Dáil debates
Wednesday, 20 March 2024
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (38 speeches)
We live in interesting times, but we will proceed to take Leaders' Questions under Standing Order 36.
- Death of Charlie Bird: Expressions of Sympathy (15 speeches)
Before moving to the Order of Business, the Taoiseach has asked that we acknowledge the passing last week of the late Charlie Bird.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (68 speeches)
As we sit, we remember that one of our former esteemed colleagues, Emmet Stagg, passed away at the weekend. I am sure everyone here joins with me in extending to his wife, Mary, his daughter,...
- Maternity Protection (Amendment) Bill 2024: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend and extend the Maternity Protection Act 1994 and to provide for postponement of maternity leave where a mother has...
- Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 29th March, 2023, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, Questions for...
- Estimates for Public Services: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That, pursuant to Standing Order 215A and notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 21st February, 2024, the Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform,...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Programme for Government (41 speeches)
1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the programme for Government. [7937/24]
- Departmental Offices (13 speeches)
10. To ask the Taoiseach to report on the work of the parliamentary liaison unit in his Department. [7939/24]
- Middle East (24 speeches)
13. To ask the Taoiseach for a report on his joint correspondence, along with the Spanish Prime Minister, to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on the situation in Gaza. [7943/24]
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (25 speeches)
I will participate in the March meeting of the European Council in Brussels tomorrow and Friday. The agenda will cover Ukraine, security and defence, the Middle East, enlargement, migration,...
- Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (30 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to introduce the Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2024 here today. Essentially, the Bill will provide a statutory...
- Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2024: Referral to Select Committee (7 speeches)
I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment pursuant to Standing Orders 95 and 181.
- General Practice and Local Health Services: Motion (37 speeches)
I call Deputy Cullinane to move the motion. He is sharing time with his colleagues and has 20 minutes.
- 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 Mairéad Farrell - To...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Student Accommodation (8 speeches)
The Government's policy of having an over-reliance on vulture funds to provide student accommodation instead of directly provided student accommodation by the Government has meant there is a...