Dáil debates

Tuesday, 14 May 2024

  • Prelude (0 speeches)
    Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
  • Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (37 speeches)
    Fine Gael has been in government for 13 years and in that time the housing crisis has gone from bad to worse. It is not an accident. We now have a full-blown housing disaster because the...
  • An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (66 speeches)
    I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion re Thirtieth Report of the Committee of Selection (without debate) - Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024 (Second Stage) (if not...
  • Family Law (Divorce) (Amendment) Bill: First Stage (5 speeches)
    I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Family Law (Divorce) Act 1996 to provide for swifter access to divorce proceedings. This legislation will...
  • Thirtieth Report of the Standing Committee of Selection: Motion (1 speech)
    I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the Thirtieth Report of the Standing Committee of Selection in accordance with Standing Order 34, copies of which were laid before Dáil...
  • Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
    • European Council (14 speeches)
      1. To ask the Taoiseach for a report on his attendance at the special European Council on 17 and 18 April 2024. [18052/24]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (23 speeches)
      8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the Spanish Prime Minister. [17783/24]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (7 speeches)
      15. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his recent meeting with the President of the European Commission. [21330/24]
  • Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second Stage (24 speeches)
    I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am very pleased to introduce the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No.2) Bill 2024 to the Dáil. The legislation has two main aims....
  • Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion [Private Members] (33 speeches)
    I call Deputy Mary Lou McDonald.
  • 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 Jennifer Murnane O'Connor...
  • Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
    • Energy Conservation (7 speeches)
      50. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of heat pumps installed to date relative to the 2030 target of 400,000; the challenges he has identified with...
    • Electricity Generation (7 speeches)
      51. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total electricity generation capacity that has been energised since February 2020, broken down by fuel source and...
    • Corporate Governance (10 speeches)
      52. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to detail the process for the establishment of Re-Turn Ireland; the governance structures of that entity; and if he will...
    • Renewable Energy Generation (9 speeches)
      53. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures he is taking to address surplus renewable energy that is wasted; if he plans to introduce measures to...
  • Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
    • North-South Interconnector (16 speeches)
      54. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the meetings he has had, and-or the briefings he has received, in respect of the North-South Interconnector. [21467/24]
    • Recycling Policy (17 speeches)
      55. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the engagement his Department has had with local authorities to progress the next phase...
    • Cybersecurity Policy (8 speeches)
      58. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline the role of the National Cyber Security Centre in tackling cyber scams [21487/24]
    • National Broadband Plan (7 speeches)
      61. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the action he is taking to progress areas still pending survey in mid-Cork under the National Broadband Plan; and if he...
    • Renewable Energy Generation (10 speeches)
      62. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 177 of 16 April 2024, the status of the community-led projects that were...
    • Climate Change Policy (8 speeches)
      63. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which Ireland continues to make progress towards meeting climate change issues with particular reference...
    • National Broadband Plan (7 speeches)
      64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which broadband provision throughout the country is progressing as intended; if efforts continue to bridge...
    • Energy Conservation (10 speeches)
      79. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the progress being made in the installation and promotion of communal and district...
  • Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
    • School Enrolments (7 speeches)
      I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this particular matter again. I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House to reply.
    • Disability Services (4 speeches)
      I want to raise the issue of children receiving substandard services in children's disability network teams, CDNTs, in Carlow. I was disappointed to read in a response to a parliamentary...
    • Sports Events (4 speeches)
      Cork's heroic victory over Limerick last weekend will go down in history as one of the most exciting games of the modern time but thousands, if not tens of thousands, of people were not able to...
    • Dental Services (4 speeches)
      I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Colm Burke, for being here tonight. I am raising the long waiting list for dentures, specifically for people over 70. I want to go back to a newspaper...