Dáil debates

Tuesday, 24 September 2024

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
• Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (32 speeches)
  The debacle surrounding the construction of the national children's hospital continues. At the weekend, we learned that the hospital's completion date will be missed yet again. We are now...
• An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (101 speeches)
  I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion re Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions (without debate) - Motion re Sittings and Business of the Dáil (without debate) - Motion...
• 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...
• Sittings and Business of the Dáil: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, or in the ordinary routine of business as contained in Schedule 3 to Standing Orders, and unless the Dáil shall otherwise order,...
• Thirty-Second Report of the Standing Committee of Selection and Appointment of Committee Cathaoirligh: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann, pursuant to Standing Order 34, and with effect from 25th September, 2024— (1) approves the Thirty-Second Report of the Standing Committee of...
• Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (52 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." Although short in length, the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024 is very significant legislation. It addresses important constitutional...
• Healthcare Services in the Mid-West Region: Motion [Private Members] (50 speeches)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann: condemns the abandonment of patients in Clare, Limerick, and Tipperary following the wholesale cancellation of scheduled and planned care for several...
• 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 Steven Matthews - to discuss...
• Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Covid-19 Pandemic (7 speeches)
    2. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to facilitate claims by those unable to work due to long Covid; and if she will make a statement on the...
• Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Social Welfare Code (10 speeches)
    8. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider allowing discretion on the 18.5 hours per week employment exemption, under the carer's allowance scheme,...
  • Employment Support Services (7 speeches)
    10. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to increase part-time employment participation levels among those in receipt of jobseekers payments...
  • Social Welfare Benefits (16 speeches)
    11. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has undertaken any assessment on the merits of ending the means test on the carer’s allowance. [37630/24]
  • Emergency Accommodation (12 speeches)
    13. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports in place in terms of free travel access for people currently living in emergency accommodation. [37681/24]
  • Pension Provisions (20 speeches)
    15. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to consider reducing the current 20-year minimum criterion of full-time caring to an incapacitated person under the long-term...
  • Social Welfare Code (7 speeches)
    17. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the terms of the widow's or widower's pension, particularly in respect of non-married or co-habiting couples, and the judgment...
  • Social Welfare Benefits (7 speeches)
    18. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will increase the child benefit payment to assist families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37624/24]
  • Social Welfare Benefits (5 speeches)
    19. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether she intends to examine a cost of disability payment; if she intends to introduce reforms to the disability payments;...
  • Employment Support Services (6 speeches)
    25. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to increase employment participation levels among those in receipt of disability payments from her...
  • Social Welfare Eligibility (8 speeches)
    7. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider the removal of the means test for the carer's allowance in budget 2025; and if she will make a statement...
• Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
  • Social Welfare Appeals (13 speeches)
    1. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection regarding correspondence she has received in the matter of a social welfare appeals office decision (details supplied), which...
  • Social Welfare Appeals (5 speeches)
    4. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department or the Social Welfare Appeals Office make use of test or sample cases when making decisions on individual...
• Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Health Services Staff (22 speeches)
    I invite an Teachta Flaherty to discuss the future of the orthoptist service at St. Joseph's care campus, Longford.