I move: That— (a) for the purposes of any division claimed on Wednesday, 15th September, 2021, or Thursday, 16th September, 2021, and required to be taken forthwith pursuant to Standing Order 80(3), the public gallery adjacent to the Dáil chamber shall be considered to be encompassed within the Dáil chamber for the purposes of such a division only, and (b) until further notice, the Dáil shall meet in Leinster House, Kildare Street, Dublin 2.

I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to accept the following measure: Regulation (EU) 2021/693 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 April 2021 establishing the Justice Programme and repealing Regulation (EU) No. 1382/2013, a …

I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the following Orders in draft: Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income and Capital Gains) (Federal Republic of Germany) Order 2021, and Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income and Capital Gains) (Republic of Kosovo) Order 2021, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 7th July, 2021, be referred to the Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach, in accordance with Standing Order 95(1)( a ), which, not later than 14th July, 2…

I move: That Dáil Éireann, noting that the Government agreed on 29th June, 2021, to propose, for the approval of Dáil Éireann, Shane Galligan to be a member of the Legal Services Regulatory Authority on the Nomination of the Institute of Legal Cost Accountants, and pursuant to section 9 of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015, approves the appointment by the Government of Shane Galligan to be a member of the Legal Services Regulatory Authority to fill a casual vacancy pursuant to section 10(9) of the said Act of …

I move: That the Orders of Reference of the Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community, as agreed by Order of the Dáil of 22nd September, 2020 and 28th April, 2021, be amended by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph 7: ‘7. The Joint Committee shall make its final report to both Houses of the Oireachtas by 30th November, 2021, and shall thereupon stand dissolved.’.

I thank the Deputy for raising this important matter. I fully understand and acknowledge the disappointment of Dressage Ireland and individual riders at the decision not to send a dressage team to the upcoming Olympic Games in Tokyo. I know that it is very frustrating for those riders who had secured a place at the Olympics to accept the decision that was made by Horse Sport Ireland not to send a team. I absolutely acknowledge how difficult this has been for those individual riders, as the Deputy has outlined. My r…

As I said in my initial remarks I accept and acknowledge that it is very frustrating for the riders who had secured a place to accept the decision made by Horse Sport Ireland and how difficult that is. The role specific to national governing bodies is that they deliver and develop their sport, working with their club networks, affiliates and partners. Obviously, that involves structures and rules, selection policies and performance targets. On the Olympic Games, the selection process is managed directly through the…

I move: That- (a) notwithstanding the Order of the Dáil of 16th December, 2020, the sequence in which Leaders shall be called upon to put questions between 6th July, 2021, and 15th July, 2021 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, 2021, entitled ‘ Rota for Leaders’ Questions rota pursuant to Standing Order 36, and amendments to Standing Orders arising from recommendations of Committee on Bud…

No.

I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the report by the Minister for Defence regarding service by the Defence Forces with the United Nations in 2020, a copy of which was laid before Dáil Éireann on 21st June, 2021, in accordance with section 13 of the Defence (Amendment) Act, 2006, be referred to the Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence, in accordance with Standing Order 95(1)( a ), which, not later than 20th October, 2021, shall send a message to the Dáil in the manner prescribed in Stand…

I move: It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that until further notice in the 33rd Dáil, the following procedure shall apply to requests for waivers in relation to pre-legislative scrutiny of Government Bills: ( a ) where a member of the Government or a Minister of State wishes to initiate a Bill pursuant to Standing Order 174 without pre-legislative scrutiny, he or she shall request a waiver in that regard from the Committee empowered under Standing Order 95 to consider Bills published by t…

I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 6, inclusive, together. On the advice of the Central Statistics Office, CSO, the Government decided on 15 September, to postpone the 2021 census to 3 April 2022. The decision to postpone the census scheduled for 18 April 2021 until 3 April 2022 was not taken lightly and was based on a number of factors. Foremost in the decision making, was the need to ensure the safety of the general public and CSO field staff, coupled with the need to deliver a census that achieves the highest…

I hope I have a few minutes as there have been plenty of questions from everyone. There was a query on how census questions are selected. The census forms for use next year have been finalised and preparation of the census questions is a multi-year project involving public consultation, commencing in 2017. There was a broad census advisory group, comprising 21 persons from Departments, social partners, the Economic and Social Research Institute, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, academia, local govern…

No.

I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft: Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) Order 2021, copies of which have been laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on 11th June, 2021, be referred to the Joint Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, in accordance with Standing Order 95(5), which, not later than 7th July, 2021, shall send a message to the Dáil in the manner prescribed in Standing Order 101, an…

I thank the Deputies for their statements and questions. The Taoiseach has outlined his expectations for the European Council's meeting with the UN Secretary General, Mr. Guterres, and for their discussions on Covid-19, economic recovery, migration and the Euro Summit. I will now turn to the foreign policy items on the agenda of this week's European Council. With regard to Russia, at their last meeting on 24 to 25 May, leaders held a discussion on the EU's strategic relationship with Russia. In addition to condemni…

Tá an Rialtas seo tiomanta do chur i bhfeidhm na ngeallltanas a rinneamar maidir le New Decade, New Approach, tionscadail a rachaidh chun leasa an phobail ar fud an oileáin. Gan dabht, tá an phaindéim tar éis mórán dár gcuid ama a thógáil le 15 mhí anuas. I mí Eanáir, áfach, reáchtáladh an chéad chruinniú maidir le hathbhreithniú ar chur i bhfeidhm an chomhaontaithe. Cruinniú fíorúil a bhí ann agus bhí an tAire Gnóthaí Eachtracha, an Státrúnaí, an Chéad Aire agus an leas-Chéad Aire, agus ceannairí páirtithe Fheidhm…

Tá an cheist seo pléite go rímhinic leis an údarás cuí. Tá an Roinn seo ag iarraidh go ndéanfar dul chun cinn leis an reachtaíocht seo, mar a dúirt mé. Leanfar leis an gceist seo a ardú leis an údarás ó Thuaidh go dtí go mbeidh toradh sásúil ar an scéal. Feictear domsa go bhfuil cothrom na Féinne tuillte ag pobal labhartha na Gaeilge ó Thuaidh. Ba cheart an reachtaíocht seo a bheith tugtha chun cinn agus, faoi mar ata ráite agam cheana, táim sásta an méid agus is féidir liom a dhéanamh ar mhaithe le tacú agus comhl…

Tá cearta an-tábhachtach ar an oileán seo. Táim an-sásta an comhar agus an comhoibriú an-tábhachtach idir an Rialtas seo agus an Rialtas ó Thuaidh a leanúint freisin. Tá an Rialtas seo ag teagmháil leis na páirtithe ó Thuaidh an t-am ar fad. Beidh go leor cruinnithe eatarthu agus an reachtaíocht seo á chur i bhfeidhm.

The Department provides capital support for the construction of swimming pools. In this regard, the local authority swimming pool programme provides grant aid towards the capital costs of new swimming pools or the refurbishment of existing pools. To date, 52 pools have been completed and three swimming pool projects, in Lucan, Buncrana and Edenderry, remain in the programme. The Lucan pool is under construction and is expected to be completed later this year, while both the Buncrana and Edenderry projects are at co…