I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion re Supplementary Estimate for Public Services [Vote 29] (back from Committee) (without debate) - Motion re Sixteenth Report of the Committee of Selection (without debate) - Motion re Orders of Reference of Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach (without debate) - Motion re Membership of the Joint Committee on Standing Orders (Private Business) (without debate) - Motion re Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of meeting of the Joint Commit…

I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the Sixteenth Report of the Standing Committee of Selection in accordance with Standing Order 34, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 7th July, 2022, and appoints members to Committees accordingly.

I move: That the Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach shall have the power to send for persons, papers and records included in its Orders of Reference for the sole and exclusive purpose of the examination of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform's policies and procedures relating to the secondments of public servants.

I move: That, pursuant to Standing Order 5 of the Standing Orders of the Dáil and Seanad relative to Private Business, the following members be appointed to be members of the Joint Committee on Standing Orders (Private Business): Deputies Cormac Devlin, Aengus Ó Snodaigh, Matt Shanahan and Seán Sherlock.

I move: That Dáil Éireann, in accordance with Article 15.1.3° of the Constitution, hereby determines that the Joint Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands may meet on Bere Island, County Cork, on a date in September decided by the Committee, in connection with the challenges facing Islanders on the operation of national Islands policies: provided that, pursuant to Standing Order 106(4), Members may participate in such meeting from within the parliamentary precincts by means …

This is a cohesive and hard-working Government. As Government Chief Whip, I can announce that by the end of this session, more than 100 pieces of legislation will have been passed since the Government took office. Each and every one of those pieces of legislation has been enacted to deliver for families and make progress across many areas of policy. More generally, we are committed to focusing on the key issues. As the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, outlined, home completions are at their highest level in a deca…

This is a cynical move to exploit issues, not solve them, and to drown out every positive measure in a consistently negative and divisive approach. This is just about pursuing a path to power at any cost.

People will see through it.

I appreciate the Deputy raising this issue. I wish to reiterate the commitment of the Government to investment in sport infrastructure across the country. If we are to achieve our ambitious targets for sports participation, we need to have the necessary facilities. As regards the responsibilities of my Department, two schemes provide grant assistance for the development of sports infrastructure, including local authority-owned pitches. The sports capital and equipment programme is the primary vehicle for Government…

One thing we are trying to encourage through the sports capital and equipment programme is to have local authority-led municipal sports facilities. We have had many examples of local authorities leading out on that, including Meath County Council. It is commencing work in Dunboyne, for example. There have been projects across the country where local authorities are partnering with a multiplicity of clubs to develop parks in combination with sporting aspects. My Department is a willing partner when it comes to the c…

I move: That, notwithstanding the Order of the Dáil of 16th December, 2020, the sequence in which Leaders shall be called upon to put questions between 12th July, 2022, and 8th December, 2022, inclusive, pursuant to Standing Order 36( ca ), shall be in accordance with the rota contained in the report of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform dated 5th July, 2022, entitled "Rota for Leaders' Questions pursuant to Standing Order 36 from 12 July to 8 December 2022", a copy of which was laid before Dáil Éirea…

I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion re Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Isle of Man) Order 2022 (without debate) - Motion re Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Guernsey) Order 2022 (without debate) - Motion re Leave to Introduce Supplementary Estimate for Public Services [Vote 29] - Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (without debate) - Motion re Instruction to Committee on the Health (M…

I thank Senator Doherty for raising this important matter. At the outset, I want to reiterate the Government’s commitment to providing the necessary sports facilities right across the country. If we are to achieve our ambitious targets for sports participation, we need the necessary facilities and equipment. Our commitment in this regard was demonstrated in recent months when we announced €150 million in allocations under the sports capital and equipment programme, which was by far the highest level of funding ever…

To be fair to Fingal County Council, it was very engaged with Swim Ireland when it came to the pop-up pool in Donabate. That is the trialling of the new concept of delivery around transportable pools. A modular pool is a scaled-up version of that and a more permanent fixture. As a coastal community in Fingal, it is important to have access to swimming pool infrastructure. I take the Senator’s point on that. That is why in the next six months, by year-end, we will have the swimming strategy published. That will, as …

The position is that the Bill does not endanger the criminal justice system in the way referred to by the Senator and that such people would be subject to full justice, as per the legal position of the State.

I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion re Instruction to Committee on the Consumer Rights Bill 2022 (without debate) (any division claimed to be taken immediately prior to Report Stage of the Bill on Wednesday) - Motion re Membership of the Joint Committee on Standing Orders relative to Private Business (without debate) - Motion re Fifteenth Report of the Committee of Selection (without debate) - Motion re Referral to Select Committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Double Taxation Relief (Taxes …

No.

I move: That, pursuant to Standing Order 187, it be an instruction to the Committee to which the Consumer Rights Bill 2022 may be recommitted in respect of certain amendments, that the Committee has the power to make amendments to the Bill which are outside the scope of the existing provisions of the Bill, in relation to section 459 of the Companies Act 2014 to make provision for the unclaimed consideration of former dissenting shareholders in respect of an acquisition, and to amend the long title.

I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Standing Orders of the Dáil and Seanad relative to Private Business, in relation to the membership of the Joint Committee on Standing Orders (Private Business), a maximum of four members of the Dáil and four members of the Seanad may be members of the Committee.

I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the Fifteenth Report of the Standing Committee of Selection in accordance with Standing Order 34, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 23rd June, 2022, and discharges and appoints members to Committees accordingly.