Dáil debates

Thursday, 8 February 2024

  • Prelude (0 speeches)
    Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9 a.m.
  • Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
    • Wage-setting Mechanisms (11 speeches)
      1. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the action plan on collective bargaining coverage to be presented to the European Commission as part of its...
    • Film Industry (7 speeches)
      4. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what measures he is considering to ensure that workers in the film industry who are subject to multiple successive fixed-term...
    • Work Permits (7 speeches)
      2. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason for a pause in the increase to the minimum salary threshold in respect of the non-EEA general employment permit scheme for...
    • Employment Rights (9 speeches)
      3. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the WRC "code of practice" on remote working. [5571/24]
  • Estimates for Public Services 2024: Messages from Select Committees (1 speech)
    The Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimates for Public Services for the service of the year ending 31 December 2024 -...
  • Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
    • Business Supports (31 speeches)
      5. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how many businesses in Clare are likely to qualify for the increased cost of business grant; what discussions his Department has had...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises (13 speeches)
      6. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to detail his Department’s plans to support the SME sector in Ireland in 2024. [5299/24]
    • Flood Relief Schemes (7 speeches)
      7. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline the number of applications received, approved and rejected under the emergency business flood relief scheme administered by...
    • Work Permits (7 speeches)
      10. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 11 and 23 of 29 June 2023, if he is considering bringing forward measures to allow labour...
    • Corporate Governance (5 speeches)
      11. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been brought to a recently published report (details supplied) which outlined that over half of the 50 largest...
  • Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
    • National Development Plan (7 speeches)
      84. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform how the finding of the recently published ESRI report, The National Development Plan in 2023: Priorities and Capacity, will shape the...
    • Flood Relief Schemes (9 speeches)
      85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent on flood defence systems in each of the past ten years. [5302/24]
    • Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (9 speeches)
      86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has engaged with the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the potential of extending its remit to cover commercial...
    • National Development Plan (7 speeches)
      87. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made in delivering National Development Plan 2021-2030 projects for County Donegal for each year of the lifetime of the...
    • Legislative Measures (7 speeches)
      88. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the River Shannon Management Agency Bill 2020; if any preliminary assessments have been made as how the...
  • Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
    Question No. 89 taken with Written Answers.
    • Flood Relief Schemes (10 speeches)
      90. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the Crossmolina flood relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5763/24]
    • National Development Plan (9 speeches)
      92. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the recent ESRI report submitted to his Department, The National Development Plan in 2023: Priorities and Capacity, the...
    • Flood Relief Schemes (9 speeches)
      93. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the Blackpool and Glashaboy flood relief schemes in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5519/24]
    • National Development Plan (7 speeches)
      94. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he plans to bring forward a revised national development plan departmental ceilings in order to account for the inflation; and if he...
    • National Development Plan (7 speeches)
      98. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the concern raised in the recent ESRI report, The National Development Plan in 2023: Priorities and Capacity, submitted to...
    • Flood Relief Schemes (9 speeches)
      102. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to list all the flood relief schemes nationally, county by county, and indicate the stage of development each is at; and if he will...
    • Pension Provisions (5 speeches)
      95. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the agreed cost-of-living increase of 4% for ESB pensioners will be approved and paid; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (33 speeches)
    Tá tuarascáil eile foilsithe inniu a thaispeánann an teip iomlán ar pholasaí tithíochta an Rialtais. Taispeánann sé go gcaithfidh an Rialtas cosc a chur...
  • Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (55 speeches)
    We have a half an hour. There will be a maximum of one minute per question and I hope the answers will be less than a minute long.
  • Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (15 speeches)
    I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I welcome the opportunity to engage today on the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2023. As Deputies are aware, the...
  • Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2023: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
    I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach pursuant to Standing Orders 95(3)(a) and 181(1).
  • Meastacháin i gcomhair Seirbhísí Poiblí 2024: Teachtaireacht ó Roghchoiste (1 speech)
    Tá Roghchoiste na Gaeilge, na Gaeltachta agus Phobal Labhartha na Gaeilge tar éis a bhreithnithe ar an Meastachán Athbhreithnithe seo a leanas i gcomhair seirbhísí...
  • Teachtaireacht ón Seanad - Message from Seanad (1 speech)
    Seanad Éireann has passed the Finance (State Guarantees, International Financial Institution Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023 without amendment.
  • Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 speeches)
    I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I welcome the opportunity to introduce the Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2024. The Bill is a necessary interim legislative amendment pending a...
  • 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 Mairéad Farrell - To...
  • Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (1 speech)
    We may proceed as the Deputy who submitted the first selected Topical Issue and the Minister of State who is responding are present. Before we start, I am reminded that, for many years, we had a...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education (4 speeches)
      Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit as an Saincheist seo a thógáil. Is Saincheist fíorthábhachtach í seo mar gheall go bhfuilimid ag breathnú ar...
    • Heritage Sites (4 speeches)
      Once again, I am forced to bring to the attention of the House the ongoing issue of Castletown House in Celbridge, which is in State ownership, along with 235 acres. There is a stately home and...
    • Public Transport (4 speeches)
      I thank the Minister of State for being present to take this matter. As he knows, Citywest, which is in my constituency, was meant to be a planned and phased, mixed and relatively modest...