Dáil debates

Tuesday, 10 May 2022

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2.00 p.m.
• Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (79 speeches)
  Speaking on the radio yesterday morning, the Taoiseach described questions regarding ownership of the new national maternity hospital as a “red herring”. That is a very unfair...
• An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (93 speeches)
  The report of the Business Committee has been circulated. In accordance with Standing Order 35, I ask the Government Chief Whip to move this week's Order of Business.
• Employment Equality (Pay Transparency) Bill 2022: First Stage (6 speeches)
  I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Employment Equality Act 1998 to provide for pay transparency in the advertising of jobs. I thank the Ceann...
• Bills Considered in Select Committee: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders and noting that an Order of referral to Select Committee under Standing Order 181(1) was not made in each case, Dáil Éireann...
• Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
  • Cabinet Committees (14 speeches)
    1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on education will next meet. [20609/22]
  • Cabinet Committees (15 speeches)
    8. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [20604/22]
  • Cabinet Committees (14 speeches)
    14. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Brexit and Northern Ireland will next meet. [21867/22]
• Europe Day: Statements (29 speeches)
  Dáil statements to mark Europe Day have become an important fixture in our annual political calendar. This is not least a reminder of the democratic idea that is at the heart of the...
• Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (54 speeches)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — house prices continue to spiral out of control; — a growing section of people are locked out of home ownership;...
• Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Passport Services (9 speeches)
    72. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the current situation in respect of passport applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23370/22]
  • United Nations (9 speeches)
    73. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost and expense of Ireland's United Nations Security Council membership broken down by expenditure in tabular form. [23346/22]
  • Ukraine War (11 speeches)
    74. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the activities being undertaken by the Government on the United Nations Security Council and within the European Union in...
  • Passport Services (13 speeches)
    75. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps that are being taken to ensure first-time passports are issued within a reasonable timeframe (details supplied). [23343/22]
  • Ukraine War (7 speeches)
    76. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures the international community, including Ireland, is taking to address the issue of impending food shortages as a consequence of...
• Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Overseas Development Aid (7 speeches)
    77. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which Ireland's bilateral and multilateral overseas aid programme continues to meet the needs of the people in the various...
  • International Sanctions (7 speeches)
    78. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if sanctions will be imposed on the Belarusian Government for its role in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; and if he will make a...
  • Northern Ireland (7 speeches)
    79. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions that he has had recently with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland about affairs in Northern Ireland; if the...
  • Trade Relations (7 speeches)
    80. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has reviewed the current situation with congestion in the port of Shanghai, the implications this will have for global...
  • Human Rights (7 speeches)
    81. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the response of the Government to reports that Israeli authorities are holding 600 Palestinians without charge under what Israel terms...
  • Passport Services (15 speeches)
    82. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications from Dublin that are currently outstanding; the planning that is being carried out to ensure that there...
• Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (1 speech)
  As the other Deputies are not present, the other Topical Issues will not be taken. I call Deputy Michael Collins on the final Topical Issue matter. If the others appear, I am not going to take...
  • Public Transport (7 speeches)
    The Minister for Transport, Deputy Eamon Ryan, made an announcement some time back that he would be applying a cut in public transport fares for our youth by 20% and then announced a few weeks...