Dáil debates
Thursday, 8 December 2022
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9.00 a.m.
- Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach has completed its consideration of the Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022 and has made...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Health Services Waiting Lists (7 speeches)
1. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish a multi-annual capacity plan and waiting list strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61487/22]
- Citizens' Assembly (7 speeches)
2. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for a citizens' assembly on drugs policy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61090/22]
- Health Services Staff (7 speeches)
3. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for delays in implementing agreed pay rises for healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61488/22]
- Emergency Departments (7 speeches)
4. To ask the Minister for Health when the new and expanded emergency department at Beaumont Hospital is expected to be delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61446/22]
- Mental Health Services (7 speeches)
5. To ask the Minister for Health the terms of reference and timeframe for the Mental Health Commission review into child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS; if he will outline the...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Home Care Packages (11 speeches)
This question is in the name of Deputy Emer Higgins but will be put by Deputy Richard Bruton.
- Hospital Facilities (7 speeches)
8. To ask the Minister for Health if he will put in place a new mechanism to fast-track the process for the design application for planning permission for the building of the new elective...
- Hospital Waiting Lists (5 speeches)
7. To ask the Minister for Health if he will indicate the new capacity planned for 2023 in clearing waiting lists within the public system and through the NTPF; the estimated number of additional...
- Hospital Facilities (10 speeches)
10. To ask the Minister for Health further to parliamentary Question No. 314 of 24 November 2022 and the national development plan commitment to deliver a cancer care centre, with appropriate...
- Disability Services (7 speeches)
11. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that his Department is taking to address the barriers to the recruitment of occupational therapists into the HSE, particularly to address the delays...
- Health Strategies (6 speeches)
13. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a review of the community ophthalmic services medical treatment scheme; if he will request this process to be expedited in view of...
- Nursing Homes (10 speeches)
14. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that he is taking to address the current challenges in the nursing home sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61025/22]
- Health Services Waiting Lists (9 speeches)
16. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the delays for persons accessing and securing appointments in high street opticians for routine eye tests and eye care; and...
- Protected Disclosures (3 speeches)
28. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the protected disclosures made to the HSE regarding individualised services provided by an organisation (details supplied) in...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Agriculture Schemes (7 speeches)
118. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures under budget 2023 that will redress the injustice borne by the group of famers known as the so-called forgotten farmers....
- Agriculture Schemes (7 speeches)
119. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will open applications for the ACRES in early 2023 to allow farmers who could not meet the 2022 application deadline to qualify...
- Agriculture Industry (7 speeches)
120. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to introduce measures that will result in the destocking of suckler cows, as recommended by the food vision beef and...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
Question No. 121 taken with Written Answers.
- Agriculture Schemes (6 speeches)
122. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to reopen the fodder scheme to new applicants. [61130/22]
- Agriculture Industry (7 speeches)
123. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will commit to a public inquiry involving all relevant stake holders regarding the issue on the farm of a person (details...
- Departmental Reviews (12 speeches)
132. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he intends to act on the recommendation of the wool feasibility study to establish an all-island wool council. [61128/22]
- Farm Safety (5 speeches)
125. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way that farm safety efforts have fared to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61309/22]
- Forestry Sector (10 speeches)
133. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his response to the ongoing failure of his Department to meet forestry licence issuance and afforestation targets consistently....
- Agriculture Supports (8 speeches)
135. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor the cost of farm inputs, including fuel and fertilisers, with a view to...
- Renewable Energy Generation (7 speeches)
146. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to increase the adoption of rooftop solar energy generation on farms. [61185/22]
- Forestry Sector (7 speeches)
149. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he hopes to mitigate carbon reduction requirements by way of enhanced sequestration, thereby ensuring the...
- Agriculture Schemes (13 speeches)
159. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the purpose of the discrimination between the funding available to male and female applicants aged 41-55 years under the TAMS scheme;...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 speeches)
Arís, maidir le srianta ama, iarraim ar bhur dtacaíocht, más é bhur dtoil é.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (45 speeches)
Last night, there was a very important debate in the House. I must put on record again that Sinn Féin welcomes the fact that the Minister for Health accepted some of our concerns regarding...
- Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Justice has completed its detailed scrutiny of the Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021 and in accordance with Standing Order 178 has recommended that for the reasons...
- EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement: Motion (3 speeches)
I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area...
- Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022: Second Stage (11 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." On behalf of the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, I am happy to have the opportunity to...
- 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: Deputy Chris Andrews - to discuss...
- Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 speeches)
Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Library Projects (4 speeches)
I thank the Minister of State for coming in. Carlow library has tremendous and ambitious plans, plans that are hugely curtailed because of funding. Carlow library is housed in Carlow's old...
- Disability Services (4 speeches)
I apologise for being late; I was at a Zoom meeting. I thank the Minister of State for his patience. Life is hard enough for children with disabilities. Families with children who have...
- Community Employment Schemes (4 speeches)
This question is to discuss the employment-related issues concerning community employment, CE, schemes supervisors and assistant supervisors. There is an issue around pensions also and there are...
- School Accommodation (4 speeches)
I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Fleming, for taking this Topical Issue. My question relates to the availability of school places in north Kildare. As the Minister of State is aware, north...
- Teachtaireacht ó Roghchoiste - Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage has completed its consideration of the Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Members of Local Authorities)...
- Dublin Bay Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I thank the Minister for being here to take the Bill. I appreciate his having given me a commitment in October on the floor of the House on the...
