Dáil debates

Thursday, 24 March 2022

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9 a.m.
• Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Childcare Services (7 speeches)
    1. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that more than a small number of childcare sessional and school-age...
  • Ukraine War (7 speeches)
    2. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has been informed of calls from UNICEF for safeguarding and child protection measures to be put in place for...
  • Registration of Births (12 speeches)
    3. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will establish an inquiry into illegal birth registrations following publication of a report (details...
  • Childcare Services (11 speeches)
    5. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when his Department's own in-depth analysis of 13 childcare services in very disadvantaged areas was conducted;...
• Messages from Select Committees (1 speech)
  The Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach has completed its consideration of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022 and has made amendments thereto....
• Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Ukraine War (20 speeches)
    8. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way his Department is co-ordinating the accommodation and welfare needs of Ukrainian refugees coming to...
  • International Protection (7 speeches)
    6. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline supports provided to date through the community sponsorship model and whether consideration has...
  • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (14 speeches)
    7. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details of his Department’s plan to support increased domestic violence refuge provision,...
  • Disability Services (7 speeches)
    10. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will detail progress regarding the development and implementation of the autism innovation strategy; and if...
  • Child Poverty (7 speeches)
    11. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way he intends to implement the European Union child guarantee; the timeline for the implementation of same;...
  • Childcare Services (10 speeches)
    14. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to address high childcare costs. [15453/22]
  • Official Engagements (5 speeches)
    16. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline his engagements while abroad for St Patrick’s Day; the way these engagements were...
• Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Ukraine War (12 speeches)
    74. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the latest situation in Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15350/22]
  • Undocumented Irish in the USA (10 speeches)
    75. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions that have been taken and the progress that has been made to regularise the status of the undocumented Irish in the United States...
  • Human Rights (9 speeches)
    76. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Government’s response to a report by an organisation (details supplied) into the crime of apartheid by Israel; the actions that he...
  • Passport Services (11 speeches)
    77. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Deputies can fast-track problem passports in certain circumstances (details supplied). [15468/22]
  • Military Neutrality (9 speeches)
    78. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way that Ireland’s traditional policy of neutrality was expressed at the recent European Council meeting; the verification methods...
• Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Foreign Conflicts (15 speeches)
    79. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on any or all discussions he has had with his counterparts across Europe with regard to the war in Yemen and the ongoing...
  • Sports Funding (7 speeches)
    80. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide information on the recent announcement by his Department on increased support for a programme (details supplied); the form...
  • Ukraine War (23 speeches)
    81. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will detail all the sanctions that Ireland has imposed on Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine. [15147/22]
  • Overseas Development Aid (7 speeches)
    82. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine with regard to the resultant and expected global food shortages and the impact on...
  • Diplomatic Representation (9 speeches)
    83. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contact he and his officials are having with the Russian ambassador; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15515/22]
• Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (65 speeches)
  I ask Members on both sides of the House to co-operate with the time limits.
• Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (47 speeches)
  Last month, in excess of 1,400 patients over the age of 75 waited for more than 24 hours in emergency departments before getting a hospital bed. That was up from 1,100 in January. This is an...
• Responsibility of Social Media Platforms (Defamation Amendment) Bill 2022: First Stage (7 speeches)
  I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the law relating to defamation, in order to allow judgements of defamation be made against the social media platform...
• Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) Bill 2022: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
  I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach pursuant to Standing Orders 95(3)(a) and 181(1).
• 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 James O'Connor - to...
• Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Fuel Prices (14 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State. I want to raise the important issue of the fuel concerns affecting all sectors in the road transport sector in Ireland, in particular smaller private bus...
  • Homeless Persons Supports (30 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Smyth, who has stepped in at the last minute because the Minister of State, Deputy Burke, is detained elsewhere. In 2019 and 2020 there was a significant...
• Planning and Development (Protect Social Housing) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I thank the Minister of State for arriving. I know he had other plans, but such is life. This is a Bill to amend the Planning and...