Dáil debates
Wednesday, 1 February 2023
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9.10 a.m.
- Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (1 speech)
Dia daoibh ar maidin. Is lá faoi leith é inniu, Lá Fhéile Bríde, bandia agus naomh a bhí inti agus beidh lá saoire againn dá barr. I wish to advise the...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Crime Prevention (4 speeches)
I ask the Minister of State to listen carefully and to take note. I await his answer with interest. I hope we see some positive news in it but even if we do not, the crucial thing is that this...
- Local Authorities (6 speeches)
Lá le Bríde faoi mhaise daoibh freisin. This is my day, so I hope I have success with this topic. I know which Minister is taking this matter. I will use photographs and hand them to...
- Special Educational Needs (4 speeches)
Gabhaim buíochas a Leas-Cheann Comhairle and I am grateful that this Topical Issue matter has been selected which specifically looks at the project to reconfigure three mainstream classes to...
- Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (5 speeches)
I thank the Leas Cheann-Comhairle for facilitating the discussion of this Topical Issue matter. The Central Statistics Office, CSO, recorded 2,892 victims of sexual violence in 2021, with...
- Council Development Levies: Motion [Private Members] (22 speeches)
I move: That Dáil Éireann: acknowledges that: — as demand for housing continues to grow, thousands of housing units will need to be built in the State, largely in sizeable...
- Pause for Peace (2 speeches)
Today, 1 February, is St. Brigid's day. St. Brigid was a peacemaker who promoted healing and reconciliation. I need not remind Members that today, on St. Brigid's Day, war still rages in many...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (45 speeches)
We will now take what we hope will be a peaceful Leaders' Questions.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (63 speeches)
The Taoiseach and his Cabinet colleagues were advised in a secret memo in 2011 that the withholding of the disabled persons maintenance allowance from people with disabilities was illegal. In...
- Presentation of Estimates: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That, notwithstanding Standing Order 215 of the Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann relative to Public Business or the Resolution of the Dáil of 14th December, 2022, the...
- Committee Consideration of Estimates: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That the following Committees may complete their consideration of the Estimates for Public Services for the year ending 31st December, 2023, standing referred to them pursuant to...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
- Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 speeches)
1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to Northern Ireland for discussions with the political parties there. [4220/23]
- Cabinet Committees (12 speeches)
5. To ask the Taoiseach if he is intending to establish new Cabinet subcommittees. [3075/23]
- Ukraine War (10 speeches)
10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent phone conversation with the Ukrainian President. [4222/23]
- Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (8 speeches)
13. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent attendance at the World Economic Forum in Davos. [3073/23]
- Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (9 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am delighted to have an opportunity to introduce the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022 to the House. I look forward...
- Oil Emergency Contingency and Transfer of Renewable Transport Fuels Functions Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (2 speeches)
There are no amendments tabled for Report Stage.
- Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Order for Report Stage (1 speech)
I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."
- Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 speeches)
Amendments Nos. 1 to 4, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together.
- Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (121 speeches)
Amendment No. 1 has been ruled out of order.
- Parental Bereavement Leave (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 speech)
I must now deal with a postponed division relating to amendment No. 1 to the Second Reading motion on the Parental Bereavement Leave (Amendment) Bill 2021. On Thursday, 26 January 2023, on the...
- Estimates for Public Services 2023: Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimate for Public Services for the...
- Tribute to Deputy Brendan Howlin (1 speech)
I thank members of our usher staff, who are unfailingly helpful to us, for having brought to my attention earlier the fact that a Deputy is celebrating his 40th anniversary as a Member of the...