Dáil debates
Thursday, 15 June 2023
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9 a.m.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Passport Services (7 speeches)
1. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures he will introduce to ensure that the issuing of passports can be expedited in urgent cases. [29060/23]
- Foreign Policy (20 speeches)
2. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on his preparation for the upcoming consultative forum on international security policy; if he will advocate a change to the State's...
- Middle East (8 speeches)
3. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his response to the recent incursion of Israeli forces into Ramallah; his engagements with his EU counterparts on this matter; and if he has...
- Passport Services (7 speeches)
4. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the further measures his Department is considering to alleviate some of the difficulties being experienced with first-time passport...
- Official Engagements (7 speeches)
5. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on his recent engagements with representatives of the British Government. [29062/23]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Passport Services (17 speeches)
6. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade what action is being taken to improve processing times of paper-based renewal and first-time passport applications, in view that the current...
- Ministerial Engagements (8 speeches)
7. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 26 of 27 April 2023, if he will provide an update on his bilateral engagement to date in 2023 with his...
- Passport Services (11 speeches)
8. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has given consideration to the opening of a passport office in Northern Ireland. [28848/23]
- Middle East (8 speeches)
10. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the proposed timeline to honour the Government commitment to recognise the state of Palestine. [28846/23]
- International Relations (15 speeches)
11. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that many journalists, trade union leaders, judges, civil society activists and politicians, including the Speaker of the...
- Foreign Policy (72 speeches)
13. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he supports Ireland’s historic position of neutrality; his views on the Government’s current position regarding Irish...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Energy Prices (7 speeches)
72. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the action he is taking to ensure savings on the wholesale price of electricity are passed on to customers; the reason...
- Climate Action Plan (9 speeches)
73. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the efforts he has made to ensure a reduction in carbon emissions in the residential sector by 40% as outlined in the...
- Energy Policy (7 speeches)
74. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the Government’s energy security review and, separately the review by a person...
- Climate Action Plan (11 speeches)
75. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the climate action plan will be urgently revised in light of the recent EPA analysis which stated that even in the...
- Energy Policy (15 speeches)
76. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment what, if any, assessments have been made by the Government regarding the best way to implement a windfall tax here in...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (1 speech)
Question No. 77 taken with Written Answers.
- Wind Energy Generation (8 speeches)
78. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment in relation to offshore wind, when the individual parts of the planning-led system, including designated maritime area...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions (7 speeches)
79. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how does he assess the exclusion of 9 million tonnes of GHG abatement measures in the climate plan from the...
- Energy Policy (11 speeches)
81. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the results of the geothermal study conducted at Carlinn Hall have been received; when he plans to make them...
- Electricity Grid (7 speeches)
84. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment what additional measures are being taken by the Government to ensure our grid has the capacity to accommodate the...
- Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan (7 speeches)
86. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline the measures being taken by his Department to facilitate offshore wind energy development; and if he will...
- Post Office Network (8 speeches)
87. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to support rural post offices. [28552/23]
- Climate Change Policy (5 speeches)
88. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the recently published report by the EPA that Ireland is set to miss out on its 2030 climate targets; and...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (34 speeches)
Táthar ag dréim go n-ardóidh An Banc Ceannais Eorpach rátaí úis don ochtú uair ó a bhí mí Iúil ann. Méadóidh sé seo...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (143 speeches)
On Tuesday night, retained firefighters walked out of the Gallery in disgust at what the Minister had to say in our debate on the Private Members' motion. They have been engaging in industrial...
- Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 speeches)
Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
- 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 Marc MacSharry - to discuss...
- Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 speech)
Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
- Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Health pursuant to Standing Orders 95(3)(a) and 181(1).
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Visa Applications (5 speeches)
I welcome the opportunity to raise the issue of visa processing times. I am conscious in doing so of the importance of the process. The process cannot be compromised. A visa is a very...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (4 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for selecting this Topical Issue and the Minister of State for being present. The integrated care programmes for older people, ICPOP, hub is probably one of...
- Rental Sector (6 speeches)
The tenant purchase scheme has been a very effective way for people to purchase their property from local authorities. There have been a number of changes to the scheme and the most recent in...
- Rural Recreation Policy (6 speeches)
The mountain access scheme was initially rolled out in the period 2008 to 2010, after a long examination of this issue by Comhairle na Tuaithe. The foundation of the scheme was based on...
- Flood Insurance Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." In 2021 a report from Gamma location services identified some 70,000 homes in Ireland are at risk of flooding which could result in an...
