Dáil debates

Tuesday, 22 October 2024

  • Prelude (0 speeches)
    Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
  • Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (44 speeches)
    Now we will take Leaders' Questions under Standing Order 36. I call Deputy McDonald.
  • Visit of US Delegation (1 speech)
    I ask Members to join me in welcoming a large and diverse delegation of friends from the United States of America, led by Mr. Mike Carroll, president of C-FAIR, and including consul general Ms...
  • Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (6 speeches)
    Five weeks ago tomorrow, I brought up a particularly tough case during Leaders' Questions that has been going on for the past two to three years concerning young Seán. He is eating the...
  • An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (106 speeches)
    I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion re Thirty-Fourth Report of the Standing Committee of Selection and Appointment of Committee Cathaoirleach (without debate) - Motion re Proposed...
  • Thirty-Fourth Report of the Standing Committee of Selection: Motion (1 speech)
    I move: That Dáil Éireann, pursuant to Standing Order 34, and with effect from 23rd October, 2024— (1) approves the Thirty-Fourth Report of the Standing Committee of...
  • Information on Repairability of Certain Products Bill 2024: First Stage (6 speeches)
    I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide that information relating to the repairability of certain products be made available and to provide for related...
  • Estimates for Public Services 2024: Messages from Select Committees (1 speech)
    An Cathaoirleach Gníomhach: The Select Committee on Justice has completed its consideration of the following Supplementary Estimates for Public Services for the service of the year ending on...
  • Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
    • Departmental Policies (13 speeches)
      1. To ask the Taoiseach to report on the publication of Understanding Life in Ireland: The Well-Being Framework 2024. [36690/24]
    • Cabinet Committees (13 speeches)
      5. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economy and investment will next meet. [36691/24]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 speeches)
      11. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his recent meeting with the prime minister of the United Kingdom. [36705/24]
  • Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2024: Motion (30 speeches)
    I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2024, copies of which were laid in draft form before Dáil...
  • Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (10 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan. The proceedings on this matter will be taken at the end of the first round of speakers.
  • Maternity Protection Bill 2024 [Seanad]: Instruction to Committee (5 speeches)
    I move: That, pursuant to Standing Order 233(2), Standing Order 187 is modified to provide that it be an instruction to the Committee on the Maternity Protection Bill 2024, that it has power to...
  • Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (85 speeches)
    There has been a technical issue with the distribution of the Government amendment. It is being emailed now and a hard copy will be available soon.
  • Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (4 speeches)
    Tagann an chéad cheist ón Teachta Ó Broin.
    • Housing Schemes (9 speeches)
      50. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason an open market valuation is being used to establish the price of homes under the Government’s affordable...
    • Housing Schemes (18 speeches)
      51. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm the price of the one-, two- and three-bedroom cost-rental units in Oscar Traynor Road, O'Devaney Gardens and...
  • Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
    • Housing Provision (7 speeches)
      53. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he is availing of modern housing production methods to facilitate the provision of additional supply of...
  • Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógail) - Priority Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
    • Defective Building Materials (13 speeches)
      52. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what plans he has to make the defective homes redress scheme accessible for the difficult cases where it is more feasible to...
  • Ceisteanna Eile (Atógail) - Other Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
    • Housing Provision (7 speeches)
      54. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on revised social housing targets in Clare; the progress on the target of 153 new social homes; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Provision (8 speeches)
      56. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social and affordable houses that have been completed in Cavan and Monaghan during this Government's term of...
    • Housing Schemes (8 speeches)
      58. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of tenant in-situ applications approved in Cork city and county since the inception of the scheme; and if he will...
    • Housing Schemes (21 speeches)
      57. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the Croí Cónaithe scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42643/24]
    • Housing Provision (3 speeches)
      72. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he can identify, through the various local authorities, suitably developed sites on which builders can be...
    • Solar Energy Guidelines (8 speeches)
      64. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce national guidelines to manage the development of large-scale solar farms; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Policy (13 speeches)
      65. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the immediate and urgent actions that will be taken to address the high levels of homelessness; and if he will make a statement...
    • Housing Provision (12 speeches)
      80. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing units delivered by the local authorities in Galway city and county in 2022, 2023 and to date in...