Dáil debates
Thursday, 10 December 2020
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9 a.m.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (1 speech)
Before the first question I wish to congratulate the Minister. I did not get the chance to do so on my own behalf.
- Judicial Appointments (7 speeches)
1. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vacant positions currently in the Judiciary on all courts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42653/20]
- Commemorative Events (7 speeches)
2. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans in place to mark the centenary of the foundation of An Garda Síochána in 2022; and if she will make a...
- Courts Service (7 speeches)
3. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Courts Service has the resources required to deal with the backlog of cases in courts due to Covid-19 restrictions; and if...
- Rural Crime (7 speeches)
4. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the strategic measures her Department is taking to tackle and prevent burglaries in rural Ireland; and if she will make a...
- European Court of Justice Rulings (7 speeches)
5. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when legislation will be brought forward to deal with the 2014 ruling by the European Union Court of Justice, ECJ, which held...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Crime Prevention (10 speeches)
6. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to deal with white-collar crime including the resourcing of State agencies; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Domestic Violence (8 speeches)
14. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions she will take to address the rising levels of domestic violence in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on...
- Crime Prevention (7 speeches)
8. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she has taken to tackle the rising incidence of knife crime and seizures of knives in communities across Ireland; and...
- Family Support Services (7 speeches)
9. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address the issue of parent alienation; if her attention has been drawn to this issue; her plans to address same; and...
- Domestic Violence Services (8 speeches)
11. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions she will take to address the rising levels of domestic violence in Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Prison Visiting Regulations (7 speeches)
12. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the arrangements which have been made for personal visits by families to prisoners at Christmas due to the Covid 19 crisis; and...
- State Pardons (8 speeches)
13. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the campaign to posthumously pardon a person (details supplied) further to ongoing correspondence from this Deputy;...
- Deportation Orders (8 speeches)
10. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her office will allow deportations of failed applicants for international protection to take place during the Covid-19 crisis...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Nursing Education (8 speeches)
77. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 84 of 3 November 2020, if an update will be provided on his plans for paying student nurses and midwives; and if he will...
- Covid-19 Pandemic (8 speeches)
78. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the way in which the Covid-19 vaccine will be rolled out across the country; if a new database will be developed to ensure a...
- Disabilities Assessments (7 speeches)
79. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for children requiring an assessment of needs in the context of the legal requirements on the HSE to commence such an assessment within...
- Mental Health Services (7 speeches)
80. To ask the Minister for Health if it will be ensured that mental health is part of universal health coverage by including care for mental, neurological and substance use disorders; and if he...
- Hospital Facilities (9 speeches)
81. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement he has had with the HSE regarding the plan to develop a new emergency department at University Hospital Galway; the status of the development of...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Vaccination Programme (7 speeches)
82. To ask the Minister for Health the reason students in the healthcare sector who are working in public hospitals and on the front line of services during the Covid-19 pandemic are being told...
- General Practitioner Services (10 speeches)
83. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to providing an out-of-hours general practitioner care service urgently on the north side of Cork city; and if he will make a...
- Disabilities Assessments (7 speeches)
84. To ask the Minister for Health if he has undertaken a review of the system for early assessment and prioritisation of therapies for children with special needs, which despite extra resources...
- Medicinal Products (8 speeches)
85. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug dupilumab for the treatment of severe atopic eczema will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42338/20]
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (7 speeches)
86. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, waiting list in community healthcare organisation, CHO, 4; and if he will make...
- Covid-19 Pandemic (8 speeches)
87. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons involved in testing and tracing as part of the Covid-19 response who transferred to that work from elsewhere in the health service; the...
- Nursing Education (11 speeches)
88. To ask the Minister for Health if it will be ensured that all student nurses receive payment for the work they have put in across the health service during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 speeches)
Before we start, I ask all leaders to adhere to the time limits in order that I do not have to keep interrupting them. I thank them in advance.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (43 speeches)
Ardóidh mé ceist an Bhreatimeachta leis an Tánaiste agus muid ag díriú isteach ag an deireadh seachtaine agus an t-am ag éirí gairid. Dúirt an...
- Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (2 speeches)
It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, or in the Resolution of the Dáil of 22 October 2020, that— (a) the orders of referral to Select Committee of 8 December,...
- Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (18 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020 has three core objectives. First, it amends the Credit Union Act to allow for general...
- Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (44 speeches)
Sections 1 and 2 agreed to.
- Central Mental Hospital (Relocation) Bill 2020: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
- Central Mental Hospital (Relocation) Bill 2020: Second Stage (22 speeches)
I remind Members that this debate will conclude after one hour and 40 minutes, if it does not conclude before that.
- Central Mental Hospital (Relocation) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (4 speeches)
Sections 1 to 8, inclusive, agreed to.
- 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: (1) Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan -...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Paediatric Services (5 speeches)
The Minister of State, Deputy Butler, is dealing with this matter. She is multitalented.
- Schools Building Projects (7 speeches)
Thank you, a Cheann Comhairle, for facilitating the Members from north Kildare on this particular issue, which arose from a public meeting we had with the various school authorities in Celbridge...
- Environmental Schemes (4 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for choosing this matter and the Minister for being here. During the programme for Government discussions there were a number of conversations about this proposed...
- Prohibition of Sulky-Racing Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 speech)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The Title of this Bill, the Prohibition of Sulky-Racing Bill 2018, might be a bit misleading. As the Minister will know, I introduced similar...
- Personal Explanation by Minister (2 speeches)
Before proceeding with the debate, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Marine has informed the Ceann Comhairle that he wishes to make a personal explanation to the House pursuant to Standing...
- Prohibition of Sulky-Racing Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 speeches)
Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
