Dáil debates

Tuesday, 30 April 2024

  • Prelude (0 speeches)
    Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
  • Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (38 speeches)
    The Government has displayed incredible incompetence in recent days in dealing with migration and returns to Britain. The Minister for Justice, Deputy McEntee, claimed at the justice committee...
  • An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (121 speeches)
    I move: Tuesday's business shall be: Second Stage of the Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024 (to commence no earlier than 4.00 p.m. and if not previously...
  • Safe Deposit Boxes and Related Deposits Bill 2022: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
    I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands pursuant to Standing Orders 95(3)(a) and 178(1).
  • Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (29 speeches)
      1. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his recent visit to Paris. [10816/24]
    • An Garda Síochána (14 speeches)
      8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of the policing reform implementation programme office in his Department. [11792/24]
    • Constitutional Amendments (21 speeches)
      13. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his plan for constitutional amendments. [11793/24]
  • Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Second Stage (8 speeches)
    I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." Today I bring the Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill before the House. I am deeply conscious in introducing the...
  • Visit of Malaysian Delegation (3 speeches)
    Before I proceed to our next speaker, who will be Deputy Thomas Gould, I ask Members to join me in extending a warm céad míle fáilte to my Malaysian counterpart, the Honourable Tan...
  • Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 speeches)
    Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
  • Petrol and Diesel Excise Rate Increases: Motion [Private Members] (16 speeches)
    I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — AA Ireland's latest monthly Fuel Price Survey has reported a surge in petrol and diesel prices over the recent period; —...
  • 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 Violet-Anne Wynne - To...
  • Petrol and Diesel Excise Rate Increases: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (40 speeches)
    The following motion was moved by Deputy Pearse Doherty on Tuesday, 30 April 2024: Debate resumed on amendment No. 1: - (Minister for Finance).
  • Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
    • International Protection (7 speeches)
      82. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the person or body responsible for the property at a location (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if it is his...
    • Disability Services (11 speeches)
      83. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Question No. 97 of 29 February 2024, for an update on the recruitment drive for the children's...
    • Mother and Baby Homes (7 speeches)
      84. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1148 of 20 March 2024, if the negotiation process between the expert...
  • Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
    • Departmental Funding (7 speeches)
      85. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding streams available under his Department to assist with migrant integration; how much has been...
    • Disability Services (7 speeches)
      86. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a breakdown of the staff numbers and grade in each of the CDNTs in County Meath in 2021, 2022, 2023 and to...
    • Childcare Services (9 speeches)
      87. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the work carried out to date on the establishment of the childcare development agency; and if...
    • Childcare Services (9 speeches)
      88. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the unmet need for childcare places, the uptake of the new capital scheme which...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education (8 speeches)
      89. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he expects to announce further details of the proposed equal participation model; and if he will make a...
    • Parental Leave (8 speeches)
      90. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures he has taken since the Government came to office to ensure family leave entitlements have been...
    • Childcare Services (8 speeches)
      91. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline his plans to increase childcare places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19265/24]
    • Childcare Services (10 speeches)
      92. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will establish a publicly owned childcare service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19266/24]
    • Health Services (6 speeches)
      93. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement he has had with the Minister for Health on the provision of additional medical supports for...
  • Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
    • Hospital Waiting Lists (4 speeches)
      This matter relates to children with scoliosis, specifically in the context of the length of time they have to wait for surgery. I want to raise the issue of Anna Russell, who is 13 years old...
    • Renewable Energy Generation (4 speeches)
      I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Fleming, for attending and the Office of the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this important Topical Issue. Cork Harbour has often been described as an energy...
    • Departmental Schemes (4 speeches)
      I love my home town of Drogheda. Our small city is really in my DNA and defines me. We have had and still have our problems. Every place does. We always overcome them. We often do so in...
    • Schools Building Projects (6 speeches)
      I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this Topical Issue for debate. It is a very important matter, not just the delivery of the new school building for this community but also the...