Dáil debates

Thursday, 20 April 2023

  • Prelude (0 speeches)
    Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9 a.m.
  • Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
    • General Practitioner Services (7 speeches)
      1. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish a plan for achieving universal GP care; when he will publish the details of the free GP expansion promised in the Budget for 2023; and if he...
    • Abortion Services (9 speeches)
      2. To ask the Minister for Health when the report of the review of abortion laws in Ireland will be published; the steps he will take to ensure the law is amended to fully reflect the repeal...
    • Health Strategies (7 speeches)
      3. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish a multi-annual capacity expansion plan for the health service and for hospitals in particular; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Vaccination Programme (9 speeches)
      4. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to introduce a no-fault vaccination compensation scheme for severe adverse reactions to State-promoted vaccination programmes; and if he will...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction (8 speeches)
      5. To ask the Minister for Health when he will provide for the recognition of parentage for children born through surrogacy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17406/23]
  • Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
    • General Practitioner Services (7 speeches)
      6. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to recruit more staff for the out-of-hours GP cover, SouthDoc, in counties Cork and Kerry. [18353/23]
    • Mental Health Services (10 speeches)
      7. To ask the Minister for Health what reviews are currently taking place with respect to north Kerry child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS; and how they differ from the announced...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic (8 speeches)
      8. To ask the Minister for Health what plans the HSE has for holistic, neuro-focused, multidisciplinary long-Covid clinics; if he will tackle the long waiting lists for long-Covid appointments;...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (15 speeches)
      13. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure more speedy delivery of capital projects by the HSE; the policy changes he is introducing to ensure this; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Services (9 speeches)
      10. To ask the Minister for Health when it is expected that adequate resources for genetic services in Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, will be provided; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Services (7 speeches)
      14. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an overview of how the new admissions protocol relating to the medical assessment unit at Ennis General Hospital has functioned since January...
    • Mental Health Services (7 speeches)
      15. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 347 of 9 March last, the reason that all CAMHS appointments in County Clare take place in the same venue; and if he will...
  • Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
    • Brexit Supports (7 speeches)
      80. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to provide financial supports for the sheep sector from the Brexit adjustment reserve; and if he will make a statement...
    • Fishing Industry (7 speeches)
      81. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how the current system of allocating the Irish public quota of fish species such as mackerel, herring and spurdog to the Irish fishing...
    • Fishing Industry (13 speeches)
      82. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he is taking to prohibited pair trawling inside the six-mile limit. [18344/23]
    • Agriculture Schemes (9 speeches)
      83. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline how his Department will operate the announced satellite inspections for the basic income support for sustainability...
  • Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
    Questions Nos. 84 and 85 replied to with Written Answers.
    • Agriculture Industry (11 speeches)
      86. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of the application to secure EU protected geographical indication, PGI, status for Irish beef; and if he will make...
    • Forestry Sector (8 speeches)
      87. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what measures his Department is taking to address forestry felling licensing backlogs on a longer-term basis; if he has given...
    • Inshore Fisheries (9 speeches)
      88. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 12 of 9 March 2023, the status of the programme for Government commitment to ensure that inshore...
    • Brexit Supports (8 speeches)
      89. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a rescue package for the sheep sector can be set up through the Brexit Adjustment Reserve fund with respect to the extreme...
    • Agriculture Supports (8 speeches)
      90. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to support the group of farmers known as the "forgotten farmers"; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18577/23]
    • Agriculture Industry (7 speeches)
      91. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he continues to monitor any potential erosion of the production capacity of Irish agriculture, with particular...
    • Agriculture Supports (19 speeches)
      92. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department is taking to encourage young people into the agricultural sector. [17709/23]
    • Agriculture Schemes (7 speeches)
      93. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what plans are in place to review the sheep improvement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18581/23]
  • Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (93 speeches)
    Léiríonn an tseachtain seo go bhfuil polasaí tithíochta an Rialtais ag teipeadh. Mar gheall ar na polasaithe seo, tá na mílte daoine nach féidir teach a...
  • Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (95 speeches)
    Yesterday, the Secretary General of the Department of Health, Mr. Robert Watt, appeared before the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach over the botched...
  • Rent Reduction Bill 2023: First Stage (6 speeches)
    I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 to reduce rents to affordable levels by limiting them to a maximum of a quarter of...
  • Organised Crime: Statements (107 speeches)
    I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for the opportunity to discuss the impact of gangland and organised crime on communities across the country. It is a timely discussion as the Government sets to...
  • 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 Aodhán Ó...
  • Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
    • School Transport (7 speeches)
      I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Thomas Byrne, and compliment the Minister for her work to date in that area - work that, unfortunately, is ongoing and has given us all a great number of...
    • Health and Safety (6 speeches)
      This matter is self-explanatory. It is a sensitive case. It involves about 4,500 families and workers and their safety. It has been reported in the press this week that unfortunately there was...
    • Road Projects (9 speeches)
      I thank the Minister of State for taking this matter, although I had thought the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, might do so. This issue has been raised repeatedly by me and other Tipperary...
  • Safe Deposit Boxes and Related Deposits Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 speeches)
    I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." Tá áthas orm gur roghnaíodh an Bille seo le plé agus tá súil agam go nglacfar inniu leis ar an Dara Céim....