Dáil debates

Thursday, 26 October 2023

  • Prelude (0 speeches)
    Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9 a.m.
  • Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
    • Departmental Funding (7 speeches)
      1. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the process for determining the appropriate amount of funding under existing service levels, ELS, as a whole and for individual...
    • Public Procurement Contracts (7 speeches)
      3. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide details on the level of engagement between the Office of Government Procurement and the Competition and Consumer Protection...
    • Departmental Funding (14 speeches)
      4. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his response to a media report (details supplied), the engagements he has had with the Minister for Health and the chief executive officer...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme (7 speeches)
      5. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the estimated level of capital expenditure as a percentage of GNI* for 2023 and 2024 respectively; how this compares with...
    • Estimates Publication (7 speeches)
      2. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will publish the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47188/23]
  • Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
    • Departmental Properties (7 speeches)
      6. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW has plans to undertake any substantial building work in Shannon, County Clare, specifically remediation works on the Department...
    • National Development Plan (12 speeches)
      7. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he and his Department continue to utilise reform as a means of creating a greater efficiency in the delivery of...
    • Flood Risk Management (34 speeches)
      9. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline details of the emergency funding to be provided following the devastating flooding in Midleton and the wider east Cork...
    • Flood Risk Management (10 speeches)
      10. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to report on the progress made to date with respect to the implementation of the Midleton flood relief scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Public Sector Pay (7 speeches)
      11. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether, in the context of the public sector pay negotiations, performance review will form part of the negotiations; and if he will make...
    • Flood Risk Management (3 speeches)
      13. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the capital investment in flooding projects associated with flood risk-management that is being provided in 2023; and if he will make a...
    • Flood Risk Management (24 speeches)
      19. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, given the recent events in Cork, he will outline the steps he is taking to deliver flood relief schemes in order to protect...
  • Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
    • Departmental Funding (7 speeches)
      57. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine the possibility of utilising Brexit adjustment reserve funding to support farmers before the end of 2023; and if he...
    • Agriculture Schemes (7 speeches)
      58. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how many new applications will be accepted to the agri-climate rural environment scheme, ACRES, scheme in the forthcoming tranche for...
    • Agriculture Schemes (7 speeches)
      59. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to extend the deadline to submit receipts for the national liming programme past 31 October next, considering basic...
    • Tillage Sector (23 speeches)
      60. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what direct engagement he has had with tillage stakeholders; if he acknowledges that the emergency support package for tillage farmers...
    • Agriculture Schemes (7 speeches)
      61. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if dribble bar slurry tanks will be included for grant aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47191/23]
  • Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
    Questions Nos. 62 and 63 taken with Written Answers.
    • Solar Energy Guidelines (7 speeches)
      64. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with reference to his Department’s PV installers registration form, to list the mandatory training courses in solar...
    • Departmental Schemes (10 speeches)
      65. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for increasing supports to social farming, given the huge and proven benefit to those participating in social farming...
    • Agriculture Schemes (8 speeches)
      67. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the agri-climate rural environment scheme, ACRES, tranche 2 is open for applications; and how many places will be made available on...
    • Budget 2024 (7 speeches)
      68. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how his Department will cope with the reduction in its budget announced in budget 2024 and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Agriculture Industry (7 speeches)
      71. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what action his Department is taking to increase opportunities for women in agriculture, given women are under-represented in the...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions (7 speeches)
      72. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made to date in finalising data on the sequestration of carbon by hedgerows to ensure the inclusion of...
    • Agriculture Industry (4 speeches)
      81. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he continues to ensure that the maximum amount of agriculturally productive land continues to grow given the...
  • Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (54 speeches)
    Níl dabht ar bith ann ach go bhfuil an ghéarchéim tithíochta ag dul in olcas lá i ndiaidh lae. Tá níos mó daoine óga anois ag maireachtáil sa...
  • Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (110 speeches)
    The bombardment and total siege of Gaza in recent weeks has seen the death toll exceed 6,500 people. More than 17,000 are injured and the Palestinian ministry of health has officially declared...
  • Road Safety: Statements (37 speeches)
    I welcome the opportunity to address the Dáil and update Members on road safety and the current progress against actions within the Government's road safety strategy 2021-23. The safety of...
  • 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 Jennifer Whitmore - To...
  • Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
    • Business Supports (5 speeches)
      I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Richmond, for being here to deal with this.
    • Financial Services (7 speeches)
      I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this particular issue, and the Minister of State for coming into the House to address it. It relates to a meeting which the finance committee...
    • Water Quality (8 speeches)
      The next item selected comes from Deputy Ó Cathasaigh who wishes to discuss the Environmental Protection Agency's urban wastewater treatment report, which was alluded to earlier today in the...
    • Educational Disadvantage (6 speeches)
      I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Richmond, for taking this matter. I was contacted by the office of the Minister of State, Deputy Madigan, earlier. I will take a wild guess that I might...
  • Joint Committee on Disability Matters Report: Motion (13 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte. To get the show on the road in respect of this important business, I call the Chairman of the Joint Committee on Disability Matters, Deputy...