Dáil debates
Thursday, 23 May 2024
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9 a.m.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Student Accommodation (10 speeches)
1. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made with regard to student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23472/24]
- Apprenticeship Programmes (10 speeches)
3. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made with regard to the current challenges in the apprenticeship system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23473/24]
- Student Visas (10 speeches)
4. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the lack of eligibility to access student grants for persons who hold stamp 4 visas; and, if so, if he and his Department are...
- Student Accommodation (7 speeches)
5. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has any plans as regards the area of student digs regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23474/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Education Costs (8 speeches)
6. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is considering further funding to abolish higher education tuition fees and move to a fully free public education system; and if he will make...
- Further and Higher Education (7 speeches)
7. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the major capital projects that will be progressed this year in the further education sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23273/24]
- Artificial Intelligence (14 speeches)
8. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has assessed the potential impact of artificial intelligence on the content of the jobs of those currently in the workforce, and the...
- Further and Higher Education (7 speeches)
13. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to further expand and develop further education courses for people with disabilities and those seeking to avail of second-chance...
- Nursing Education (12 speeches)
14. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional places that have been added to nursing and medicine since 2020 for Irish and EU students; and if he will make a statement...
- Dental Services (8 speeches)
16. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is proposing the provision of a new University College Cork dental school and hospital facility; and if he will make a statement...
- Further and Higher Education (6 speeches)
17. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on his plans to enhance disability supports for students in higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Further and Higher Education (7 speeches)
18. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of disability supports for students at further and higher education centres; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Third Level Education (7 speeches)
19. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on the selection of the two locations for the new veterinary schools it is proposed to establish; and if he will make...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Departmental Programmes (7 speeches)
49. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what his Department intends to do to increase the number of Irish businesses using big data, the cloud, and AI. [23124/24]
- Small and Medium Enterprises (7 speeches)
50. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the main supports to the SME sector his Department is proposing, including additions to the increased cost of business scheme; and if...
- Employment Rights (7 speeches)
51. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he will have conducted his review of the ESRI research on the impact of statutory sick leave; the reasons he has taken this...
- Business Supports (7 speeches)
53. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will reconsider the qualifying criteria of the ICOB grant to allow tenants qualify as it is tenants who are struggling with the...
- Work Permits (7 speeches)
52. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of employment work permits that have been applied for to date in 2024; the number of permits that have been granted; and if...
- Business Supports (9 speeches)
54. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in each of Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Leitrim, Sligo, Roscommon, Galway and Mayo that registered for the...
- Industrial Development (7 speeches)
55. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which his Department continues to ensure the competitiveness of this country’s trade and industry sectors in an...
- Export Controls (9 speeches)
56. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on his efforts to ensure that dual-use items exported to Israel are not used in military applications. [23276/24]
- Industrial Development (7 speeches)
57. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to report on his Department's Powering Prosperity: Ireland's Offshore Wind Industrial Strategy, which was published in March; and if...
- Business Supports (11 speeches)
59. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the payments for the increased cost of business grants will be paid to businesses in Cork; the number of businesses that have and...
- Renewable Energy Generation (5 speeches)
60. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to report on the measures his Department is taking to implement the recommendations of a report (details supplied); and if he will...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (118 speeches)
Inné, d'fhoilsigh an Rialtas tuarascáil an Choimisiúin Tithíochta, tuarascáil nach raibh sé sásta a fhoilsiú ach amháin go bhfuair RTÉ a chuid...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (79 speeches)
The credit union consumer sentiment survey has shown this week the impact families are under as a result of the cost-of-living pressures. Some of those pressures have been brought on by the...
- Emergency Price Controls Bill 2024: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to introduce emergency price controls for petrol, diesel, electricity, natural gas and home heating oil. We in People Before...
- Electricity Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2024: First Stage (6 speeches)
I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Electricity Regulation Act 1999 to give the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (CRU) the legislative remit...
- Business Support Package: Statements (17 speeches)
I welcome this opportunity to address the House on recent measures the Government has taken to reduce costs for small- and medium-sized businesses. SMEs are the backbone of our rural and...
- 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 Pearse Doherty - To discuss...
- Business Support Package: Statements (Resumed) (6 speeches)
There is no doubt that some small businesses in particular sectors like hospitality, small cafés, some retail and so on are struggling. We all come across them. There are certainly plenty...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Defective Building Materials (4 speeches)
I am sure the Minister of State is aware that the defective concrete block crisis has ravaged my county of Donegal and other counties. It has destroyed people's homes, farm buildings and...
- Nursing Homes (5 speeches)
I hope the Minister of State will be able to shed some light on what is happening with Lucan Lodge Nursing Home. There is a lot of uncertainty about its future. The 73 residents and 85 staff...
- Post Office Network (6 speeches)
The people of Tallaght are up in arms about the plan to close the post office in the Square, Tallaght, to privatise it and to reopen a smaller post office with fewer services in a different...
- Heritage Sites (7 speeches)
I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy O’Donnell. This is the first time that the line Minister of State has come to the House to address this question. This is probably the 20th or...
- Report of the Joint Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Motion (8 speeches)
I move: That Dáil Éireann shall take note of the Report of the Joint Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science entitled "Mental Health...
- Message From Select Committee (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence has completed its consideration of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024 and has made amendments thereto.
