Dáil debates
Wednesday, 22 February 2023
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9.12 a.m.
- 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 Jennifer Murnane O'Connor -...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Care Services (4 speeches)
I had a meeting recently with care home representatives in my constituency. I was joined by Deputy Funchion, who apologises for being unable to attend the debate this morning. I will outline...
- Vacant Properties (5 speeches)
In the dying days of Tralee Town Council, there was a focus on housing for the elderly. A scheme was enacted in respect of land at the rear of an old convent in the centre of town that was...
- Legislative Measures (9 speeches)
It is a good job I was in a wee bit early. It is more than a year since the rushed, two-day pre-legislative scrutiny process relating to the general scheme of what became the Assisted...
- Antisocial Behaviour (6 speeches)
On Monday afternoon, in broad daylight, there was another attack on Ballyfermot gardaí. This was the third such high-profile attack in the past few months. There have been others over the...
- Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (69 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The rationale for the Eviction Ban Bill 2022 is as simple as it is urgent. If we do not strengthen and extend the ban on evictions, we are...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (58 speeches)
Today, the Government wants to pass through the Dáil legislation establishing the mother and baby homes redress scheme, this despite the fact the scheme shamefully excludes children who...
- Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (45 speeches)
I move: "It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders or yesterday's Order of Business, the arrangements for today's business shall be modified as follows: (a) the following...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (59 speeches)
On two occasions here today, the Taoiseach has been given the opportunity to give the explanation for the exclusion of children who spent less than six months in a mother and baby home or a...
- 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...
- 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, or in the Order of...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
- Cabinet Committees (17 speeches)
1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy and investment will next meet. [6849/23]
- Nursing Homes (16 speeches)
9. To ask the Taoiseach if he has met with the Attorney General following publication of his report on nursing home charges and disabled persons maintenance allowance. [6848/23]
- National Risk Assessment (15 speeches)
17. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the draft list of strategic risks 2023 in the national risk assessment. [6929/23]
- Anniversary of Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Motion (30 speeches)
I move: That Dáil Éireann: — strongly condemns without reservation the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation which commenced on 24th February, 2022;...
- Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Second Stage (10 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." On behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Justice, I am pleased to introduce the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023 to the...
- Communications Regulation and Digital Hub Development Agency (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (25 speeches)
The Dáil went into Committee to consider amendments from the Seanad.
- Oil Emergency Contingency and Transfer of Renewable Transport Fuels Functions Bill 2023: From the Seanad (1 speech)
The Dáil went into Committee to consider amendments from the Seanad.
- Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (118 speeches)
Debate resumed on amendment No. 27:
- Temporary Business Energy Support Scheme: Motion (38 speeches)
I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Orders in draft: Finance Act 2022 (Temporary Business Energy Support Scheme) (Energy Costs Threshold Aggregate Amount) Order 2023,...
- Financial Resolutions 2023 (1 speech)
Before I commence the debate, for the information for Members, the following are the arrangements for this debate: the financial motions by the Minister for Finance and any amendments thereto...
- Financial Resolution No.1: Mineral Oil Tax (1 speech)
I move the following Financial Resolutions:
- Financial Resolution No.2: Value-Added Tax (0 speeches)
(1) THAT the rate of value-added tax chargeable on the supply of electricity provided for by section 46(1)(caa) of, and paragraph 17(2) of Schedule 3 to, the Value-Added Tax Consolidation Act...
- Financial Resolution No.3: Value-Added Tax (34 speeches)
(1) THAT the rate of value-added tax chargeable on the supply of goods and services provided for by section 46(1)(cb) of, and paragraphs 3(1), 3(3), 7(b) to (e), 8, 11 and 13(3) of Schedule 3 to,...
- Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use: Motion (Resumed) (3 speeches)
The following motion was moved by Deputy Hildegarde Naughton on Tuesday, 21 February 2023:
- Housing and Evictions: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 speech)
The following motion was moved by Deputy Eoin Ó Broin on Tuesday, 21 February 2023:
- Anniversary of Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Motion (Resumed) (6 speeches)
The following motion was moved by the Taoiseach on Wednesday, 22 February 2023: