Dáil debates
Thursday, 13 November 2025
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach Gníomhach (Deputy John Paul O'Shea) i gceannas ar 08:47
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Company Closures (7 speeches)
1. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the protections his Department will install for workers to prevent the situation that occurred at a company (details supplied) being...
- Visa Applications (7 speeches)
2. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether he plans to review the employment permits process, with a view to making the process faster; whether his Department has...
- EU Directives (7 speeches)
3. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how he is taking account of the views expressed by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment in its scrutiny...
- Artificial Intelligence (7 speeches)
4. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress being made by his Department on creating an operational AI regulatory sandbox by 2 August 2026, in line with the EU AI Act...
- Company Closures (7 speeches)
5. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports his Department is providing to companies impacted by the receivership announcement of a company (details supplied) to...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (11 speeches)
Question No. 6 is in the name of Deputy Gibney.
- Business Supports (7 speeches)
7. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department and Enterprise Ireland plan to introduce a growth equity fund to help scale and co-invest in large privately owned...
- Artificial Intelligence (7 speeches)
6. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the means by which the transition of the new AI office to a fully independent statutory body will be managed; and if he will make a...
- Tourism Promotion (7 speeches)
9. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on his proposals to cultivate cross-Border tourism. [62277/25]
- Small and Medium Enterprises (7 speeches)
10. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding supports for any SME that will not benefit from the planned VAT reduction in July 2026; if targeted supports...
- Regional Development (6 speeches)
11. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department and Enterprise Ireland are reviewing current policies with a view to expanding opportunities in areas outside of the...
- Business Supports (7 speeches)
12. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures being taken by his Department to support the retail sector; the initiatives in place to assist small and independent...
- Foreign Direct Investment (7 speeches)
13. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his Department’s timeline for identification and servicing of the large-scale regional next generation sites for future FDI and...
- Small and Medium Enterprises (7 speeches)
14. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports in place for small companies and businesses to enhance their understanding of profit and loss and cash flow; and if he...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Pension Provisions (7 speeches)
71. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the provisions that have been made to ensure that agencies, organisations, charities and service providers funded by his...
- Fuel Poverty (7 speeches)
72. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider granting a fuel allowance to those that have had an application refused or revoked due to an adult child...
- Social Welfare Benefits (9 speeches)
73. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an estimate of the number of new people who will be eligible to receive carer’s allowance following budget 2026; if...
- Pension Provisions (7 speeches)
74. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when his Department will establish, and make publicly available, the administration fees and charges being imposed as a part...
- Social Welfare Payments (7 speeches)
75. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will reintroduce a cost-of-disability lump sum payment before Christmas to reduce the negative impact of budget 2025 on...
- Social Welfare Eligibility (7 speeches)
76. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider reviewing the income disregards for carers and people with disabilities in light of the increased cost of...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Social Welfare Schemes (7 speeches)
77. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current annual cost of the disability allowance and invalidity pensions schemes; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Appeals (9 speeches)
78. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason so many applications for the domiciliary care allowance are rejected; the plans in place to deal with this; and if...
- Social Welfare Eligibility (7 speeches)
79. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who will gain from the changes in the means test for the carer’s allowance announced in budget...
- Social Welfare Appeals (6 speeches)
80. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to advise on the efforts underway in his Department to decrease social welfare appeal waiting times; the average time it takes...
- Social Welfare Eligibility (9 speeches)
81. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the employees of a company that has entered receivership (details supplied) can apply for new employment,...
- Pensions Reform (8 speeches)
82. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the guidance and information he is providing to employers in relation to My Future Fund; and if he will make...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (86 speeches)
After months of delay, it is finally here. Almost a year into this Government, it is only now publishing its housing plan. Given the amount of time this has taken, we can be forgiven for...
- Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions (4 speeches)
In the week when the two-week COP30 summit started without, regrettably, the involvement of the USA, it is vital that we remain steadfast and committed to and that we redouble our efforts to hit...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (68 speeches)
Tánaiste, I have a document here that is 107 pages long. I read it this morning. It nearly put me to sleep ten times. There is nothing in it. I swear to God Almighty. Has the...
- Science Week: Statements (18 speeches)
I am delighted to be here to open this debate to mark Science Week 2025. As Minister for science - in fact, I have a long title and science is a key part of it - it is so important we mark this...
- An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Daichead ar an mBunreacht (An Aois Vótála a Laghdú go Sé Bliana Déag), 2025: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Forty-first Amendment of the Constitution (Reduction of Voting Age to Sixteen Years) Bill 2025: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 speeches)
Tairgim: “Go léifear an Bille don Dara hUair anois.” I move: “That the Bill be now read a Second Time.” I thank my friends in the Social Democrats for the...
