Dáil debates

Tuesday, 18 June 2024

  • Prelude (0 speeches)
    Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2.00 p.m.
  • Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (1 speech)
    I wish to announce for the information of the House that four Members of the Dáil have been elected to the European Parliament, namely, Deputies Barry Cowen, Kathleen Funchion, Michael...
  • Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 speeches)
    We have an epidemic of domestic violence. This morning, Women's Aid reports that last year it received its highest level of domestic abuse disclosures in its 50-year history. The figures cited...
  • An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (57 speeches)
    I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Revised Estimate for Public Services 2024 [Vote 23] and Further Revised Estimates for Public Services 2024 [Votes 16 and 34] (to be moved together and...
  • Estimates for Public Services 2024 (1 speech)
    I move the following Revised Estimates: Vote 23 — An Coimisiún Toghcháin (Revised Estimate)That a sum not exceeding €11,719,000 be granted to defray the charge which will...
  • Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
    • Cabinet Committees (17 speeches)
      1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [23995/24]
    • Child Poverty (7 speeches)
      7. To ask the Taoiseach to report on the published third meeting of the cross-government network on child poverty and well-being. [23997/24]
    • Programme for Government (14 speeches)
      9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the programme for Government. [24004/24]
  • Estimates for Public Services 2024: Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
    The Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimates for Public Services for the service of the year ending on 31...
  • International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (86 speeches)
    I remind Members that this debate will adjourn at the end of the second speaking round and resume tomorrow.
  • Carers: Motion [Private Members] (45 speeches)
    I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that Family Carers Ireland's report entitled "The State of Caring 2024" found: — almost three quarters of carers have never received respite;...
  • Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
    The Select Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands has completed its consideration of Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024 and has made...
  • Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (7 speeches)
      31. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the CDNT recruitment campaign, ‘Be part of our team, be part of their lives’; the...
    • Childcare Services (7 speeches)
      32. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on attempts to re-establish childcare and early learning facilities at a location in...
    • International Protection (17 speeches)
      33. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail what current communications plan is in place in respect of the IPAS accommodation crisis; and if he...
  • Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
    • Care Services (7 speeches)
      35. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures that are being taken to ensure sufficient residential respite services are available for families in...
    • Disability Services (11 speeches)
      40. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans for new therapies for autism to be used in the public health sector; if so, when it is hoped...
    • International Protection (7 speeches)
      45. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on plans to house direct provision, temporary and international protection applicants in...
    • Disability Services (9 speeches)
      48. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the critical shortage of personal assistant hours for people with disabilities in this country...
    • Childcare Services (7 speeches)
      50. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of registered childcare providers who are not taking part in the core funding model; and if he will...
    • Children in Care (7 speeches)
      51. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1347 of 17 January 2024, if he has followed up with the Minister for Social...
    • Health Service Executive (7 speeches)
      53. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement he has had with the HSE regarding the need to source private contractors following the recent...
    • Special Educational Needs (7 speeches)
      54. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the timeline for the reintroduction of therapists to special schools; and if he will make a...