Dáil debates
Thursday, 23 February 2023
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9 a.m.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Rural Schemes (7 speeches)
1. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the development of a rural proofing mechanism, as outlined in Our Rural Future: Rural Development...
- Community Development Projects (7 speeches)
2. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the scheme for funding new community centres will be open for applications, given that the scheme has now been announced; and if...
- Community Development Projects (7 speeches)
3. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps being taken to deal with the retention of staff in community development projects in view of the fact that large numbers of...
- Island Communities (7 speeches)
5. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 401 of 19 January 2023, the date on which the new policy for the islands will be published; and if...
- Departmental Funding (7 speeches)
4. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding that has been allocated to Cork South-West since the rural regeneration and redevelopment fund grant aid...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Community Development Projects (7 speeches)
6. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way her Department is supporting men’s sheds and sister sheds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9020/23]
- Drugs Strategy (8 speeches)
10. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the role her Department is taking in the implementation of the national drugs strategy. [9262/23]
- Rural Schemes (12 speeches)
11. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the 2023 town and village renewal scheme will open for applications; the priorities or themes that will be central to this coming...
- Community Development Projects (13 speeches)
14. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development how her Department is engaging with local communities to encourage awareness and applications to the community recognition fund; and if...
- Harbours and Piers (9 speeches)
18. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Question No. 320 of 14 December 2022, if she will provide an update on the development of Caladh Mór pier on Inis...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Employment Rights (9 speeches)
70. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has read a report (details supplied); if he has plans to amend the Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2018 to ensure...
- Pensions Reform (7 speeches)
71. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will support the progress to Committee Stage of the Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of...
- National Minimum Wage (7 speeches)
72. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of young people aged 16 to 19 years of age in work, excluding those in training or apprenticeships, who are being paid...
- Energy Infrastructure (7 speeches)
73. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way to stimulate the establishment of indigenous businesses in the renewable energy supply chain through a national renewable...
- Enterprise Policy (7 speeches)
74. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide details of the plan for the implementation of the White Paper on Enterprise 2022-2030, including a detailed...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Work Permits (9 speeches)
75. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the work to improve processing time of work permits; the work being done to improve the efficiency of the work...
- Industrial Development (8 speeches)
76. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of inquiries made in respect of the IDA Ireland site in Ballyadam, Carrigtwohill, County Cork, in 2021, 2022 and to date in...
- Enterprise Support Services (9 speeches)
77. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to support existing levels of employment in regional towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2049/23]
- Enterprise Support Services (7 speeches)
80. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he plans to extend financial supports to businesses involved in import substitution from outside the EU; and if he will make a...
- Disability Services (8 speeches)
81. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to make grants available to SMEs to ensure their websites are accessible for those with disabilities; if it will become a...
- Industrial Relations (11 speeches)
90. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if preparatory work has begun to incorporate into legislation the recommendations on collective bargaining made by the high-level...
- Flexible Work Practices (7 speeches)
99. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to assist private sector employers to support employees working from home and digital co-working hubs in local...
- Visit of Ukrainian Delegation (1 speech)
Before we move to Leaders' Questions, I take this opportunity to welcome to the Distinguished Visitors Gallery, the ambassador of Ukraine to Ireland, H.E. Larysa Gerasko, our valued friend and...
- Minute's Silence to Mark First Anniversary of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2 speeches)
Last Friday, I had the honour of visiting the memorial in Hiroshima to the victims of the atomic bomb. I laid a wreath at that cenotaph there on behalf of the 160 Members of this House and the...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (40 speeches)
I welcome the ambassador from Ukraine. We stand with the people of Ukraine. I also welcome the other guests in the Visitors Gallery. I am sure the entire House will join with me in...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (61 speeches)
Many homeowners are experiencing sharp and sudden hikes in interest rates. The vulture fund, Pepper, has warned borrowers it will hike interest rates again, with many now facing mortgage...
- Standards in Public Office (Amendment) Bill 2023: First Stage (6 speeches)
I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to make certain amendments to the Standards in Public Office Act 2001 and the Ethics in Public Office Act 1995; and to provide...
- National Archives Act 1986 (Section 1(2)(d)) Order 2023: Motion (7 speeches)
I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft: National Archives Act 1986 (Section 1(2)(d)) Order 2023, a copy of which has been laid in draft form before...
- Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 speeches)
Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
- Estimates for Public Services 2023: Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage has completed its consideration of the following further Revised Estimates for public services for the service of the year ending on...
- 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 Colm Burke - To discuss a...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Bord na Móna (4 speeches)
In the short time available, I wish to summarise where Bord na Móna has come from, where it is at and where it is going, and specifically thereafter to make request of the Government as a...
- Medicinal Products (4 speeches)
The Mazars report was commissioned in 2018 and completed and furnished to the Department of Health in January 2020.Three years later, it has not been published. The report arose as a result of...
- Health Services (4 speeches)
I am raising the urgent need to locate a Gallium PET CT scanning machine in Cork. Gallium scans are essential for the detection of tumours for certain types of cancers. I have been contacted by...
- Asylum Seekers (4 speeches)
I am glad to have the opportunity to raise this issue again. I am asking the Minister quite directly to put additional resources into rural communities that are taking in and seeing increased...
- Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." Deputy Andrews and I are sharing the time evenly. At the outset, I want to say that my thoughts are with DCI John Caldwell and his family. As...
