Dáil debates
Thursday, 6 July 2023
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9 a.m.
- Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Justice has completed its consideration of the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022, and has made no amendments thereto.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Housing Policy (9 speeches)
2. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider the creation of a State construction company to directly build both social and affordable housing and to...
- Emergency Accommodation (13 speeches)
1. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to set out what additional measures he intends to put in place to stem the deeply worrying rise in the number of adults and...
- Fire Service (7 speeches)
3. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on his efforts to resolve the issues of pay, recruitment, retention and rosters in the retained...
- Housing Schemes (7 speeches)
4. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will review and publish the income thresholds and the level of grants payable under the housing aid for older people,...
- Housing Provision (7 speeches)
5. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 18 May 2023, if he has received the report in respect of 2021, 2022 and to date in...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
Question No. 6 replied to with Written Answers.
- Housing Provision (7 speeches)
7. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has a plan and budget to manage and maintain the social housing stock over time to ensure that the housing...
- Homeless Accommodation (17 speeches)
9. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the impact of the ending of the eviction ban on the latest homelessness figures; and if he will make a statement on...
- Water Services (8 speeches)
10. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he has put in place to improve water services since June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Wastewater Treatment (7 speeches)
12. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the planned pilot scheme for unsewered villages. [33135/23]
- National Parks (8 speeches)
13. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement he has had with the stakeholders of a local amenity (details supplied) to develop this area as a national park;...
- Planning Issues (10 speeches)
14. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects to publish the review of the guidelines in relation to the construction of rural houses; and if he will make a...
- Housing Provision (5 speeches)
42. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has given consideration to the use of 3D printing technology and its possible benefits to the current...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Disability Services (7 speeches)
103. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the consultation process as part of her Department’s work on addressing the cost of...
- Community Employment Schemes (9 speeches)
104. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will examine a proposal to allow pre-retirement men coming from a manual labour background to have a disregard for the...
- Social Welfare Code (5 speeches)
105. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on the proposed legislation on child maintenance system changes; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Rates (7 speeches)
106. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if core social welfare rates will be adjusted in the next budget (details supplied) to match the rate of inflation; and if...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Social Welfare Payments (7 speeches)
108. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will confirm, in view of a statement made by the Minister for Finance on 22 June 2023 that “there will be a...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
- Social Welfare Eligibility (9 speeches)
107. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will comment on the fact that recipients of partial capacity benefit have recently been told that they will no longer...
- Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
Question No. 109 taken with Written Answers.
- State Pensions (11 speeches)
110. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to extending the number of home-caring periods a foster carer can accrue throughout the years...
- Poverty Impact Assessment (9 speeches)
111. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the actions she will take to address the alarming increase in the number of retired people at risk of poverty as...
- Social Welfare Payments (7 speeches)
113. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all social welfare payments will be increased in line with inflation in the forthcoming budget; and if she will make a...
- Northern Ireland (9 speeches)
114. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline an engagement her Department has had with other Government agencies and Departments in relation to the...
- Disability Services (7 speeches)
115. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the review of the reasonable accommodation fund; the timeframe for the completion and publication of the...
- Acknowledgement of OWL Graduates (1 speech)
It is interesting to note yesterday we had the graduation of the most recent group of Oireachtas work learning, OWL, students, which we have taken on each year since 2018. Ours is the first...
- Visit of Palestinian Ambassador (2 speeches)
It is a privilege to welcome the distinguished ambassador to Ireland from Palestine in our Distinguished Visitors Gallery.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 speeches)
What has happened in recent days in Jenin in the West Bank "amount[s] to an egregious [violation] of international law and standards on the use of force and may constitute a war crime." They are...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (49 speeches)
A review of the school transport scheme was announced in February 2021. After examining eligibility criteria phase 1 was completed in June 2021 and resulted in temporary alleviation measures for...
- Education (Inclusion of Persons) Bill 2023: First Stage (6 speeches)
I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend and extend the Education Act 1998, and, for that purpose, to provide for the inclusion of information from special...
- Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage has completed its consideration of the Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023 and has made amendments thereto.
- Progress on the National Parks and Wildlife Service: Statements (25 speeches)
I am pleased to have the opportunity to update the House on the progress of the National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS. The biodiversity emergency is among our greatest challenges, if not the...
- Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of Ireland's participation in four European Defence Agency Projects: Motion (35 speeches)
I move: That Dáil Éireann approves Ireland's participation in four European Defence Agency Projects: i) Category B Collaborative Procurement of Chemical Biological Radiological and...
- European Union Directive: Motion (5 speeches)
I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area...
- 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 Violet-Anne Wynne - to...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Mental Health Services (4 speeches)
I raise the crisis facing child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, in County Clare, particularly the poor accommodation in which those services find themselves operating. The issue...
- Water Services (4 speeches)
I wish to acknowledge the passing of former Cork East Deputy, Gerard Cott, who served as a Member of the House from 1969 until 1973. Our sympathies are with his family and the community in...
- Local Authorities (10 speeches)
As a Government TD who has supported housing, I welcome the 69 new units which will be developed in Cappaghfinn and launched by Fingal County Council very soon. The real regret is that in order...
- Report on Section 481 - Film Tax Credit: Motion (30 speeches)
I understand that Deputy Cowen is to move the motion. Is that correct?
