Dáil debates

Wednesday, 30 April 2025

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach Gníomhach (Deputy Catherine Connolly) i gceannas ar 09:00
• 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 Joanna Byrne - To discuss...
• Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Ambulance Service (4 speeches)
    The National Ambulance Service, NAS, is the State provider for pre-hospital emergency and intermediate care as part of the wider integrated health system. It is responsible for care from the...
  • Derelict Sites (5 speeches)
    I raise the issue of dereliction in our cities, towns and villages. The blight of dereliction and long-term vacancy is prevalent throughout our country. According to the CSO figures for 2022,...
  • School Transport (4 speeches)
    I appreciate the opportunity to raise this important matter regarding my constituency. It is about Kilcredan National School, which is located in the peripheral regions of Youghal and Midleton...
  • Rail Network (4 speeches)
    Maidin mhaith, a Aire Stáit. Is lá álainn é ag deireadh mhí Aibreáin. Ceapaim gur lá iontach é le dul ar thuras traenach. Is é sin an t-ábhar...
  • Public Transport (4 speeches)
    Good morning, Minister of State. It has always been the Labour Party's vision to invest in public transport, to continue to progressively reduce the cost of public transport and to focus on...
• Special Education: Motion [Private Members] (51 speeches)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — there is an ongoing failure by the State to adequately plan for school places for children with special or additional educational...
• Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (51 speeches)
  My understanding is that the audit into unnecessary hip surgeries carried out on children at CHI hospitals is now complete. Can the Taoiseach confirm for the Dáil that this is the case? If...
• Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions (4 speeches)
  Offaly and the wider midlands have powered this nation for generations, first through peat and now through renewables. We have led from the front but today we face a critical turning point in...
• Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (73 speeches)
  I return to the Government's housing tsar and the proposal to pay this individual €430,000. Paying somebody a salary of almost €500,000 to take up the responsibilities of the...
• Sale of Nitrous Oxide and Related Products Bill 2025: First Stage (10 speeches)
  I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to regulate and licence the sale of nitrous oxide to exempted purchasers, to prohibit the sale of nitrous oxide and nitrous...
• Report of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform on Orders of Reference and Establishment of Committees: Motion (3 speeches)
  I move: That- (1) the Select Committees as contained in the report of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform entitled "Orders of Reference and Establishment of Committees",...
• EU Regulations: Motion (7 speeches)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area...
• Final Draft Revised National Planning Framework: Motion (66 speeches)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the Final Draft Revised National Planning Framework, as approved by the Government on 8th April, 2025; a copy of which was laid before Dáil...
• Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (76 speeches)
  If Deputy Carthy is here to take the Defamation Bill, we will proceed.
• Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (2 speeches)
  The following is a proposal to revise the schedule for 1 May, 2025. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders or in the arrangements agreed on the Order of Business, that (a)...
• Unnecessary Hip Surgeries at Children's Health Ireland: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (2 speeches)
  The following motion was moved by Deputy David Cullinane on Tuesday, 29 April:
• Special Education: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 speech)
  The following motion was moved by Deputy Eoghan Kenny on Wednesday, 30 April:
• Report of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform on Orders of Reference and Establishment of Committees: Motion (Resumed) (1 speech)
  The following motion was moved by Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach, Deputy Mary Butler, on Wednesday, 30 April 2025:
• Final Draft Revised National Planning Framework: Motion (Resumed) (1 speech)
  The following motion was moved by the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage on Wednesday, 30 April 2025: