Dáil debates
Thursday, 1 June 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)
- Health Services (9 speeches)
1. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to enable seven-day rostering across the health service; his plans to address the workforce requirements to enable this while achieving safe staffing...
- Hospital Overcrowding (7 speeches)
2. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed update on his plans to end hospital overcrowding and accident and emergency wait times; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Emergency Departments (7 speeches)
3. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish a multi-annual plan to resolve the crisis in emergency departments; when he will publish full details of all elective centres; and if he...
- Home Care Packages (15 speeches)
4. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the new home care tender, following an offer of €31 being issued to providers on 25 May 2023; if this offer is based on...
- Mental Health Services (7 speeches)
5. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to reduce the number of child and adolescent mental health service, CAMHS, teams from more than 70 to 50, as suggested by the chief executive officer...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Medical Cards (10 speeches)
10. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to raising the income threshold for qualification for medical cards, with particular reference to persons who may be suffering...
- Pharmacy Services (8 speeches)
7. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline his ambition for the development of services from community pharmacists, and the challenges in meeting them. [26596/23]
- Departmental Strategies (7 speeches)
6. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the progress being made to develop a national sexual health strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26756/23]
- Health Services Staff (9 speeches)
8. To ask the Minister for Health if he will appoint a HSE patient liaison team official with a special focus on rare disease patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26591/23]
- Industrial Disputes (7 speeches)
11. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progress made with regard to the pay parity claim by medical scientists, one year after they suspended their industrial...
- General Practitioner Services (12 speeches)
13. To ask the Minister for Health when a substantive reply will issue to correspondence on 23 August 2022 and 17 May 2023 from this Deputy in relation to the provision of GP services by Cuban...
- Family Support Services (9 speeches)
16. To ask the Minister for Health the options, if any, for multi-annual core funding for a network (details supplied) based in Dundalk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25206/23]
- Health Services Staff (5 speeches)
24. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the pay claims by section 39 organisation workers following the meeting of officials from his Department, the HSE, the...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Student Accommodation (7 speeches)
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline his plans for student accommodation, in terms of both digs and vacancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25327/23]
- Third Level Education (7 speeches)
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how he intends to ensure that PhD students receive a living wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26969/23]
- Apprenticeship Programmes (7 speeches)
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline his plans to increase the throughput of apprentices in the ETB system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25328/23]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Irish Language (8 speeches)
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is forward planning to help to fulfil the provisions set out in Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2021, and in...
- Third Level Costs (9 speeches)
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will detail the work he is undertaking with regard to reducing the cost of third level education; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Student Accommodation (9 speeches)
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure there will be sufficient student accommodation ahead of the next academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Apprenticeship Programmes (9 speeches)
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices currently enrolled in Cork; and the number targeted for 2023-24. [26653/23]
- Further and Higher Education (7 speeches)
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that sufficient courses in cybersecurity are available in the further and higher education sectors; and if he will make a...
- Legislative Programme (9 speeches)
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to his new Research and Innovation Bill 2023, the reason there was no public consultation with the third-level research sector; and if...
- Student Accommodation (7 speeches)
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the accommodation needs of students seeking third or fourth level accommodation for the forthcoming academic year are likely...
- Third Level Education (8 speeches)
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department and third-level colleges have engaged with the HSE and the Department of Health with a view to increasing the number of...
- Education Policy (5 speeches)
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he continues to pursue the expansion of the academic and technical syllabus to cater for the requirements now and in the...
- National Training Fund (5 speeches)
96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered establishing a centralised information system for the National Training Fund to allow for students, professors, guidance...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (46 speeches)
Tá Cumann Altraí agus Ban Cabhrach na hÉireann, IMNO, i ndiaidh líon na n-othar a bhí ar thralaithe ospidéil i mí Bealtaine a fhoilsiú. Bhí beagnach...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (71 speeches)
The census results show that under Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, home ownership has collapsed. Last year, the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, found that 15 years ago, of those...
- Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 speeches)
Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
- Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Bill 2023: Referral to Select Committee (2 speeches)
I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Justice pursuant to Standing Orders 95 and 181.
- 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 Dessie Ellis - to discuss the...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Health Strategies (7 speeches)
I thank the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Deputy Harris, for coming to the House to deal with this matter. This is about having a national strategy...
- Public Transport (5 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this matter for debate. I thank the Minister, Deputy Harris, for being here in the Chamber in the absence of the Minister for Transport, Deputy Eamon...
- Road Network (5 speeches)
The Minister is a man of many talents. Many people will not be aware that along the west coast, including a place in Deputy Dillon's constituency called An Ceann Ramhar, there are places where...
- Report on the Good Friday Agreement: Motion (8 speeches)
I move: That Dáil Éireann shall take note of the Report of the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement entitled "Lessons from the Architects of the Good...
