Dáil debates

Tuesday, 29 January 2019

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 14.00
• Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (61 speeches)
  Unfortunately, it looks like the nationwide 24 hour nurses strike is about to go ahead tomorrow. It is the first time since 1999 that the country's nurses and midwives are going on strike across...
• An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (98 speeches, 1 comment)
  Today's business shall be No. 11, motion re amendment of orders of reference of special Joint Committee on Climate Action; No. 12, motion re Minamata convention - referral to committee; No. 33,...
• Informal Adoptions (Regularisation) Bill 2019: First Stage (5 speeches)
  I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the regularisation of the legal status of persons informally adopted in the State; and to provide for connected...
• Amendment of Orders of Reference of Special Joint Committee on Climate Action: Motion (1 speech)
  I move:That the Order of the Dáil of 3rd July, 2018, relating to the Special Joint Committee on Climate Action, be amended in paragraph (g) by the deletion of ‘31st January,...
• Proposed Approval by Dáil Éireann of the United Nations Minamata Convention on Mercury: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
  I move:That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the terms of the United Nations Minamata Convention on Mercury, done at Kumamoto, Japan on 10th October, 2013, a copy of which was...
• Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
  • Legislative Programme (40 speeches)
    1. To ask the Taoiseach if his officials have outlined to him the necessary legislative changes required to prepare for Brexit. [1428/19]
  • Cabinet Committee Meetings (42 speeches)
    5. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee D, infrastructure, last met; and when it will next meet. [1549/19]
• 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 29A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputies Gino Kenny and Richard...
• Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • International Relations (9 speeches)
    38. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the status of Anglo-Irish relations; the efforts being made to maintain and protect relations, particularly in the context of...
  • Brexit Issues (8 speeches)
    39. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the mechanisms in place to avoid a hard Border in the event of a no-deal Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4374/19]
  • Brexit Issues (19 speeches)
    40. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of planning for all Brexit scenarios including a no-deal Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3979/19]
  • Common Travel Area (13 speeches)
    41. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of negotiations with the United Kingdom relating to the preservation of the benefits of the common travel area in terms of...
  • Brexit Negotiations (7 speeches)
    42. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Foreign Ministers other than the Polish Foreign Minister have raised the possibility of or requested that conditions be attached to the...
• Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Foreign Conflicts (24 speeches)
    43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will lobby for a full trade boycott and embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia in view of the fact that Saudi Arabia has been...
  • Trade Agreements (7 speeches)
    44. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the UN recognised representative of the Saharawis has stated that it will again take a case...
  • Brexit Issues (9 speeches)
    45. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed with his UK counterpart the issue of border checks on trucks originating here and arriving in the UK from Rosslare...
  • Foreign Policy (7 speeches)
    46. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the two Catalan civil society activists and seven Catalan politicians that remain imprisoned in Spain (details supplied); and if...
  • Brexit Issues (28 speeches)
    47. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the further preparation that has been made for the various possible outcomes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Human Rights Cases (18 speeches)
    48. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he will take to request that the authorities of a prison (details supplied) lift the ban on freedom of prisoner movement and...
• Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • VAT Rate Increases (10 speeches)
    The increase on VAT on food supplements to 23% is shocking for huge numbers of people who need and rely on food supplements and vitamins. To put it simply, the Government needs to abandon this...
  • Industrial Relations (8 speeches)
    We are 14 hours precisely from the placing of pickets on hospitals across the country as part of the nurses' strike. The fact that strike is happening is an indication of the crises that exist...
  • Hospital Accommodation Provision (41 speeches)
    Cá bhfuil an tAire?
  • Rail Network Expansion (10 speeches)
    I thank the Minister for coming in. Deputy Rock and I tabled this Topical Issue matter to discuss the pressing importance of this critical infrastructure, the metro, for Dublin. It is not just...
• National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Order for Second Stage [Private Members] (1 speech)
  Bill entitled an Act to provide that Lenders may not transfer mortgages on residential property without the consent of the borrower and to provide for related matters.
• No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (60 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am proud to move this Bill and hope it can get cross-party support in this Chamber. I must say there is no reason for that cross-party...