Dáil debates

Tuesday, 14 February 2023

  • Prelude (0 speeches)
    Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
  • Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 speeches)
    Rents have soared to unaffordable levels in the decade that Fine Gael has been in power. The latest daft.iereport is a nightmare read for workers and families caught in the private rental trap....
  • An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (77 speeches)
    I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion re Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions (without debate) - Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation...
  • Commission of Investigation (Collusion of British State Forces) Bill 2023: First Stage (5 speeches)
    I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for a public inquiry into collusion between British State forces and other persons, between 1968 and 1998, to...
  • Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (1 speech)
    I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 30th July, 2020, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, Questions for oral...
  • Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
    • Cabinet Committees (49 speeches)
      1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [4084/23]
    • Urban Development (32 speeches)
      10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the role of his Department in the north-east inner city initiative. [4086/23]
    • Cabinet Committees (40 speeches)
      13. To ask the Taoiseach when the Housing for All progress report for quarter 4 2022 will be published. [4417/23]
  • Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2023: Second Stage (28 speeches)
    I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The Bill, which I am pleased to bring forward, legislates for two areas. The first part seeks to modernise the area of veterinary medicines and...
  • Cost-of-Living Supports: Motion [Private Members] (13 speeches)
    I move: That Dáil Éireann: acknowledges that: — the cost-of-living crisis continues to put workers and families under significant financial pressure and there is a...
  • 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 Kathleen Funchion - to...
  • Cost-of-Living Supports: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (58 speeches)
    The following motion was moved by Deputy Pearse Doherty on Tuesday, 14 February 2023:
  • Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (1 speech)
    An chéad ghnó eile ná ceisteanna. Tosnóimid le ceist Uimh. 53 in ainm an Teachta Rose Conway-Walsh.
    • Further and Higher Education (7 speeches)
      53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the second stage of the assessment process for increased veterinary provision, including details on the selection...
    • Third Level Fees (7 speeches)
      54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason students who have previously sat a year in a different course were excluded from the €1,000 discount on third levels fees when...
    • Student Accommodation (9 speeches)
      55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on student accommodation projects at advanced stages of planning that remain undeveloped due to a lack of agreement on...
    • Technological Universities (7 speeches)
      56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way he envisages the Killybegs Tourism College developing as a campus of the Atlantic Technological University, if he has any discussions with...
    • Grant Payments (7 speeches)
      57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to allow students in receipt of Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, grants to earn income for weekend work without impacting...
  • Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
    • Third Level Staff (6 speeches)
      58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify the process by which chairs of the review into PhD conditions were selected; and to provide details of the remuneration awarded to...
    • Veterinary Services (9 speeches)
      60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to ensure adequate capacity within higher education institutions for students wishing to study veterinary medicine. [6868/23]
    • Student Accommodation (9 speeches)
      61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made in working with higher education institutions to ensure that more accommodation is built on and off campus, as set...
    • Third Level Costs (8 speeches)
      62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans, if any, to make changes to the SUSI grant eligibility criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6899/23]
    • Student Accommodation (11 speeches)
      63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on student accommodation projects at advanced stages of planning that remain undeveloped due to a lack of agreement on...
    • Departmental Properties (7 speeches)
      65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current position with regard to the electric vehicle, EV, centre of excellence at Columb Barracks, Mullingar. [6613/23]
    • Further and Higher Education (9 speeches)
      66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 1 December 2022, the status of the proposed new further education college in Galway city; the status...
    • Scientific Research (7 speeches)
      71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the submission to the Government on associate membership of CERN being prepared by his Department; and if he will make a...
  • Estimates for Public Services 2023: Messages from Select Committees (1 speech)
    The Select Committee on Justice has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimates for Public Services for the service of the year ending on 31 December 2023: Votes 20, 21, 22,...
  • Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
    • Health Services (4 speeches)
      I thank the Minister of State for coming to the Chamber to deal with this matter. My request is that we establish a commissioner for ageing and older people. The role would very much be about...
    • Antisocial Behaviour (4 speeches)
      I am here to discuss crime and antisocial behaviour in Cabra. I want to say before I do that I do not believe Cabra is by any means different from any other part of the city or the country....
    • Fishing Industry (6 speeches)
      On the back of years of campaigning, principally by the International Transport Workers Federation, ITF, the situation for non-European migrant fishers working on Irish-flagged fishing vessels...
    • Schools Building Projects (8 speeches)
      Is the Minister of State dealing with the fourth Topical Issue matter as well?