Dáil debates
Thursday, 22 April 2021
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.00 a.m.
- Direct Provision: Statements (28 speeches)
I will share time with my colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Joe O'Brien. We will have seven and a half minutes each. As a country, we pride ourselves on being welcoming, kind and...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 speeches)
I want to raise the issue of Dolphin Trust with the Tánaiste this morning. It is a Ponzi scheme, a scam that has 1,800 Irish victims who are to lose up to €108 million in pension...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (42 speeches)
Last month, the Dáil unanimously supported an Teachta Aengus Ó Snodaigh's legislation to preserve and revitalise Moore Street in Dublin as a cultural quarter. At its meeting earlier...
- Planning and Development (Strategic Housing Developments) (Amendment) Bill 2021: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2019 and for that purpose to amend section 28 of the Planning and...
- Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (116 speeches)
We can start with the Minister of State, Deputy Mary Butler.
- Covid Restrictions Support Scheme Regulations and Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme Regulations: Motions (29 speeches)
I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (Covid Restrictions Support Scheme) (Date Adjustment) Order 2021, a copy of which...
- Ireland's participation in MARSUR III: Motion (12 speeches)
I move: That Dáil Éireann approves Ireland’s participation in the European Defence Agency Project - Maritime Surveillance (MARSUR) Networking - Operational Support and...
- Common Agricultural Policy Reform: Motion [Private Members] (27 speeches)
The Minister is now present. I will just point out, and I mean no offence or challenge to the Minister, that it is increasingly becoming the case that Ministers are turning up late for the...
- 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) Deputies Neale Richmond and...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Passport Services (8 speeches)
I greatly appreciate the opportunity afforded by the Ceann Comhairle to raise this vital issue. Over the last four months, nearly five months now, the Passport Office has been closed. The...
- Mental Health Services (4 speeches)
I thank the Minister of State for taking the time to hear this matter. I am becoming increasingly concerned about the ability of children and young adults with special and complex needs and...
- Public Services Provision (5 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for facilitating this debate. It took a pandemic, with people, in effect, spending more than a year indoors, for us to realise what is needed to enable us to enjoy...
- Covid-19 Tests (4 speeches)
Last year, the Minister for Health established an expert group to report on the use of rapid Covid-19 tests and to make recommendations on how such tests could be used in different settings. In...