Dáil debates

Tuesday, 13 December 2022

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
• Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (36 speeches)
  Well, Taoiseach, this is it: our last exchange.
• An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (53 speeches)
  I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion reProposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022...
• Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (63 speeches)
  Believe it or not, it is now seven months since the Northern Ireland Assembly election in the North and the people are still without a Government as the DUP maintains its boycott of the political...
• Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Miscellaneous Provisions Act: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 (Appointment of Registration Body)...
• Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
  • Cabinet Committees (58 speeches)
    1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with agriculture will next meet. [57559/22]
  • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 speeches)
    17. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with church leaders. [59155/22]
  • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (26 speeches)
    22. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent engagements with the social partners. [58891/22]
• Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy. (19 speeches)
  We will now hear expressions of sympathy on the death of our former esteemed colleague Bobby Aylward, former Fianna Fáil Member for the constituency of Carlow–Kilkenny. I am very...
• Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (161 speeches)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann has confidence in the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O'Brien TD. The Minister took up office at one of the most difficult...
• Teachtaireacht ón Seanad - Message from Seanad (1 speech)
  Seanad Éireann has passed the Social Welfare Bill 2022 without amendment.
• Appropriation Bill 2022: Second Stage (16 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to introduce the Bill to the House. The annual Appropriation Bill is critical financial legislation that must be enacted...
• Current Issues Affecting the Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (37 speeches)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes with concern that: — 12,624 people were admitted to hospital without a bed and left on a trolley or elsewhere in ward corners and corridors...
• Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Low Pay (7 speeches)
    56. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the research report entitled, Low Paid Older Workers in Ireland: a Quantitative and Qualitative...
  • Job Creation (7 speeches)
    57. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline the work that his Department is undertaking to fully utilise broadband connectivity in increasing sustainable...
  • Small and Medium Enterprises (7 speeches)
    58. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to research from an organisation (details supplied) that found that 70% of small and medium...
  • Enterprise Policy (7 speeches)
    59. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department is considering the establishment of an Irish enterprise agency which would incorporate the individual local...
  • Visa Applications (7 speeches)
    60. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consideration will be given to merging the employment permit and visa application processes; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • International Agreements (7 speeches)
    61. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress that has been made to date with the ratification of International Labour Organization Convention on Violence and...
  • Pensions Reform (12 speeches)
    63. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he intends to support measures to grant greater rights of representation for retired workers groups and specifically proposed...
  • Job Creation (7 speeches)
    64. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps that he is taking to support job creation in regional towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58142/22]
  • Industrial Development (8 speeches)
    65. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of new IDA Ireland- and Enterprise Ireland-supported jobs in Longford to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on...
  • National Minimum Wage (7 speeches)
    66. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the forthcoming increase to the national minimum wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62068/22]
  • EU Directives (8 speeches)
    68. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Government will seek to exclude banks and investment funds from the scope of the corporate sustainability due diligence...
  • Energy Prices (17 speeches)
    71. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the efforts to assist businesses with the rising energy prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Public Transport (7 speeches)
    72. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the initiatives that he has facilitated, or plans to facilitate, to encourage the engagement of IDA Ireland with...