Dáil debates
Thursday, 6 March 2025
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach Gníomhach (Deputy Mairéad Farrell) i gceannas ar 9:00 a.m.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Television Licence Fee (7 speeches)
1. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the timeline for the replacement of the TV licence fee by direct funding from the Exchequer, managed by Coimisiún na Meán;...
- State Bodies (7 speeches)
2. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide further details in respect of his plans to review spending by bodies under his remit and-or aegis. [9994/25]
- Sport and Recreational Development (9 speeches)
3. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to give an update on and a timeline for the creation of football academies with the FAI and the League of Ireland, as contained in...
- Arts Policy (7 speeches)
4. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of artists who have benefited from the basic income scheme for artists to date; the status of research into the benefits...
- Foras na Gaeilge (7 speeches)
5. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén réiteach sealadach atá beartaithe aige, fad is atá réiteach fadtéarmach á lorg, chun a...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Sports Funding (11 speeches)
6. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an update on sports capital grant appeals for Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9867/25]
- Arts Council (7 speeches)
8. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the precise date on which his Department was first made aware of problems with the IT project of the Arts Council; if he is...
- Cúrsaí Tithíochta (7 speeches)
9. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad atá á dhéanamh chun dul i ngleic leis an ngéarchéim thithíochta sna ceantair Ghaeltachta. [10111/25]
- Road Projects (7 speeches)
13. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht nuashonrú a thabhairt maidir leis an bplean chun scéim na mbóithre áise a chur ar fáil; agus an...
- Urban Development (8 speeches)
12. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department could help support the Dublin city task force recommendation for a meanwhile-use strategy for privately owned...
- Meath na Gaeltachta (7 speeches)
14. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an aithneoidh sé go bhfuil géarchéim ar leith ag cur le bánú na Gaeltachta mar thoradh ar easpa...
- Swimming Pools (9 speeches)
15. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps that Monaghan County Council should take to secure funding for a swimming pool in Carrickmacross. [10204/25]
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Health Services (9 speeches)
64. To ask the Minister for Health when she will publish the review of specialist cardiac services; when she will publish a comprehensive cardiovascular health strategy; and if she will make a...
- General Practitioner Services (7 speeches)
65. To ask the Minister for Health the actions taken by her Department to ensure the continued existence of a practice (details supplied) in Dublin 1 which is currently facing closure due to...
- National Children's Hospital (9 speeches)
66. To ask the Minister for Health if she has ensured that plans are in place to safely and appropriately staff the new children’s hospital to ensure there are no delays following handover...
- Sexually Transmitted Infections (7 speeches)
67. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the new national sexual health strategy has still not been published; her plans to address rising rates of sexually transmitted infections and...
- Dental Services (9 speeches)
68. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a mandatory requirement for dental practices to accept patients with medical cards for treatment; and if not, the measures that are in place to...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
Question No. 69 taken with Written Answers.
- Cancer Services (9 speeches)
70. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons diagnosed with cancer in the State in each of the past ten years; and the number of deaths from cancer in each of the past ten years. [9276/25]
- General Practitioner Services (13 speeches)
71. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the worry and deep frustration of families and individuals in County Waterford and across rural Ireland about the shortage of GPs and the...
- Ambulance Service (7 speeches)
73. To ask the Minister for Health to review the current situation within the National Ambulance Service where emergency response vehicles have been removed from off-duty paramedics as such...
- Health Strategies (5 speeches)
75. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to advance the women’s health action plan; and if consideration has been given to improvements in treatment for endometriosis in view of the...
- Medical Cards (7 speeches)
76. To ask the Minister for Health if she will examine the threshold for full medical card entitlement for those over 66 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8791/25]
- Healthcare Policy (7 speeches)
77. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to advance the women's health action plan, specifically in respect of County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9741/25]
- Eating Disorders (15 speeches)
79. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to deliver on the previous Government commitment from 2018 to increase the number of specialist public eating disorder adult in-patient beds to 23;...
- Primary Care Centres (7 speeches)
81. To ask the Minister for Health for an update regarding the proposed primary care centre in Maynooth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10050/25]
- Mental Health Services (14 speeches)
87. To ask the Minister for Health if a mental health information database CAMHS consultant has been recruited to the children's disability network team for Sligo, Leitrim, south Donegal and west...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (79 speeches)
The cost-of-living crisis has not gone away; far from it. Workers and families are still finding it very difficult to make ends meet. People face extortionate bills and prices right across the...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (54 speeches)
Across Cork, there are dozens of children with special educational needs who do not have a place for September. In the past three weeks alone, I have been contacted by eight parents of children...
- International Women's Day: Statements (24 speeches)
It is a great honour to stand here today, ahead of International Women’s Day, as the newly appointed Minister for children, disability and equality. Throughout my career, it has always...
- Visit of Danish Delegation (1 speech)
I take the opportunity to recognise the delegation from the Danish Parliament who are joining us in the Gallery with Deputy Malcolm Byrne of Wexford. They are all very welcome. Ireland has had...
- International Women's Day: Statements (Resumed) (43 speeches)
It is right and proper that we acknowledge International Women's Day in this House, and statements are the appropriate way to do that. Some Members have doubts about that but I think it causes...
- 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 39 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy Aidan Farrelly - To discuss...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Oideachas trí Ghaeilge (8 speeches)
Tá mé ag iarraidh déileáil le ceist Gaelcholáiste 2, 4, 6, 8 agus an drochnuacht a fuarthas le déanaí nach bhfuil an bord bainistíochta ar Choláiste...
- Animal Welfare (4 speeches)
I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House to discuss this issue. On the northside of the Cork city in my constituency we have had a spate of animal welfare issues in recent weeks,...
- Urban Development (5 speeches)
I am delighted an Aire Stáit is here. Clonmel, a once bustling, proud and thriving town - Cluain Meala, the vale of honey - has been left to deteriorate in recent years. Last year, it had...
