Dáil debates
Thursday, 30 March 2023
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9.00 a.m.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Legislative Measures (9 speeches)
1. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the interaction he has had with the Department of Justice and the Department of Health in...
- Disability Services (7 speeches)
2. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has met with An Taoiseach and the Minister for Health regarding vacancies in children's disability network...
- Child Protection (7 speeches)
3. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the action he has taken in light of a review (details supplied) into the handling of child sexual abuse...
- Adoption Services (7 speeches)
4. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to improve the operation of the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 in assisting...
- International Protection (7 speeches)
5. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the progress made with implementing the White Paper on ending direct provision;...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Disability Services (19 speeches)
6. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to the Order of Business and Questions on Promised Legislation debate of 21 March 2023, if he will outline...
- Disability Services (7 speeches)
7. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures his Department is taking to inform all public bodies of their immediate obligations under the...
- Ukraine War (7 speeches)
8. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the improvements his Department has implemented to improve payments to hotels offering accommodation to refugees;...
- Early Childhood Care and Education (11 speeches)
9. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of staff who will be impacted by new wage agreements in early years education. [15717/23]
- Disability Services (10 speeches)
11. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current vacancies within the children's disability network teams in CHO9, Dublin; the number of posts...
- Child and Family Agency (10 speeches)
14. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm the number of complaints made to Tusla's Tell Us complaints portal in 2021, 2022 and to date...
- Early Childhood Care and Education (6 speeches)
17. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childcare providers that have exited the ECCE scheme since 2022. [15716/23]
- Messages from Select Committees (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach has completed its consideration of the Finance Bill 2023 and has made amendments thereto. The Select Committee on...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Apprenticeship Programmes (10 speeches)
55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to increase the number of apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15918/23]
- Student Accommodation (7 speeches)
56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline his strategy for addressing student accommodation ahead of the next academic year; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Third Level Education (7 speeches)
57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to the recently announced pathway for learners initiative as part of the North West Tertiary Education Cluster, the plans there are for...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Third Level Education (11 speeches)
58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has engaged with the Department of Justice regarding the national review of State supports for PhD researchers in relation to visa and...
- Grant Payments (10 speeches)
59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will address an anomaly where recently approved applications under the undocumented scheme are precluded from the SUSI grant...
- Education and Training Provision (11 speeches)
63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the work of the National Skills Council; what the council's proposed work plan is for 2023; and if he will make a...
- Education and Training Provision (9 speeches)
61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans his Department has to celebrate the European Year of Skills this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15560/23]
- Courses Accreditation (7 speeches)
67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on any problems being reported surrounding the online safe pass renewals; his further views on past success rates on the in-house safe...
- Third Level Education (10 speeches)
65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he is taking to support the number of college entrants to speech and language courses in the disability and mental health sectors;...
- Research Funding (6 speeches)
66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the ongoing PhD review; if it will include wider stakeholder engagement; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Apprenticeship Programmes (7 speeches)
68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is confident that apprenticeship training will help meet the targets of the national retrofitting scheme; if he will provide an update on a...
- Third Level Education (10 speeches)
71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide for a veterinary school to be located in the University of Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15779/23]
- Third Level Education (3 speeches)
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given the recent recognition by the Minister for Health that Ireland needs to approximately double the number of healthcare professionals it is...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (135 speeches)
Tá sé soiléir anois nach dtuigeann an Rialtas seo cé chomh briste is atá ár gcóras tithíochta. Dá mbeadh a fhios aige ní bheadh sé ag...
- Tribute to Noel Murphy (7 speeches)
Before proceeding to the next business, I draw Members' attention to the fact that today we bid farewell to a long-standing member of staff in the Houses of the Oireachtas, namely, our...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (61 speeches)
Ba mhaith liom a bheith associated leis na focail a dúirt an Ceann Comhairle ansin. Guím gach rath ar Noel agus ar a theaghlach. Tá súil agam go mbaineann sé sult as an...
- Houses of the Oireachtas Commission: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That Dáil Éireann, in accordance with section 8(3)(a) of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Act 2003, as amended, appoints Deputy Michael Ring to be an ordinary member of...
- Message from Seanad (1 speech)
Seanad Éireann has passed the Health (Amendment) Bill 2023, without amendment.
- Irish Sheep Sector: Statements (48 speeches)
I am grateful for the opportunity to discuss this important issue and cover a sector that, as someone who grew up on a sheep and suckler farm in County Donegal, is close to my heart. This sector...
- Report of the Independent Review Group on Dignity and Equality Issues in the Defence Forces: Statements (39 speeches)
Cuirim fáilte roimh an tuarascáil seo. Is tuarascáil fhíorthábhachtach í. Táimid buíoch don chathaoirleach, Bronagh O'Hanlon, agus de bhaill an...
- 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)
- Child Protection (7 speeches)
The first matter is in the name of Deputy Durkan. He wants to discuss something to which he is deeply committed, namely, the extent to which children's welfare and well-being is protected by...
- Schools Building Projects (4 speeches)
I want to speak about Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire, Parnell Square in Dublin 1. Some of the stories and the image given of the square paint a pretty negative picture of the building itself,...
- Health Services (4 speeches)
The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Ireland, or MS Ireland as it is more commonly known, has set out a clear business case for the employment of nine physiotherapists, one in each of the HSE...
- Healthcare Policy (7 speeches)
This is not the first time I have raised this issue. In fact, I have been raising it for more than two years now, during which time many people have had to suffer unnecessary and avoidable...
- Taisceadán (Valuable Property Register) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." This motion is on legislation on having a national property register, which was first initiated by my predecessor as spokesperson for justice,...
