Dáil debates
Thursday, 28 March 2019
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Affordable Childcare Scheme Implementation (7 speeches)
1. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the implementation of the affordable childcare scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14606/19]
- Domestic Violence (7 speeches)
2. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to increase capacity for the number of refuges providing services to victims of domestic violence; the steps being taken to improve...
- Foster Care Supports (7 speeches)
3. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the lack of consistency that exists in terms of children in foster care receiving aftercare plans and...
- Youth Homelessness Strategy (7 speeches)
4. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures being taken to protect the welfare of homeless children by her Department and agencies reporting to her; and if she will make a...
- Child Protection (7 speeches)
5. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the actions she will take to act on the recommendations of the UN special rapporteur regarding the sale and exploitation of children and the...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- After-School Support Services (7 speeches)
6. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the implications the new after-school care regulations will have for schools and childcare providers; and...
- Childcare Services Funding (12 speeches)
7. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether existing levels of capital funding for childcare providers are sufficient; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Child Protection (13 speeches)
8. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied that safeguarding matters in an organisation (details supplied) are in keeping with appropriate legislation and...
- Child and Family Agency Funding (6 speeches)
9. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding an organisation (details supplied) receives from Tusla; the basis on which the organisation receives funding; and if she will...
- Child and Family Agency Staff (9 speeches)
10. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of social workers needed to fill all vacant posts in Tusla; the number required to have all cases investigated by a social worker...
- Adoption Legislation (5 speeches)
15. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14502/19]
- Foster Care (4 speeches)
31. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the lack of consistency in children in foster care receiving aftercare plans and aftercare workers; and...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (117 speeches)
Everybody in the House will, I am sure, share a sense of sadness and anger at the current record levels of homelessness announced yesterday. There are 6,480 adults and 3,784 children living in...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (78 speeches)
Donal Hickey who has been a senior usher in the service for more than 13 years is due to retire tomorrow. I am sure every Member of the House will want to join me in wishing him a long, healthy...
- Criminal Justice (Conspiracy to Murder) Bill 2019: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Criminal Justice Act 2006 to increase the sentence for persons convicted of conspiring or soliciting to commit...
- Finance Act 2004: Motion (1 speech)
I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft:Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2019,copies of which have been laid in draft...
- Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (4 speeches)
The following motion was moved by Deputy Joan Collins on Thursday, 7 March 2019:
- National Children's Hospital: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (3 speeches)
The following motion was moved by Deputy Michael Healy-Rae on Tuesday, 12 March 2019:
- Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 speech)
The following motion was moved by Deputy Bríd Smith on Tuesday, 26 March 2019:
- Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach has completed its consideration of the National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018 and...
- 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) Deputy Louise O'Reilly - to...
- Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (56 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The voisinageor neighbourhood arrangements between Ireland and Northern Ireland have provided reciprocal fishing access for more than 50 years....
- Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (34 speeches)
SECTION 1
- Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (2 speeches)
It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that questions for oral answer to the Taoiseach under Standing Order 38 will not be taken on Tuesday, 2 April 2019 and oral questions...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Football Association of Ireland (4 speeches)
We have all been taken aback by the ongoing corporate governance and financial issues within the Football Association of Ireland, FAI. I strongly believe now is the time to set the course right,...
- Health Services Staff (8 speeches)
I very much welcome the opportunity to raise as a Topical Issue the provision of cardiology services in University Hospital Kerry as it is something which is absolutely critical to the...
- Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists (5 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting the issue. The number of children and adolescents awaiting first-time assessment for occupational therapy nationally as of January 2019 was 16,868, a...
- Hospital Services (4 speeches)
I wish to raise an issue that has become very serious in Sligo University Hospital and for the entire north west. I will paint a picture of the situation for the Minister of State. If an adult...
- Estimates for Public Services 2019: Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimates for public services for the service of the year ending on 31...
- Residential Tenancies (Prevention of Family Homelessness) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." In 2011, when Fine Gael took office, there were 641 children in emergency accommodation according to the Central Statistics Office....
