Dáil debates

Tuesday, 24 October 2023

  • Prelude (0 speeches)
    Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
  • Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 speeches)
    More than 5,000 Palestinians have been killed. More than 2,000 Palestinian children are dead. More than 1,000 Palestinian women are dead. More than 15,000 Palestinians have been injured....
  • An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (49 speeches)
    I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion reMinisterial Rota for Parliamentary Questions (without debate) - Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023 (Second Stage) (to conclude within 3 hrs 42 mins)...
  • Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (1 speech)
    I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 29th March, 2023, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, Questions for...
  • Competition and Consumer Protection (Unfair Prices) Bill 2023: First Stage (5 speeches)
    I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to enable and assist the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission better to perform its functions in relation to...
  • Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
    • Cabinet Committees (21 speeches)
      1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will meet next. [43822/23]
    • Cabinet Committees (16 speeches)
      11. To ask the Taoiseach To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [41216/23]
    • Departmental Offices (14 speeches)
      16. To ask the Taoiseach for an update on the economic policy unit of his Department. [45024/23]
  • Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage (4 speeches)
    I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." We are here to start our consideration of the Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023, which will give the necessary legal basis to the decisions...
  • Teachtaireacht ón Seanad - Message from Seanad (1 speech)
    Seanad Éireann has passed the Screening of Third Country Transactions Bill 2022, without amendment.
  • Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 speeches)
    Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
  • Health Service Funding: Motion [Private Members] (69 speeches)
    I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — it is widely accepted that the Government has chosen to underfund the Health Service in Budget 2024; — comments made by...
  • Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
    • Social Welfare Schemes (7 speeches)
      49. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the next steps in the consultation on the Green Paper on disability allowance. [46769/23]
    • Social Welfare Schemes (9 speeches)
      50. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will withdraw the proposals in the Green Paper on disability reform and implement instead a single-tier,...
    • Social Welfare Payments (9 speeches)
      51. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the review of means tests for carer's allowance; and whether, in light of increased thresholds in 2024,...
    • Social Welfare Benefits (6 speeches)
      52. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the processing times for carer's allowance applications; the sequential processing time for applications sent for review by...
    • Social Welfare Code (8 speeches)
      53. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of any engagement between her Department and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration, and...
  • Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
    • Social Welfare Schemes (7 speeches)
      54. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider allowing persons in receipt of disability allowance, blind pension, carer's allowance or an invalidity...
    • Citizens Information Services (9 speeches)
      55. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the reduction in outreach services previously provided by Citizens' Information branches across the country...
    • Social Welfare Payments (17 speeches)
      57. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which she remains satisfied that all critical issues anticipated in budget 2024 have been adequately dealt with,...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility (17 speeches)
      58. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration is being given to extending the duration of carer’s benefit beyond the current 104 weeks. [46385/23]
    • Social Welfare Schemes (3 speeches)
      60. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of the Disability Green Paper proposals in relation to extending the domiciliary care allowance scheme. [46398/23]
    • Social Welfare Payments (6 speeches)
      61. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an overview of the recent Green Paper on reform to disability payments. [46384/23]
  • 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 Michael Collins - To discuss...
  • Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
    • Hospital Investigations (10 speeches)
      Deputy Doherty and I were here last Tuesday, and no notification was given that the Minister for Health would not be present. We asked that the matter be deferred. That is a whole week. We...
    • Flood Risk Management (8 speeches)
      I will not waste my time in describing what happened last week. Images and videos shared across social media depicted exactly what happened. I will highlight the difficulties around Glashaboy...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education (4 speeches)
      This is nothing personal, but I am disappointed. The Minister of State has responsibility for mental health and the elderly. My question relates to the Department of Children, Equality,...