Dáil debates

Tuesday, 28 May 2024

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
• Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (32 speeches)
  At a Fine Gael press conference, the Taoiseach told reporters that as he canvasses around the country, he has heard too many examples of the bulk-buying of homes by wealthy property funds, but,...
• An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (70 speeches)
  I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion re Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Parent's Leave and Benefit Act 2019 (Extension of Periods of Leave) Order 2023 (without...
• Parent's Leave and Benefit Act 2019 (Extension of Periods of Leave) Order 2024: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft: Parent's Leave and Benefit Act 2019 (Extension of Periods of Leave) Order 2024, a copy of which was laid in draft...
• Ireland's Recognition of the State of Palestine: Statements (56 speeches)
  Before moving to the important statements on Ireland's recognition of the State of Palestine I ask everyone to join me in extending a warm céad míle fáilte to someone who is...
• Local Authority Housing Maintenance and Repair: Motion [Private Members] (16 speeches)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — housing policy is not only about the number of homes delivered but the quality of those homes for tenants living in them; —...
• 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...
• Local Authority Housing Maintenance and Repair: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 speeches)
  Debate resumed on the following motion:
• Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • School Accommodation (8 speeches)
    1. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the appropriate space for students in a school (details supplied) as per her Department's buildings manual. [23803/24]
  • School Accommodation (9 speeches)
    2. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made in the provision of additional accommodation for a school to deal with the additional demand for places in first year next...
  • Special Educational Needs (7 speeches)
    3. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with special educational needs who are currently without a school place. [23804/24]
  • Teaching Qualifications (7 speeches)
    4. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an alternative for teachers who completed their teaching qualifications in England to complete their induction period in...
• Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
  Questions Nos. 5 and 6 taken with Written Answers.
  • Schools Building Projects (7 speeches)
    7. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will have a plan for a new school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23898/24]
  • School Enrolments (7 speeches)
    8. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she remains confident she and her Department will be in a position to meet the full requirement of school places at primary and...
  • School Curriculum (7 speeches)
    9. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has information on the number of post-primary schools which do not deliver the civil, social and political curriculum; if she has assessed...
  • School Transport (7 speeches)
    12. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there can be flexibility in the 1 km rule for school transport where a number of children are forced to walk a narrow and dangerous road with...
  • School Transport (5 speeches)
    16. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she and her Department expect to be in a position to improve school transport serving primary and second level schools...
  • School Transport (10 speeches)
    27. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current regulations with respect to students availing of school transport to a school which is their second-nearest school; and if she will...
  • School Accommodation (10 speeches)
    30. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will provide the temporary accommodation necessary to allow a school (details supplied) to carry out proposed works; and if she...
  • School Transport (5 speeches)
    32. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will instruct Bus Éireann to ensure school bus services are in place to deal with the demand for the commencement of the school year...
  • School Accommodation (7 speeches)
    22. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently review the decision by her Department not to include a school (details supplied) in the school capital building programme....
  • Special Educational Needs (10 speeches)
    23. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the progress being made to open a second autism unit class at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a...
• Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Special Educational Needs (4 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, for taking this matter. It impacts on the constituency we share, so I thought it would be good and appropriate to raise it with her. I have been...
  • Fishing Industry (4 speeches)
    There is a serious crisis in the inshore fishing sector. The sector has been denied the ability to fish for pollock and is questioning the methodology behind that. The price of crab, lobster...