Dáil debates
Thursday, 26 May 2022
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9 a.m.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Emergency Departments (7 speeches)
1. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to tackle emergency department overcrowding and long waiting times; the number of scheduled patient care appointments that were cancelled due to...
- Departmental Reviews (9 speeches)
3. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the sodium valproate inquiry and the provision of community-based care to patients and families affected by foetal valproate syndrome; and if he...
- Health Services Staff (8 speeches)
4. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Sláintecare consultant contract negotiations; the rationale for not appointing a new independent chair; the timeline that he is now...
- Industrial Relations (11 speeches)
2. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with representatives of an organisation (details supplied) with regard to its claim for pay parity; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Mental Health Services (10 speeches)
5. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the national review of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, CAMHS, following the mistreatment of children in south Kerry CAMHS; and if...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Health Services (7 speeches)
6. To ask the Minister for Health when additional healthcare professionals (details supplied) will be recruited in view of long delays for children receiving appropriate therapeutic interventions...
- Departmental Reviews (9 speeches)
7. To ask the Minister for Health when the clinical review of fatal foetal abnormalities since January 2019 will commence; the terms of reference of the review; and if he will make a statement on...
- Health Services Staff (9 speeches)
8. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the situation regarding medical scientists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26798/22]
- Mental Health Policy (7 speeches)
9. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a study by the Maynooth University centre for mental health and community research that has led to calls for the implementation of a family-focused...
- Health Services Staff (8 speeches)
10. To ask the Minister for Health the way that he proposes to address the large shortfall of homecare assistants nationally through better pay and working conditions and through specific...
- Dental Services (9 speeches)
12. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for arresting the collapse of the dental treatment services scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26379/22]
- Disability Services (9 speeches)
13. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the delays in assessments of need and the subsequent roll-out of services to children with developmental delays; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Inspections (8 speeches)
14. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the remedial actions that have been taken to date pursuant to the October 2021 inspection by the Health and Safety Authority of University...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Agriculture Industry (7 speeches)
117. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce primary legislation to establish an unfair trading practices enforcement authority. [26982/22]
- Departmental Policies (7 speeches)
118. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to facilitate farmers trading carbon credits; if he intends to establish a verifiable framework to record and manage net...
- Organic Farming (9 speeches)
119. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to increase participation in organic farming. [26983/22]
- Agriculture Industry (7 speeches)
120. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the concerns that agricultural contractors are facing in terms of unprecedented input costs that are leading to...
- Agriculture Industry (9 speeches)
121. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 157 of 31 March 2022, the status of the wool feasibility study; when the final report will be...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Fodder Crisis (21 speeches)
122. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that his Department is taking in conjunction with the relevant agencies to put adequate supports in place for the...
- Climate Change Policy (7 speeches)
123. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the measures being taken by his Department to assist farmers in contributing to the national effort to reduce...
- Common Agricultural Policy (11 speeches)
124. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his response to the request of the European Commission to strengthen the application of the partnership principle with regard to the...
- Farm Costs (15 speeches)
125. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is monitoring the increase in the cost of fertiliser; and if so, if he will detail the percentage increase in the...
- Agriculture Schemes (7 speeches)
126. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the targeted measures that will be included in the new agri-environment scheme under CAP to ensure that farmers are rewarded for...
- Farm Costs (8 speeches)
127. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the ongoing impacts of the war in Ukraine on Irish agriculture; the latest Government actions to mitigate negative impacts on Irish...
- Common Agricultural Policy (5 speeches)
128. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the way he intends to bridge the gap identified by the European Commission between the...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 speeches)
At this stage, we are running out of words to describe the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on ordinary workers and families. Households simply cannot keep up. They are struggling to make it...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (47 speeches)
Returning to the issue of special education, the language is not the problem. The problem is the policy and the scandalous fact that in late May there are 80 children in Dublin and many more...
- Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2020: 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 Order 180.
- Irish Apprenticeship System: Statements (37 speeches)
Apprenticeship is a statutory-based programme of structured education and training that formally combines learning in the workplace with learning in an education or training centre. The...
- Passport Services: Statements (50 speeches)
I am glad to be able to address the Dáil on this important issue. I apologise for the absence of the Minister, Deputy Coveney. He is abroad on important State business. The passport...
- 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 Darren O'Rourke - to...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- School Enrolments (6 speeches)
I welcome the Minister of State. I know that the Minister for Education is not available, but the Minister of State, Deputy Thomas Byrne, is my constituency colleague and the Minister's party...
- Special Educational Needs (16 speeches)
I will raise the issue of the Government plan for special education centres as an emergency response to the shortage of appropriate school places reported in The Irish Timeslast night. It caused...
- Water Quality (4 speeches)
I thank the Minister of State for taking this Topical Issue debate, which relates to the quality and contents of the water supply in Kilteel, County Kildare. In the constituency of Kildare...
- Medicinal Products (9 speeches)
I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, who has been here on more than a few occasions to answer questions in regard to rare diseases and orphan drugs, and now this issue pertaining to...
- Property Services (Land Price Register) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I thank the Minister, Deputy McEntee, for attending this debate. I may not use the full 15 minutes afforded to me. I have heard people say...
