Dáil debates

Thursday, 2 February 2023

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9 a.m.
• Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Defence Forces (8 speeches)
    1. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress that has been made towards implementing the working time directive for members of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement...
  • Defence Forces (9 speeches)
    2. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to address recent reports that two further ships are to be taken out of service due to the lack of sailors to man the vessels; the...
  • Defence Forces (9 speeches)
    3. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress that has been made in the implementation of the recommendations contained in the Commission on the Defence Forces report; and if he...
  • Military Neutrality (9 speeches)
    4. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views and those of the Government on, “the triple lock”; and if he has any intention to change the current regime to a situation...
  • Defence Forces (9 speeches)
    5. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update regarding the independent review group into the allegations made by a group (details supplied). [4773/23]
• Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (7 speeches)
  The Members who tabled Questions Nos. 6 and 7 are not present. We will move on to Question No. 8.
  • Defence Forces (38 speeches)
    8. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of new recruits to the Defence Forces; and the number of discharges in each of the years 2018 to 2022, inclusive. [4694/23]
  • Defence Forces (7 speeches)
    9. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the future plans for Custume Barracks, Athlone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2033/23]
  • Defence Forces (7 speeches)
    10. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his Department’s response to the change in practice where the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform will no longer allow his...
  • EU Meetings (9 speeches)
    11. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has had engagement with his counterparts in the European Union; if he will report on those engagements; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Defence Forces (27 speeches)
    14. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the priorities for 2023 with regard to the implementation of the recommendations of the report of the Commission on the Defence Forces; and if he...
  • Air Corps (19 speeches)
    15. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the plans that are in place regarding the Government jet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4738/23]
• Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • School Accommodation (7 speeches)
    77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she and her Department and the National Council for Special Education, NCSE, have identified the number of places in special schools and...
  • School Transport (8 speeches)
    78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the review of school transport will be completed; the plans that she has in place for the delivery of school transport in 2023; and if she...
  • School Textbooks (7 speeches)
    79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if free schoolbooks will be available to primary schools in September; if so, when the payment schedule will issue to schools; and if she will...
  • Schools Building Projects (7 speeches)
    80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a timeline for the completion of works on a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5402/23]
  • Disabilities Assessments (7 speeches)
    81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has completed its review from the 63 schools that piloted filling out the education component of the assessment of need; if it...
• Estimates for Public Services 2023: Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
  The Select Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimates for public services for the year...
• Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • School Enrolments (7 speeches)
    82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline plans for new primary and secondary school developments in Limerick city in order to support the steep population growth...
  • Educational Disadvantage (7 speeches)
    83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are proposals to extend the current Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, DEIS, programme; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Special Educational Needs (9 speeches)
    84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that there are sufficient special school places in Cork city and county for the September 2023 intake; the engagement she has...
  • Special Educational Needs (7 speeches)
    85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to increase the number of places in secondary schools for young people with autism in County Cork. [4782/23]
  • Disability Services (9 speeches)
    86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to the use of the rapid prompting method to assist learning for children with autism who are non-verbal in primary...
  • School Transport (8 speeches)
    87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the completion of the full review of the school transport scheme; the timeframe for the publication of the review and its...
• Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (75 speeches)
  Diúltaíodh suas le 12,000 saoránach den Stát seo, go leor acu faoi mhíchumas trom, ó thaobh an liúntais a bhí i dteideal dóibh mar gheall ar an...
• Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (50 speeches)
  Today, the European Central Bank is going to raise its interest rate again by another half a percentage point. This means there has been a 3% increase since June 2022, and it will have an...
• Public Art Mural (Exempted Development) Bill 2022: First Stage (5 speeches)
  I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (S.I. No. 600 of 2001) to provide for exemptions from planning permission...
• Comhshuí de Dháil Éireann agus de Sheanad Éireann - Joint Sitting of the Houses of the Oireachtas (0 speeches)
  Tar éis do Dháil Éireann agus do Sheanad Éireann rún a rith, tháinig an dá Theach le chéile i Seomra na Dála ar 2 p.m., an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas....
• Address by H.E. Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament (25 speeches)
  It is not often we have a welcome like that extended to a visitor. A Oirircis, Roberta Metsola, Uachtarán Pharlaimint na hEorpa, thar ceann Chomhaltaí an dá Theach agus thar mo...
• Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (34 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• 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 Gary Gannon - to discuss...
• Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Tourism Schemes (4 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State for coming in to take this matter. I wish to discuss with him the need for some type of support schemes or compensation measures to assist businesses and...
  • Medicinal Products (4 speeches)
    I thank the office of the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this extremely important topic. It is fair to say that access to appropriate healthcare is a fundamental right of all our citizens. I...
  • Home Care Packages (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me the opportunity to raise this issue. The home care package is a service that has been a lifeline to many families throughout the length and breadth of...
  • Primary Care Centres (3 speeches)
    In recent weeks, I have met residents in Ringsend and Irishtown. They are greatly concerned that services are being moved from Ringsend and Irishtown primary care centre to the Meath Hospital....
• Report on the Summer Programme 2023: Motion [Private Members] (19 speeches)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann shall take note of the Report of the Joint Committee on Autism entitled "Report on the Summer Programme 2023", copies of which were laid before Dáil...