Dáil debates

Tuesday, 4 July 2023

  • Prelude (0 speeches)
    Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
  • Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (44 speeches)
    Inniu fáilteoidh an Rialtas roimh ráiteas eacnamaíoch an tsamhraidh. Cé nach mbeidh sonraí an bhuiséid ar fios againn go mí Deireadh Fómhair, tá a...
  • An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (80 speeches)
    I move: Tuesday's business shall be: -Motion re Appointment of Jane Mulcahy to be a Member of the Policing Authority (without debate) -Motion re Referral to Committee of proposed approval...
  • Appointment of Member of the Policing Authority: Motion (1 speech)
    I move: That Dáil Éireann recommends, pursuant to section 62C(7) of the Garda Síochána Act 2005, that Jane Mulcahy be appointed by the Government to be a member of the...
  • Planning and Development Regulations 2023: Referral to Joint Committee (1 speech)
    I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: (i) Planning and Development (Fees for Certain Applications) Regulations 2023, (ii)...
  • Twenty-seventh Report of the Standing Committee of Selection: Motion (1 speech)
    I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the Twenty Seventh Report of the Standing Committee of Selection in accordance with Standing Order 34, copies of which were laid before Dáil...
  • Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
    • Taoiseach's Communications (27 speeches)
      1. To ask the Taoiseach the total number of times taoisigh have issued State apologies in the past decade. [30823/23]
    • Cabinet Committees (25 speeches)
      5. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with drugs policy will next meet. [30915/23]
    • Transport Policy (9 speeches)
      14. To ask the Taoiseach the policy in his Department regarding the use of the Government jet. [30916/23]
  • Matters Arising in RTÉ: Statements (65 speeches)
    Fáiltím roimh an deis seo labhairt leis an Teach faoi na mór-theipeanna rialachais chorparáidigh a tháinig chun solais in RTÉ le coicís anuas. Luaigh mé...
  • 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 Jennifer Whitmore - to...
  • A5 Route Upgrade: Motion [Private Members] (36 speeches)
    I move: That Dáil Éireann: is gravely concerned that: — the A5 road remains unsafe, with an increasing number of fatalities in recent years; — people, young and...
  • Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
    • International Protection (7 speeches)
      55. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the commitment by the Minister of State to develop a national strategy to improve...
    • Child and Family Agency (14 speeches)
      56. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps being taken to ensure that children are not exploited when under the residential care of Tusla; and if...
    • Child and Family Agency (7 speeches)
      58. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will comment further on a recent parliamentary question I tabled on the number of children in care who are...
  • Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (1 speech)
    We have been informed Deputy Aindrias Moynihan will take Deputy Murnane O'Connor's question.
    • Health Services Staff (7 speeches)
      59. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what engagement his Department has had with the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation...
    • Health Services Staff (7 speeches)
      63. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current pay structure in Enable Ireland for occupational therapists and speech and language therapists; if...
    • Children in Care (8 speeches)
      64. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if consideration is being given during the process ahead of budget 2024 to increase the rate of the foster...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education (7 speeches)
      62. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he has taken to control increase in childcare costs in the summer months when the early childhood care...
    • Childcare Services (7 speeches)
      66. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will put in place at an early date an adequate grant aid scheme to support the provision of new and...
    • Disability Services (7 speeches)
      67. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the programme for Government’s commitment to double the target for employment of...
    • Direct Provision System (8 speeches)
      69. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Question No. 73 of 30 May 2023, the status of the review of the projected timelines for the...
    • Childcare Services (9 speeches)
      92. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to address the steps he will take in budget 2024 to address disadvantaged children in early years education given...
    • Disability Services (3 speeches)
      95. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the status of the provision of community neurorehabilitation teams in community...
  • Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
    • Animal Welfare (12 speeches)
      I believe that we, the Department and the Minister should refuse to grant licences for the upcoming hare coursing season. It will come as no surprise to anyone that I am strongly opposed to hare...
    • Water Quality (6 speeches)
      The second matter is from Deputy Buckley. The Deputy wishes to discuss the continued and long-running boil water notice in east Cork and the need to resolve the issue permanently.
    • Hospital Services (10 speeches)
      I apologise to the Minister of State; I am recovering from laryngitis but I really wanted to raise this issue. It is a crucial issue concerning how a 17-year-old, a young person who is a child...
    • General Practitioner Services (7 speeches)
      I am not sure how familiar the Minister of State is with west Cork.