in a...
    • Heritage Projects (4 speeches)
      I know the Minister of State and others in the House have an interest in the architecture of Dublin, the country as a whole and our history. The Iveagh Markets on Francis Street is a building of...
  • Estimates for Public Services 2022: Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
    The Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach has completed its consideration of the following Supplementary Estimates for Public Services for the service of the...
  • Report on Embodied Carbon in the Built Environment: Motion [Private Members] (9 speeches)
    I move: That Dáil Éireann shall take note of the Report of the Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage, entitled "Embodied Carbon in the Built Environment", copies...