Dáil debates

Thursday, 29 June 2023

  • Prelude (0 speeches)
    Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach Gníomhach (Deputy Bernard J. Durkan) i gceannas ar 9 a.m.
  • Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
    • Food Industry (7 speeches)
      1. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will convene a meeting of large food companies and large food producers considering the information in the Competition and...
    • Employment Support Services (11 speeches)
      2. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline his engagement with the owners of a company (details supplied) and the trade unions at the company; if he will...
    • Co-operative Sector (7 speeches)
      3. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has considered the re-establishment of the co-operative development unit within his Department to provide training support and...
    • Employment Rights (7 speeches)
      4. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what engagement he has had with the management of a company (details supplied); if he will meet with workers and their representatives;...
    • Unfair Dismissals (10 speeches)
      5. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on strengthening the redress available under section 7 of the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977 to employees unfairly dismissed from...
  • Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
    • Artificial Intelligence (8 speeches)
      15. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he agrees that without appropriate regulation, the increased usage of artificial intelligence, AI, technologies poses potential...
    • EU Regulations (10 speeches)
      8. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what measures are being taken to make Ireland a hub for EU technology regulation. [31434/23]
    • Work Permits (10 speeches)
      9. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of employment permits issued to non-EEA home care workers since December 2022; the number of applications received; the...
    • Economic Policy (9 speeches)
      10. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the degree to which he remains satisfied foreign direct and indigenous investment continue to play a meaningful role in the...
    • Work Permits (10 speeches)
      11. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider allowing partners and spouses of holders of intra-company transfer employment permits to be eligible for an...
    • Business Supports (4 speeches)
      12. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the scheme for businesses impacted by kerosene price increases will go live; and if it will be expanded to businesses impacted by...
  • Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
    • State Examinations (8 speeches)
      80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will carry out a full review of the reasonable accommodations at certificate examinations scheme. [31619/23]
    • School Transport (7 speeches)
      81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that plans are in place to deal adequately with the volume of applications for school bus tickets for the next school year...
    • Departmental Funding (7 speeches)
      82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the payment dates of the minor works grants, ancillary grants and ICT grants. [31620/23]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio (13 speeches)
      83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department is taking to reduce class sizes in primary schools throughout the country; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
    • Special Educational Needs (7 speeches)
      85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the last tender for educational books in Braille happened; and what action she intends to take to end the inordinate delays experienced by...
    • School Patronage (16 speeches)
      87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the school divestment programme. [31594/23]
    • Scoileanna Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta (8 speeches)
      88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cad é beartas na Roinne maidir le bunú Gaelscoileanna agus Gaelcholáistí; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina...
    • School Accommodation (13 speeches)
      89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the school building programme in County Cork; if she is satisfied with its progress to date; and if she will make a...
    • School Textbooks (7 speeches)
      91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated number of children and families that will benefit from the free schoolbooks scheme in primary schools in counties Laois, Offaly,...
    • Special Educational Needs (7 speeches)
      92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in response to the Central Statistics Office, CSO, population publication, which shows significant increases in population in County Louth and, in...
    • School Enrolments (3 speeches)
      94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she expects to be in a position to ensure an adequate supply of primary and second-level school places throughout north...
  • Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (58 speeches)
    Before we proceed to Leaders' Questions, I have been asked by Deputy Catherine Murphy to extend a welcome to relatives of the Stoneybatter rebels who fought in the 1916 Rising in the Four Courts...
  • Minute's Silence to Commemorate the Victims of the War in Ukraine (2 speeches)
    Before proceeding to Questions on Policy or Legislation, I remind the House that today is the 491st day of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. In recent weeks we have seen such atrocities as the...
  • Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (35 speeches)
    When it comes to children with scoliosis and spina bifida, we have seen broken promise after broken promise. In 2017 the then Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, gave a clear commitment to...
  • Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Temporary Solidarity Contribution) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 speeches)
    Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
  • 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 Éamon Ó Cuív -...
  • Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (1 speech)
    Rachaimid ar aghaidh mar sin go dtí an chéad phíosa gnó eile, is é sin Topical Issues. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy O’Donovan, for being here. Tagann an...
    • An Ghaeltacht (9 speeches)
      Is é an Cheathrú Rua an baile is láidre Gaeltachta sa tír agus tá sé suite i gceartlár Ghaeltacht dheisceart Chonamara. Ar ndóigh, is baile...