Dáil debates

Thursday, 3 October 2024

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach Gníomhach (Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh) i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Health Services (10 speeches)
    1. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish the national review of specialist cardiac services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39373/24]
  • Hospital Services (9 speeches)
    2. To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding the feasibility of the proposal to extend the opening hours of the medical assessment unit at Nenagh Hospital. [39333/24]
  • National Children's Hospital (22 speeches)
    3. To ask the Minister for Health how he will ensure that the new children’s hospital opens as quickly as possible following handover from the contractor; if he will publish the transition...
  • Primary Care Centres (7 speeches)
    4. To ask the Minister for Health if he will act on the urgent need to upgrade and extend the HSE-owned building from which the Gurteen family practice operates; and if he will make a statement...
• Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Dental Services (7 speeches)
    5. To ask the Minister for Health when additional resources will be provided for dental services in Cavan and Monaghan, to reduce waiting lists and ensure that dental services are provided in a...
  • Eating Disorders (9 speeches)
    6. To ask the Minister for Health to consider providing funding in budget 2025 for a mental health services adult and children eating disorder team in the mid-west under the new national model of...
  • Mental Health Services (7 speeches)
    7. To ask the Minister for Health if he can guarantee when inpatient residential dual diagnosis services will resume in a treatment centre, details supplied; the reason for the delay in reopening...
  • Medical Cards (8 speeches)
    8. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider the eligibility rules for medical cards and GP cards for those with chronic and incurable autoimmune diseases; and if he will make a...
  • Health Services (8 speeches)
    9. To ask the Minister for Health to indicate the treatment pathways available for patients who suffer from scoliosis, cataracts and spina bifida, public or private, to help deal with the current...
  • Pharmacy Services (7 speeches)
    11. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on negotiations to increase fees for dispensing for pharmacists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39357/24]
  • Ambulance Service (8 speeches)
    13. To ask the Minister for Health if he will discuss the HSE capital plan project to develop a new ambulance training college in a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
• Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (47 speeches)
  Under Standing Order No. 36, I welcome the Minister for Finance. I call Deputy Pearse Doherty.
• Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (79 speeches)
  Mar iar-Aire Stáit na Gaeltachta, tá a fhios ag an Aire, an Teachta Chambers, nach fiú mórán na pinginí a chaith an Rialtas i dtreo na Gaeltachta sa bhuiséad...
• Thirty-Third Report of the Standing Committee of Selection: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann, pursuant to Standing Order 34, and with effect from 4th October, 2024 approves the Thirty-Third Report of the Standing Committee of Selection, copies of...
• Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2024: Second Stage (6 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to introduce this Bill for the House’s consideration. One of its main objectives is to provide for the establishment of...
• Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2024: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
  I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Transport and Communications pursuant to Standing Orders 95(3)(a) and 181(1).
• Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (24 speeches)
  Debate resumed on the following Financial Resolution: - (Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications)
• 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 James O'Connor - To discuss...
• Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • School Transport (6 speeches)
    I had hoped the Minister for Education would be in a position to take this Topical Issue, but I was contacted earlier and it was outlined that because of prior commitments, she would not be able...
• Teachtaireacht ón Seanad - Message from Seanad (1 speech)
  Seanad Éireann has passed the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024, without amendment.
• Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed) (0 speeches)
  • Heritage Sites (4 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State for coming into the House to reply to this debate. This is a very emotive and important issue in my constituency. It has been going on for more than a year now....
  • Prison Service (4 speeches)
    I wish to join with my colleagues in extending my sympathies to the family of Mary O’Rourke. She was a former colleague who was robust and had a big personality. As for the Topical...