Dáil debates

Friday, 3 December 2021

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9.00 a.m.
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Assisted Human Reproduction (7 speeches)
    1. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the assurances and safeguards his Department can offer to children who find themselves in a situation in which...
  • Residential Institutions (7 speeches)
    2. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way the proposals for the payment rates of the mother and baby institutions payment scheme were arrived at....
  • Childcare Services (7 speeches)
    3. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions his Department has taken to address the chronic staff shortages facing a significant number of early...
  • Family Resource Centres (7 speeches)
    5. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to expand the family resource centre network; and if he will prioritise Manorhamilton, Country Leitrim...
• Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Departmental Funding (9 speeches)
    6. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans for increased funding for his Department delivered as part of budget 2022; and if he will make a...
  • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (7 speeches)
    8. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress made towards the establishment of a national memorial and records centre under point 7 of An Action...
  • Sports Organisations (7 speeches)
    11. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will consider engaging with an organisation (details supplied) with a view to seeing how youth...
  • Direct Provision System (13 speeches)
    12. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he expects the last of the direct provision centres to close. [59476/21]
  • Childcare Services (7 speeches)
    13. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the National Action Plan for Childminding; the engagement that has taken place with representative...
  • Childcare Services (8 speeches)
    14. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the need for a career structure to be put in place for staff in the childcare sector in recognition...
  • Youth Services (10 speeches)
    15. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will consider a new capital programme for new community youth facilities in areas in which no...
  • Child Poverty (8 speeches)
    16. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures announced as part of budget 2022 to prevent and alleviate poverty during childhood; and if he will...
• Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Health Services (7 speeches)
    91. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for addressing the problems in paediatric orthopaedic services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59111/21]
  • Health Services (9 speeches)
    92. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has conducted a study on the impact of lockdowns on cancer services including diagnostic and treatment services; and if he will make a...
  • Hospital Procedures (10 speeches)
    93. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital appointments including but not limited to elective surgeries which have been cancelled due to capacity constraints and particularly the...
  • Disability Services (8 speeches)
    The next question is in the name of Deputy Pauline Tully and her substitute is Deputy Thomas Gould.
• Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Misuse of Drugs (22 speeches)
    96. To ask the Minister for Health the position of his Department on the decriminalisation of drug users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51980/21]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic (13 speeches)
    98. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the validity of the digital Covid-19 certificate to nine months for persons who have recovered from Covid-19 infection, particularly in view...
  • Primary Care Centres (10 speeches)
    100. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on progress to provide a network of primary healthcare centres in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59225/21]
  • Legislative Measures (7 speeches)
    102. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Mental Health Act 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59234/21]
  • Hospital Overcrowding (17 speeches)
    104. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on efforts to address severe overcrowding at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59224/21]
  • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (21 speeches)
    106. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new elective hospital in Cork. [59419/21]
  • Home Care Packages (11 speeches)
    112. To ask the Minister for Health the details of engagements regarding the need to increase the number of staff delivering home supports; the steps that can be taken to remedy the shortage of...
  • Vaccination Programme (11 speeches)
    117. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of the Covid-19 booster programme; the issues that have been identified with the early roll-out; and if he will make a statement on...
• Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I acknowledge the work done by former Deputy John Brassil in preparing this Bill. The Bill essentially replicates the good work John...
• Message from Seanad (1 speech)
  Seanad Éireann has passed the Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021, without amendment.
• Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (29 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am grateful to the Chair and to all Deputies for facilitating debate on this urgent rental legislation in Dáil Éireann. I also wish...
• Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (84 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a second time". I welcome the opportunity to present the Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2021 to the House. The purpose of...
• Social Welfare Bill 2021: Second Stage (29 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." Before I begin, I know many workers tonight, particularly those in the hospitality and night-time economy sectors, will be worried by the latest...