Dáil debates

Tuesday, 1 February 2022

  • Prelude (0 speeches)
    Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
  • Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (58 speeches)
    Lá Fhéile Bríde sona daoibh go léir. I hope you all have a very good St. Brigid's Day.
  • An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (122 speeches)
    The report of the Business Committee has been circulated and may be taken as read. Are the proposed arrangements for this week's business agreed to?
  • Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) Order 2022: Motion (1 speech)
    I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft: Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) Order 2022, copies of which have been laid in...
  • Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (1 speech)
    I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 30th July, 2020, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, or in the Order of...
  • Houses of the Oireachtas Commission: Motion (1 speech)
    I move: That Dáil Éireann, pursuant to section 4(2)(f)(iv) of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Acts 2003-2021, hereby authorises the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission to...
    • Cabinet Committees (16 speeches)
      1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Covid-19 will meet next. [61982/21]
    • Cabinet Committees (31 speeches)
      9. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet.. [2221/22]
    • Cabinet Committees (31 speeches)
      19. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on education will next meet. [2226/22]
  • Legacy Issues in Northern Ireland and New Decade, New Approach: Statements (28 speeches)
    Is maith an rud é go bhfuilimid ag labhairt faoin gceist seo inniu mar is ceist ríthábhachtach é ó thaobh todhchaí na tíre de agus an easpa dul chun cinn i...
  • 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 Matt Carthy -to discuss...
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service: Motion [Private Members] (42 speeches)
    I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, every child has the right to the highest attainable standard of...
  • Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
    • Education Schemes (8 speeches)
      55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the roll-out of the expansion of delivering equality of opportunity in schools, DEIS, as committed to in budget 2022. [4817/22]
    • Educational Reform (10 speeches)
      56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to the call by a union (details supplied) for open access to third level education; if she plans to abolish the leaving...
    • State Examinations (7 speeches)
      57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will secure a choice for the leaving certificate 2022 between calculated grades and written exams to ensure fairness for the class of 2022;...
    • School Accommodation (7 speeches)
      58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress with the proposed amalgamation of a school (details supplied) and the development of another school in Tuam, County Galway;...
    • School Transport (13 speeches)
      59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made by the steering group in reviewing the school transport scheme; the changes that have been made to the scheme to date; and if...
  • Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
    Question No. 60 replied to with Written Answers.
    • State Examinations (7 speeches)
      61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify the arrangements that will be made for the junior certificate 2022 that recognise the disruption that students have faced; and...
    • State Examinations (8 speeches)
      62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to support a hybrid leaving certificate for 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4664/22]
    • School Accommodation (13 speeches)
      63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on efforts to develop facilities at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin to meet growing demand in the years...
    • Disadvantaged Status (14 speeches)
      64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the additional schools added to the DEIS programme will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4712/22]
    • State Examinations (8 speeches)
      65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made in relation to the 2022 leaving certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4827/22]
    • Curaclam Scoile (9 speeches)
      66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén uair a dhéanfar cinneadh maidir le na curaclaim nua Gaeilge don ardteist; an bhfuil i gceist aici déanamh cinnte go mbeidh...
    • School Accommodation (7 speeches)
      67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which she will address the issue of the lack of autism classes in Dublin 12 (details supplied). [4129/22]
  • Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
    • Pigmeat Sector (4 speeches)
      I welcome the fact that the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine is here. It is good to see a senior Minister taking a Topical Issue matter. I hope his presence is a recognition of the...
    • Road Projects (4 speeches)
      I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for selecting this matter and the Minister of State, Deputy James Browne, for being here to respond to this issue regarding the N25 between Midleton and...
    • Heritage Sites (4 speeches)
      It is first important to describe Desmond Castle, although I will not do it justice. It is a stunning work of old architecture, a 500-year-old castle tower built by the FitzGerald family and...
    • Local Authorities (6 speeches)
      I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Browne, for standing in, although I am not sure why the relevant Minister is not here. This is a serious issue in regard to Galway city, a city that has...