Dáil debates
Tuesday, 13 May 2025
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 14:00
- Minute's Silence in Memory of Garda Kevin Flatley (1 speech)
We will have a minute's silence in memory of Garda Kevin Flatley.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (47 speeches)
I offer condolences to everyone who loved Garda Kevin Flatley: his heartbroken wife, Una, and their two children, Aoife and Erin; his parents, family and friends; and, of course, his colleagues...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (123 speeches)
I move: Tuesday's business shall be: -Motion re Withdrawal of Bills (to be taken without debate) -Motion re Appointment of Cathaoirleach of Working Group of Committee Cathaoirligh (to be taken...
- Withdrawal of Bills: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That leave be granted to withdraw the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023 and the Sale of Nitrous Oxide and Related Products Bill 2024, and, notwithstanding the Order of the Dáil of...
- Appointment of Cathaoirleach of Working Group of Committee Cathaoirligh: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That, pursuant to Standing Order 130(9), Deputy Seán Fleming be appointed as the Cathaoirleach of the Working Group of Committee Cathaoirligh.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
- National Economic and Social Council (30 speeches)
1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council, a statutory agency operating under the aegis of his Department. [14725/25]
- Cabinet Committees (38 speeches)
15. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Northern Ireland will meet next. [8487/25]
- Power of Higher Education, Research and Skills as Economic Enablers in a Changing World: Statements (38 speeches)
I will make an opening statement and then the Chair of the Oireachtas committee, Deputy Erin McGreehan, will speak and the Minister of State, Deputy Marian Harkin, will close the debate at the...
- Teachtaireacht ón Seanad - Message from Seanad (1 speech)
Seanad Éireann has passed the Finance (Provision of Access to Cash Infrastructure) Bill 2024, without amendment.
- Housing and Critical Infrastructure: Motion [Private Members] (38 speeches)
I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — decades of underfunding by Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael Governments, in our water and electricity infrastructure, have created...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Hospital Waiting Lists (7 speeches)
112. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to reduce children's orthopaedic waiting lists; when the independent clinical review of spinal services at Temple Street is likely to be published;...
- Medicinal Products (20 speeches)
113. To ask the Minister for Health the action she has taken to ensure that community pharmacists will administer the free hormone replacement therapy, HRT, scheme from 1 June 2025; and if she...
- Legislative Measures (10 speeches)
114. To ask the Minister for Health when she will introduce comprehensive adult safeguarding legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24429/25]
- Healthcare Policy (7 speeches)
115. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to a series of investigative reports into transgender healthcare in Ireland (details supplied); if she will commit to...
- Hospital Waiting Lists (8 speeches)
116. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for inpatient admission for eating disorder services; her plan to increase the number of inpatient eating disorder beds and to fully...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Home Care Packages (11 speeches)
117. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people issued with a home care package but unable to fulfil it due to staffing shortages, or other reasons, in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if...
- Health Strategies (7 speeches)
118. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which she will publish the new national sexual health strategy; the reason for the continued delay in doing so; and if she will make a statement on...
- Hospital Facilities (13 speeches)
120. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 6 March 2025, if the development control plan and the options appraisal process for the master plan for University...
- Hospital Facilities (7 speeches)
121. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the issues of water leaking in the orthopaedic surgical theatre is Sligo University Hospital, causing surgeries to be cancelled; and if she...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (7 speeches)
122. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for building four new elective hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24131/25]
- Home Care Packages (9 speeches)
123. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the programme for Government commitment to design a statutory home care scheme, the timeline she is working towards, and if she will...
- Cancer Services (7 speeches)
124. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to improve diagnostic pathways and invest in infrastructure to meet target treatment times outlined in the national cancer strategy and if she will...
- Eating Disorders (7 speeches)
125. To ask the Minister for Health when the review of the model of care for eating disorders will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24140/25]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (7 speeches)
127. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the development of a building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24103/25]
- 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)
- Emergency Services (4 speeches)
Tá áthas orm deis a bheith agam an cheist seo a phlé. The question I pose tonight about helicopter services in the north west brings me back to an Adjournment Debate in this House...
- Taxi Licences (8 speeches)
I thank the Minister of State for coming in from the appropriate Department to deal with this issue. It is appreciated. Does the Minister of State want to be a hero in rural Ireland?
- Special Educational Needs (4 speeches)
I am here asking a number of questions and the Minister of State may or may not have some of the answers. It is important to raise the issue once again and to highlight the problems we are...
- Regional Airports (8 speeches)
It seems to the people of Waterford that, when it comes to the application for funding for the runway extension at Waterford Airport, which is not just an issue for Waterford but for all those...
- Harbours and Piers (4 speeches)
Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit as ucht a bheith anseo don cheist thábhachtach seo. There are heritage harbours all over the coast of Ireland. They are extremely valuable...
