Dáil debates

Thursday, 7 December 2023

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9 a.m.
• Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Homeless Accommodation (7 speeches)
    1. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the details of the financial support package for a trust (details supplied) agreed at Cabinet last week; and if he...
  • Housing Policy (7 speeches)
    2. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in light of the ongoing challenges in our housing sector, if he will provide an update on the progress and effectiveness of the...
  • Housing Provision (9 speeches)
    3. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable homes delivered via the Affordable Housing Fund, the Cost Rental Equity Loan and Project Tosaigh by the...
  • Local Authorities (9 speeches)
    5. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 126 of 9 November 2023, what engagement he or his Department has had with the Galway...
• Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Planning Issues (7 speeches)
    6. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his proposals for improved consistency and alignment throughout all tiers of planning; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Departmental Expenditure (15 speeches)
    8. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to publish his Department's AEV and REV for 2023, including all of the individual spending programmes under each subhead, to...
  • Water Services (8 speeches)
    9. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what role a person (details supplied) will play in Uisce Éireann’s capital investment plan. [53991/23]
  • Emergency Accommodation (8 speeches)
    10. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to report on the sharp increase in family homelessness, and what measures he intends to take to ensure that this trend is...
  • Planning Issues (7 speeches)
    11. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the work of the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority, MARA; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Waterways Ireland (7 speeches)
    13. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures that will be implemented at an early date to progress the proposal to extend the Shannon navigation from Lough...
  • Housing Schemes (7 speeches)
    14. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review into the differential rent scheme for local authority housing support will conclude; and if he will make a...
  • Housing Schemes (9 speeches)
    16. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will activate the cities fund to ensure that more of the affordable homes developed in cities, particularly by the Land...
• Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Employment Support Services (7 speeches)
    90. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider reviewing the wage subsidy scheme for people with disabilities, in particular the fact that the subsidy...
  • Social Welfare Benefits (8 speeches)
    91. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will ensure there will be a guarantee that no claimant will receive less under the new pay-related jobseeker’s...
  • Community Employment Schemes (13 speeches)
    92. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the pay claim submitted by the rural social scheme and Tús supervisors to the Department...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic (7 speeches)
    93. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the decision not to include long Covid as an occupational illness; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Community Employment Schemes (7 speeches)
    94. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to give an update on the progress regarding the pay parity claim by supervisors of RSS and TUS. [54377/23]
• Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Employment Support Services (7 speeches)
    95. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps which she is taking to increase employment participation levels among those in receipt of one-parent family payments...
  • Pension Provisions (11 speeches)
    96. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the pension entitlements being worked on for carers by her Department; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Pension Provisions (8 speeches)
    97. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which she might consider a partial State pension commensurate with their contributions or with a slight...
  • State Pensions (7 speeches)
    98. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to report on the progress made regarding benchmarking the State pension at 34% above average earnings, considering the budget...
  • Community Employment Schemes (7 speeches)
    99. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will ensure measures are taken to align the pay of Tús supervisors with CE supervisors; and if she will make a...
  • Rights of People with Disabilities (8 speeches)
    100. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will take into account the negative reaction of people with disabilities to the Green Paper on disability reform in...
  • Social Welfare Benefits (7 speeches)
    101. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications received by the Department in each of the last five years for domiciliary care allowance; the...
  • Departmental Policies (6 speeches)
    103. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider raising employers PRSI to the EU average. [51736/23]
• Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (62 speeches)
  I welcome the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, and I call Deputy Doherty.
• Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (52 speeches)
  It is disappointing the Minister is leaving because I wanted to talk to him about the defective concrete block redress scheme in Donegal and elsewhere. Despite having been badly let down, people...
• Delivery of a Rights-Based Care Economy in Ireland: Motion (10 speeches)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann, in accordance with the recommendation of the Women's Parliamentary Caucus: acknowledges that: - the United Nations Convention on the Rights of...
• Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (64 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Planning and Development Bill 2023: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
  I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage pursuant to Standing Orders 95(3)(a) and 181(1).
• 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 Ciarán Cannon - To...
• Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Special Educational Needs (5 speeches)
    I thank the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach for the opportunity to raise this issue. The SENO, or special educational needs organiser, plays a vital role in the provision of special education or...
  • School Facilities (7 speeches)
    We will now move to Deputy Cannon. The question is to discuss the urgent need for an indoor sports facility at Seamount College in Kinvara, County Galway. It is the home of Karen Weekes, is...
  • Flood Risk Management (4 speeches)
    I formally express my deep dissatisfaction at the absence tonight of the Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform. In fairness, the Minister of State, Deputy Patrick O'Donovan,...
  • School Enrolments (6 speeches)
    I very much appreciate the Minister of State, Deputy O'Brien, being here to read the response on behalf of the Minister for Education. However, it might be worthwhile for the Acting Chairperson...
• Tenancy Protection Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be read a Second Time." I thank the Minister of State for attending. Unlike the Topical Issue debate, we have the right Minister, as such, for this Bill. There is no...