Dáil debates
Thursday, 19 March 2020
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m. - Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (1 speech)
I welcome you all and thank you for attending today for this important sitting. We meet this afternoon in limited numbers at a time of great crisis for our country and for the entire globe. The... - An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 speeches)
I call Deputy Ó Snodaigh to announce the business for the day. - Finance Act 2004 (section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2020: 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 2020, copies of which have been laid in... - An Bille Sláinte (Caomhnú agus Cosaint agus Bearta Éigeandála Eile Ar Mhaithe Le Leas an Phobail), 2020: An Dara Céim - Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Bill 2020: Second Stage (31 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." We are truly, as the Ceann Comhairle has outlined, living in extraordinary times. The pandemic we are now endeavouring to deal with was... - Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (6 speeches)
We are resuming very briefly. Given the complexity and the importance of the legislation before us and the absolute commitment of all of us to get it right, the Minister has a proposal to put to us. - An Bille Sláinte (Caomhnú agus Cosaint agus Bearta Éigeandála Eile Ar Mhaithe Le Leas an Phobail), 2020: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (143 speeches)
Our apologies for the delay in starting. The wheels of legislation move a little slower than we might wish. We were rather ambitious, perhaps, in planning for a 5 p.m. finish. We are now in a...