Dáil debates
Tuesday, 29 April 2025
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
- Minute's Silence in Memory of Pope Francis (1 speech)
We will now begin a minute's silence in memory of the Holy Father, Pope Francis.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (102 speeches)
The outrageous salary the Taoiseach proposes to pay his new housing tsar is €430,000. It is nearly half a million euro - an astonishing amount of taxpayers' money for the salary of just...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (93 speeches)
I move: Tuesday’s business shall be statements on Children's Health Ireland (not to exceed 3 hrs and 32 mins) Tuesday's private members' business shall be motion re unnecessary hip...
- Guardianship of Infants (Amendment) Bill 2025: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the suspension of the powers, responsibilities and entitlements of guardianship in certain circumstances and for...
- Criminal Law (Prohibition of the Disclosure of Counselling Records) Bill 2025: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Criminal Evidence Act 1992 in the interests of balancing the right to privacy, the right to healthcare and the...
- Children’s Health (Ospidéal Náisiúnta Kathleen Lynn do Leanaí) (Amendment) Bill 2025: First Stage (9 speeches)
I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Children’s Health Act 2018 and therefore to amend the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
- Cabinet Committees (60 speeches)
1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [14723/25]
- Artificial Intelligence (14 speeches)
15. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his attendance at the AI Action Summit. [15163/25]
- Departmental Offices (28 speeches)
21. To ask the Taoiseach for an update on the work of the policing reform implementation programme office in his Department. [14726/25]
- Children's Health Ireland: Statements (61 speeches)
We are here today because the HIQA review has laid bare significant failures at Children’s Health Ireland, failures that I believe have put children at risk of harm. Children who deserved...
- Unnecessary Hip Surgeries at Children's Health Ireland: Motion [Private Members] (36 speeches)
I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes with alarm the results of a clinical audit conducted on children's hip surgeries performed on children under the care of Children's Health Ireland...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Commissions of Investigation (7 speeches)
83. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to respond to the finding of the final substantive report of the commission of investigation into certain matters...
- Childcare Services (7 speeches)
84. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the national childcare website does not list fees for childcare...
- Disability Services (7 speeches)
85. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of vacant-unfilled positions across each CDNT in the State; if she will provide the figures from the...
- Early Childhood Care and Education (8 speeches)
86. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update regarding the way in which she has initiated the lowering of the cost of childcare in the State...
- Early Childhood Care and Education (8 speeches)
87. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on ongoing pay talks for early years educators. [21194/25]
- Early Childhood Care and Education (7 speeches)
88. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her views on the €45 million allocated under budget 2025 to support further increases to the minimum rates...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Early Childhood Care and Education (7 speeches)
89. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when she expects the planned review of core funding to take place; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Early Childhood Care and Education (8 speeches)
90. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm the staff retention rates among early years educators for the past five years; the actions being taken...
- Childcare Services (7 speeches)
91. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeframe in which she intends to reduce the cost of childcare to €200 per month; and if she will make...
- Childcare Services (7 speeches)
92. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide the number of access and inclusion model childcare places provided since 2020, by county, in tabular...
- Children in Care (8 speeches)
93. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in State care who have reported being sexually abused in each of the past ten years, and...
- Childcare Services (7 speeches)
94. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the uptake in the building blocks extension grant scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20291/25]
- Disability Services (11 speeches)
95. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of community disability network teams across the country which are fully staffed and the number which...
- Early Childhood Care and Education (5 speeches)
97. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps being taken to develop a career path in the childcare sector in view of the staff turnover rates; and...
- 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 Michael Cahill - To discuss...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Vaccination Programme (4 speeches)
The issue I am raising is the shingles vaccine. As the Minister of State knows, shingles causes quite a lot of difficulty for people who get it. Herpes zoster is the other name for it. It is...
- Apprenticeship Programmes (4 speeches)
I would like to address the issue of the national apprenticeship training placement system. I understand apprenticeship scheduling is currently carried out on a national basis by co-ordinating...
- International Protection (6 speeches)
Public representatives were made aware of a contract having been signed to provide international protection accommodation at the Merriman Hotel, Kinvara, on 18 March. This was the first anybody...
- Sports Funding (4 speeches)
I thank the Minister of State for being here. The community sports facilities fund, CSFF, is seen by clubs and groups throughout this country as a vital cog in the revenue raising machine,...
- Electricity Grid (4 speeches)
The blackout yesterday in Spain and Portugal was a jarring but very real reminder of the vulnerability of our energy systems. In five seconds, the Iberian power network lost 15 GW. That is...
