Dáil debates

Tuesday, 20 February 2024

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2.00 p.m.
• Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 speeches)
  The ongoing controversy at RTÉ serves no one well, least of all the members of the public who rely on it as a source of factual and accurate news and current affairs. It is damaging to...
• Death of Michael O'Regan: Expressions of Sympathy (4 speeches)
  As referred to by the Taoiseach earlier, before moving on to the Order of Business it would be appropriate if the House marked the sudden passing over the weekend of Michael O'Regan. Michael...
• An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (81 speeches)
  I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion re Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of meeting of the Joint Committee on the Irish Language, Gaeltacht and the Irish-speaking...
• Joint Committee on the Irish Language, Gaeltacht and the Irish-speaking Community: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann, in accordance with Article 15.1.3° of the Constitution, hereby determines that the Joint Committee on the Irish Language, Gaeltacht and the...
• Teachtaireacht ón Seanad - Message from Seanad (1 speech)
  Seanad Éireann has passed the Digital Services Bill 2023, without amendment.
• Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
  • National Security (20 speeches)
    1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will develop a national security strategy and functioning security agency to deal with future security events. [2791/24]
  • Cabinet Committees (21 speeches)
    6. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [4000/24]
  • Northern Ireland (21 speeches)
    17. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his recent discussion with Prime Minister Sunak. [5226/24]
• Second Anniversary of War in Ukraine: Statements (24 speeches)
  I welcome the ambassador of Ukraine. Céad míle fáilte roimpi.
• Paediatric Orthopaedic and Urology Services: Motion [Private Members] (34 speeches)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that, as of 13th February, 2024, there are 327 children listed as waiting on a scoliosis-related surgery with Children's Health Ireland (CHI), as...
• 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 Darren O'Rourke - To discuss...
• Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • EU Directives (7 speeches)
    50. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to clarify what the beneficiaries of the temporary protection directive will be entitled to upon the elapsing of the...
  • Children in Care (11 speeches)
    52. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the fact that standard disregards for maintenance that apply in the means testing of other payments do not...
  • Pension Provisions (11 speeches)
    53. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the long-term carers contribution scheme; the number of applications received to date; the number approved;...
• Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Public Services Card (7 speeches)
    55. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures that are being taken to tackle the backlog of appointment requests for public service cards in County Cork as it...
  • Social Welfare Payments (10 speeches)
    56. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the establishment of an interdepartmental working group with the Department of Health to...
  • Social Welfare Appeals (5 speeches)
    57. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which she is aware of a tendency to refuse applications for carer's allowance and disability allowance, which...
  • School Meals Programme (23 speeches)
    58. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated amount her Department spent on the hot school meals programme in schools in Cork East in 2023; the total number...
  • Social Welfare Schemes (9 speeches)
    59. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline the detail of the expansion of child benefit for over 18s in full-time education; if she will address how...
  • Social Welfare Code (7 speeches)
    60. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update with respect to the Green Paper on disability which has been drafted by her Department and if...
  • Social Welfare Schemes (12 speeches)
    61. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend the free travel scheme to children for whom child benefit is paid, and in the case of young children and...
• Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Schools Building Projects (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this important issue for the debate. There are many who will make the case for their local school building project to be progressed. That is...
  • Road Projects (7 speeches)
    This is to discuss the long-awaited N22 Killarney bypass from Lissyviggeen to Farranfore and from Lissyviggeen to Castlelough on the Muckross Road, the N70, and that this be prioritised to be...
  • Departmental Regulations (4 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State for taking this Topical Issue. This is an incredibly important issue. It is about HHC and HHC vapes in particular, their prevalence in Ireland, the damage they are...
  • Defective Building Materials (4 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State for coming here this evening. In 2020, a husband and wife started the process of assessing their house, which they knew at the time had defective blocks. One year...