Dáil debates

Tuesday, 27 February 2024

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 14.00
• Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (43 speeches)
  The crisis in child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, has escalated to a full-blown emergency. On the watch of this Government, waiting lists for first-time appointments have...
• An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (88 speeches)
  I move: Tuesday's business shall be: -Motion reAmendment of Orders of Reference of the Committee on Assisted Dying (without debate) -Motion re Approval of Appointment of a Member...
• Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2024: First Stage (5 speeches)
  I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 and to provide for related matters. I recognise the fact that representatives of...
• Broadcasting (Oversight of RTÉ Accounts) (Amendment) Bill 2024: First Stage (7 speeches)
  Tairgim: Go gceadófar go dtabharfar isteach Bille dá ngairtear An Bille Craolacháin (Formhaoirsiú ar Chuntais RTÉ) (Leasú) 2024. I thank the Chair of the...
• Joint Committee on Assisted Dying: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That the Orders of Reference of the Special Committee on Assisted Dying, contained within the Report of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform entitled "Orders of...
• Appointment of a Member of the Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann, noting that the Government agreed on 13th February, 2024, to propose, for the approval of Dáil Éireann, Eilis Barry to be a member of the Legal...
• Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2023: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That, notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 108(2), and for the purposes of the proceedings on the Planning and Development Bill 2023 only, it shall be permissible to...
• Recent Arson Attacks: Statements (52 speeches)
  I welcome the opportunity to address the House this afternoon on the very serious issue of the recent arson attacks that have been carried out by a small number of people determined to sow...
• Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I want to start by recognising the hard work by dedicated staff in the child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, in trying to meet the...
• 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 James O'Connor - To discuss...
• Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 speeches)
  The following motion was moved by Deputy Mark Ward on Tuesday, 27 February 2024: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." Debate resumed on amendment No. 1:
• Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Student Accommodation (9 speeches)
    1. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the new student accommodation policy for which he sought Cabinet approval, if he can he provide details of the refurbishment grant...
  • Student Accommodation (7 speeches)
    3. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills following on from his confirmation that his officials were examining the issue of 51-week leases for purpose-built student accommodation, if he can...
  • Student Visas (7 speeches)
    4. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he and his Department will consider removing the eligibility criteria exclusion of the category of parents of an Irish citizen for SUSI...
  • Apprenticeship Programmes (7 speeches)
    5. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to tackle the growing backlog of apprenticeship off the job training. [9107/24]
• Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Third Level Education (8 speeches)
    6. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what progress has been made to date to increase radiation therapy course places in Trinity College Dublin and University College Cork; and if he...
  • Education and Training Provision (7 speeches)
    8. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to develop Skillnet Ireland in its capacity to accelerate adaptation to the challenges of sustainability and digital transformation of...
  • Education Policy (9 speeches)
    10. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Ireland is likely to experience a shortage of graduates in the future within a particular area to meet the demand of the corresponding...
  • Apprenticeship Programmes (7 speeches)
    12. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date position on improving pathways between second level education and apprenticeships to ensure that apprenticeships are seen as a very...
  • Adult Education Provision (8 speeches)
    13. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to include courses for adults with intellectual disabilities such as the level 3 certificate in skills for independent living...
  • Further and Higher Education (7 speeches)
    15. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered the role that further and higher education could play in the future in supporting the contribution of people after they...
  • Education and Training Provision (10 speeches)
    18. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the dentistry school for Cork, for which the ground was broken, but has yet to be delivered. [9109/24]
  • Third Level Costs (7 speeches)
    21. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which higher education costs have increased or fluctuated over the past number of years; the extent to which the proportion of the...
  • Traveller Education (7 speeches)
    24. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way his Department is supporting young people from the Traveller community to become apprentices; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Apprenticeship Programmes (5 speeches)
    25. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way his Department is incentivising people from disadvantaged backgrounds to become apprentices; and if he will make a statement on the...
• Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • School Transport (9 speeches)
    This is a tricky issue for a number of reasons. The Youghal town urban area has lost a school bus transport service that covered 120 children in the locality. It was a commercially-run service...
  • Home Care Packages (4 speeches)
    This matter has been raised with me by families with elderly parents or relatives trying to get home care and by commercial providers of home care. They find that the number of hours being...
  • Recycling Policy (6 speeches)
    We have heard a lot of talk in the past few months about the new deposit return scheme. The scheme is welcome and the vast majority realise it is important because people want to do the right...