Dáil debates

Tuesday, 18 April 2023

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
• Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (64 speeches)
  The following are the words of Arklow teacher, Aoife Ni Chéileachair, who told her heartbreaking story to the media: I am going to be evicted at the start of the last week of term. It's...
• An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (66 speeches)
  I move: Tuesday's business shall be: -Motion reReport of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform on Rota for Leaders' Questions(without debate) -Statements post European Council...
• Report of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform on Rota for Leaders' Questions: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That, notwithstanding the Order of the Dáil of 16th December, 2020, the sequence in which Leaders shall be called upon to put questions between 3rd May, 2023, and the eighth...
• Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
  • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (31 speeches)
    1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the President of the United States. [13426/23]
  • Cabinet Committees (19 speeches)
    12. To ask the Taoiseach how often every Cabinet committee meets, with particular reference to the committees on health, housing and education. [13634/23]
  • Public Sector Reform Review (14 speeches)
    21. To ask the Taoiseach the number of meetings that have taken place of the Strategic Foresight and Strengthening Policy Development research project, jointly overseen by his Department. [15093/23]
• Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (42 speeches)
  I attended a meeting of the European Council on 23 and 24 March in Brussels. The agenda covered Ukraine; competitiveness; the Single Market and the economy; energy; and external relations. In...
• Finance Bill 2023: Financial Resolution (23 speeches)
  As this is a financial resolution, in accordance with Standing Order 210 the debate will be done in Committee style. Accordingly, there is no restriction on the length of time of Members'...
• Finance Bill 2023: Report Stage (45 speeches)
  Amendments Nos. 1 to 3, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together.
• 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 Michael Ring - To discuss the...
• Finance Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (52 speeches)
  Debate resumed on amendment No. 1: -(Deputy Mattie McGrath)
• Department Underspend and Reduced Delivery of Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (31 speeches)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage had a capital budget underspend of €1 billion between 2020 and...
• Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Legislative Measures (7 speeches)
    35. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to make a statement on his plans to legislate with respect to attacks on emergency service personnel, including gardaí....
  • Departmental Reviews (7 speeches)
    36. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in light of recent reports into the Irish Defence Forces and the London Metropolitan Police, if he will initiate a comprehensive...
  • Drug Dealing (8 speeches)
    37. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the laws that are in place to seize nitrous oxide cannisters that are being misused; the penalties for those illegally...
  • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (7 speeches)
    38. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date on the Government's commitment to doubling the number of refuge spaces for victims of domestic, sexual and...
• Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Work Permits (8 speeches)
    39. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the failure rate for employers applying for atypical work scheme permissions by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
  • An Garda Síochána (8 speeches)
    42. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action he is taking to increase the number of gardaí in the Cavan-Monaghan division, currently at 380, which is 26...
  • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (8 speeches)
    43. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to tackle the increasing rate of violence against women being reported across the country. [18007/23]
  • Crime Prevention (7 speeches)
    44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of burglaries that were reported in Ireland in 2022; and to provide a county breakdown of the numbers. [18082/23]
  • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (9 speeches)
    45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 34 of 6 December 2022, the status of the independent review of Part 4 of the Criminal Law...
  • Immigration Policy (7 speeches)
    46. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality what the delay is in regularising the status of those who applied under the regularisation of the long-term undocumented...
  • Northern Ireland (7 speeches)
    47. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the discussions he and his Department have had with their counterparts in Northern Ireland on North-South justice issues since...
  • An Garda Síochána (7 speeches)
    51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the development of the new Garda station planned for Dublin 13 and Dublin 17. [18112/23]
• Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Schools Building Projects (4 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister of State. I received a text today from the Minister's secretary to inform me the Minister would not be here tonight but she has agreed to meet me tomorrow. Otherwise I...
  • Tax Code (5 speeches)
    I am glad to get the time to raise this important issue with the Minister of State. This residential zoned land tax is having an adverse effect on farmers, especially dairy farmers, close to our...
  • Cancer Services (8 speeches)
    It is now ten minutes past midnight and here we are. I appreciate the Minister of State taking this matter.
  • Road Projects (4 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Chambers, for his attendance and the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for her indulgence. I thank also the staff of the Houses for working so late and facilitating the...