Dáil debates
Thursday, 20 March 2025
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach Gníomhach (Deputy Aidan Farrelly) i gceannas ar 09.00
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Rental Sector (7 speeches)
1. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce an amendment to the Planning and Development Act 2024 empowering planning authorities to apply...
- Housing Provision (7 speeches)
2. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm if he intends to review the housing completion target for 2025; the number of new homes his Department estimates will...
- Housing Provision (7 speeches)
3. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to comment on the ongoing delay in his Department's approvals for social and affordable housing projects funded via SHIP, CAS,...
- Planning Issues (7 speeches)
4. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to recent CSO data showing that the number of new homes approved annually fell by over 21% in...
- Housing Schemes (7 speeches)
5. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm the total delivery of affordable purchase and cost-rental homes in 2024 by local authorities, approved housing bodies...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Housing Provision (7 speeches)
6. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his targets for the delivery of starter homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12736/25]
- Housing Provision (7 speeches)
7. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for ramping up the delivery of affordable purchase homes and his targets for the coming years. [12532/25]
- Vacant Properties (9 speeches)
8. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans he has to increase the funding per unit for refurbishing vacant and derelict local authority houses; and if he will...
- Rental Sector (13 speeches)
10. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a breakdown of the purchases progressed under the tenant in situ scheme in Fingal west for 2023 and 2024; the number of...
- Housing Provision (8 speeches)
11. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the support his Department is providing for the provision of cost-rental apartments at St Michael’s Estate in Inchicore;...
- Housing Schemes (8 speeches)
12. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the support his Department is providing the tenant in situ scheme in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12743/25]
- Water Charges (21 speeches)
13. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will rule out any return of water charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12727/25]
- Housing Policy (7 speeches)
15. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the role of accessibility officers in Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council; what oversight is...
- Housing Schemes (10 speeches)
18. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to reverse the decision to restrict eligibility and funding for the tenant in situ scheme; and if he will make a...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell (7 speeches)
114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will establish a public inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied), as mandated by the Dáil on two...
- An Garda Síochána (22 speeches)
115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has any concerns about the fact that the latest intake of trainee gardaí are not fully vetted. [12760/25]
- Crime Prevention (7 speeches)
116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions he will take to address the fact that the suspects for 40,348 crimes carried out in 2024 were on bail; and if he...
- Sentencing Policy (7 speeches)
117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress regarding the term of review on the use of concurrent and consecutive sentencing guidelines for judges; and if he...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Drug Dealing (8 speeches)
118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how he intends to address the prevalence of drugs in rural Ireland and its consequences on community safety and criminality in...
- An Garda Síochána (7 speeches)
120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans in place for Garda stations in east Galway that currently have no gardaí assigned to them; and if he will make a...
- An Garda Síochána (7 speeches)
125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí currently assigned to stations in counties Kilkenny and Carlow; and if he will make a statement on...
- An Garda Síochána (7 speeches)
123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to increase the training intake capacity for An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (11 speeches)
126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of domestic abuse refuge spaces in the State; his target for the delivery of additional refuge spaces by year; and...
- An Garda Síochána (7 speeches)
127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the progress of section 50 regulations required to open up and facilitate the transfer of a...
- Departmental Policies (7 speeches)
128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 507 of 4 March 2025, his views on whether the rights of the child and the best interest...
- An Garda Síochána (3 speeches)
130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí currently assigned to stations in Louth; the number of these deployed for tackling drug crime; and if...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (58 speeches)
I welcome the UN special rapporteur to the occupied Palestinian territories, Ms Francesca Albanese, to the Chamber. Some 250 UN staff have been killed in Gaza since October 2023. Ms Albanese's...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (55 speeches)
The National Claims Information Database was published today by the Central Bank of Ireland. It shows eye-watering profits by the insurance industry again. This is on the backs of ordinary...
- An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Mionn Oifige Breithiúnach), 2025: An Chéad Chéim - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Judicial Oath of Office) Bill 2025: First Stage (5 speeches)
Tairgim: Go gceadófar go dtabharfar isteach Bille Acht chun an Bunreacht a leasú. I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Constitution. ...
- International Security and International Trade: Statements (102 speeches)
I welcome this opportunity to brief the House on matters relating to international security and international trade. With the agreement of the House, I will share time with the Minister, Deputy...
- Young Carers: Motion [Private Members] (33 speeches)
I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: - young carers and children are young people under the age of 18 whose lives are affected in some significant way by the care needs of...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Schools Building Projects (4 speeches)
As this is my first Topical Issue, hopefully I will get the timing and all the rest of it right. I thank the Minister of State for taking this and wish him the very best of luck in his new role....
- Health Services (4 speeches)
I am sure that the Minister of State knows of many great communities in Cork. One of the great communities I am aware of is in Kildare, that being, the community of Ballyteague, Allenwood,...
- Fire Service (6 speeches)
I am raising the issue of the need for a new fire station in Rathdowney. This has been sought for a number of years now. The current station was built to house a jeep and the small mobile pump...
- Hospital Facilities (4 speeches)
As the Minister of State is aware, staffing and beds in all our hospitals is a huge issue. This is not just the case in our large acute hospitals but also in all our community hospitals, and...
