Dáil debates

Tuesday, 28 June 2022

  • Prelude (0 speeches)
    Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
  • Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (32 speeches)
    We have three boxing champions in the Public Gallery whom I wish to welcome and acknowledge. Amy Broadhurst is the International Boxing Association, IBA, light welterweight champion of the...
  • An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (106 speeches)
    I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion re Instruction to Committee on the Consumer Rights Bill 2022 (without debate) (any division claimed to be taken immediately prior to Report Stage...
  • Central Bank (Variable Rate Mortgages) Bill 2022: First Stage (5 speeches)
    I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for measures to address market failures in the market for principal dwelling house mortgage loans, and to provide...
  • Consumer Rights Bill 2022: Instruction to Committee (1 speech)
    I move: That, pursuant to Standing Order 187, it be an instruction to the Committee to which the Consumer Rights Bill 2022 may be recommitted in respect of certain amendments, that the...
  • Joint Committee on Standing Orders Relative to Private Business: Motion (1 speech)
    I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Standing Orders of the Dáil and Seanad relative to Private Business, in relation to the membership of the Joint Committee on Standing Orders...
  • Fifteenth Report of the Committee of Selection: Motion (1 speech)
    I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the Fifteenth Report of the Standing Committee of Selection in accordance with Standing Order 34, copies of which were laid before Dáil...
  • Double Taxation Relief Order 2022: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
    I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the following Orders in draft: (i)Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Isle of Man) Order 2022, and (ii)Double Taxation...
  • Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
    • Departmental Projects (26 speeches)
      1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [24328/22]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (53 speeches)
      9. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the French President since his re-election. [24221/22]
    • Church-State Relations (18 speeches)
      19. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with church leaders. [24222/22]
  • EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (41 speeches)
    I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." Having regard to the unprecedented pressures on the energy sector, I am pleased to have the opportunity to commend the Bill to the House. I...
  • Emergency Budget: Motion [Private Members] (9 speeches)
    I move: That Dáil Éireann: recognises that: — citizens are struggling with the rising cost of living and need action from the Government now; — the...
  • 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 37A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Richard O'Donoghue - to...
  • Emergency Budget: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 speeches)
    The following motion was moved by Deputy Pearse Doherty on Tuesday, 28 June 2022: Debate resumed on amendment No. 1: - (Minister of State at the Department of Finance).
  • Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
    • Defence Forces (7 speeches)
      68. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide a comprehensive update on the engagement and progress regarding the investigation associated with Women of Honour in the...
    • Defence Forces (7 speeches)
      69. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will outline the pay improvement measures recommended by the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces; the expected timeline for the...
    • EU Directives (7 speeches)
      70. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress that has been made to date on the full implementation of the EU working time directive as it applies to the Defence Forces; and if...
    • Departmental Reports (8 speeches)
      71. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current status of the report from the commission on the future of the Defence Forces; when there will be a full Government response on the...
  • Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
    • Defence Forces (12 speeches)
      72. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the specific recruitment drives that have taken place in respect of school leavers and graduates from third level education; and if there were...
    • Ukraine War (9 speeches)
      74. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 140 of 1 June 2022, if he will report on the meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group on 15 June 2022;...
    • Naval Service (11 speeches)
      75. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the plans that are in place for the future use of the LÉ Eithne; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34198/22]
    • Defence Forces (8 speeches)
      76. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the work-life balance measures that are being considered by his Department to make the Defence Forces a more family-friendly environment; and if...
    • Defence Forces (11 speeches)
      77. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when it is intended to make decisions on the recent report of the Commission on the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Cybersecurity Policy (10 speeches)
      78. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to increase cybersecurity defence in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33667/22]
    • Ukraine War (6 speeches)
      80. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the supports his Department has sent to Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33648/22]
  • Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
    • Hospital Investigations (13 speeches)
      I want to continue to speak on the points I raised on 22 June with regard to the management of University Hospital Limerick. What is the true number of potential patient safety incidents and...
    • Dental Services (4 speeches)
      I previously raised the case of a 13-year-old boy who was referred to an orthodontics department on 8 August 2019 and not offered an assessment until 3 March 2022. His family was also informed...
    • Local Authorities (4 speeches)
      I am here to address the very significant and gross underfunding of Galway County Council, which has been a factor in seriously diminishing the capacity of that local authority to be able to...
    • Public Transport (6 speeches)
      It is the third time I have had to raise this issue in this House. I keep getting the same answers. I have also tabled parliamentary questions. The first thing we have to recognise is that...