Dáil debates

Tuesday, 29 March 2022

  • Prelude (0 speeches)
    Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
  • Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (65 speeches)
    I gently remind all speakers to keep to the time.
  • An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (73 speeches)
    As agreed, the report of the Business Committee shall be taken as read. Are the proposed arrangements for the week's business agreed to?
  • Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Referral to Select Committee (2 speeches)
    On 3 March, the motion to refer the Institutional Burials Bill 2022 to select committee was inadvertently not moved. I understand it is proposed this Bill be sent to the select committee and I...
  • Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) (No. 2) Order 2022: Motion (1 speech)
    I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft: Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) (No. 2) Order 2022, copies of which have been laid...
  • Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
    • Departmental Reports (16 speeches)
      1. To ask the Taoiseach when the annual report of his Department for 2021 will be published. [12411/22]
    • Urban Development (13 speeches)
      7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the role of his Department in the north-east inner city initiative. [12412/22]
    • Official Apology (37 speeches)
      10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of all State apologies he has issued since he assumed office. [12558/22]
  • Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 2) Regulations 2022: Motion (4 speeches)
    I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (Number 2) Regulations 2022, a copy of which has been...
  • Services for Children with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (20 speeches)
    I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes: — the High Court judgment of 11th March, 2022, in C.T.M. (A Minor) v Assessment Officer and Anor, J.A. (A Minor) v the Health Service...
  • 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 Thomas Pringle, Pearse...
  • Services for Children with Disabilities: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the following motion: -Deputy Pauline Tully
  • Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems (7 speeches)
      69. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on community CCTV programmes. [16638/22]
    • Prison Service (9 speeches)
      70. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some 70% of prisoners in Irish jails have issues with literacy; the steps she...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (7 speeches)
      71. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the roll-out of additional domestic violence refuge spaces. [16639/22]
    • Drug Dealing (7 speeches)
      72. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the latest information available to her Department confirms that drug use throughout the State is at an all-time high; the...
  • Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
    • Asylum Seekers (7 speeches)
      73. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to reform the asylum process for refugees from countries other than Ukraine; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Domestic Violence (7 speeches)
      74. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions she will take to support the establishment of a women's refuge in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Crime Prevention (7 speeches)
      75. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which car thefts are a growing problem; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16087/22]
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems (5 speeches)
      76. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will prioritise the enactment of legislation around CCTV schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16063/22]
    • Gangland Crime (7 speeches)
      77. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a detailed update on the progress made on implementing the recommendations of the scoping report into...
    • Office of Public Works (7 speeches)
      78. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the need to clean and carry out minor repairs to the old courthouse façade in Wicklow...
    • An Garda Síochána (7 speeches)
      79. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when it is anticipated that the funding from the new community safety fund will be allocated; and if she will make a statement...
    • An Garda Síochána (7 speeches)
      80. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way that policing in rural areas is being strengthened; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16201/22]
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems (3 speeches)
      81. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the up-to-date position on community CCTV for populated centres in Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16228/22]
  • Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
    • Common Travel Area (17 speeches)
      I am thankful for this Topical Issue matter being taken again today. It was on the agenda for last Thursday, but it was not dealt with because the Minister did not come to the House. That was...
    • Citizens Information Services (4 speeches)
      I thank the Minister for Justice for coming to deal with this as I understand the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Heather Humphreys, is busy with departmental issues. I raise the...
    • An Garda Síochána (6 speeches)
      I appreciate the selection of this matter for debate and the presence of the Minister in the Chamber. This has been a pressing issue for a number of years. Since 2015, more than 6,000 members...
    • Pigmeat Sector (6 speeches)
      I welcome the Minister and thank him for being here. I also thank Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan for raising this issue. His doing so probably increased the chance that it would be dealt with...