Dáil debates
Thursday, 10 July 2025
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach Gníomhach (Deputy David Maxwell) i gceannas ar 8.49 a.m.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Foreign Conflicts (6 speeches)
I wish to highlight that there is a defence committee meeting this morning, so I will take the Priority Questions and then I will have to depart to attend that. On my first question, the...
- Revised Estimates for Public Services 2025: Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimate for public services for the service of the year ending 31 December...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
- Middle East (11 speeches)
2. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether his Department has had engagement with, or diplomatic representations from, US counterparts around the exclusion of services from the...
- International Relations (7 speeches)
3. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will be represented at the emergency ministerial conference in defence of international law and the rights of the Palestinian...
- Middle East (11 speeches)
4. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade on his recent engagements with other states regarding the genocide in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38251/25]
- Trade Agreements (7 speeches)
5. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his position regarding potential increased tariffs with regard to the US; and the preparations being made for same. [38025/25]
- Foreign Policy (9 speeches)
6. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for a report on his engagement with other EU member states with regard to Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine; and if he will make a...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Departmental Meetings (9 speeches)
7. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the number of times he has met with the Palestinian ambassador to Ireland since he took office. [37514/25]
- EU Meetings (6 speeches)
8. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his meeting with the EU budget Commissioner on 25 June 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37909/25]
- Overseas Development Aid (7 speeches)
9. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to ensure sustained annual increases in Ireland's official development assistance to progress towards the UN target of 0.7% of gross...
- Middle East (7 speeches)
10. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether he and his Department formally submitted an additional complaint to the International Criminal Court regarding the murder of...
- Diplomatic Representation (7 speeches)
11. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will request the Irish Embassy in Washington DC to engage with the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations to ensure its...
- Consular Services (7 speeches)
13. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) who is married to an Irish citizen and has been detained arbitrarily in the...
- Passport Services (8 speeches)
15. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider opening a passport printing office in Cork to assist with printing passports in a timely manner; and if he will make a...
- Middle East (14 speeches)
16. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on his position in relation to the EU-Israel association agreement. [38030/25]
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Rural Schemes (7 speeches)
79. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has considered the establishment of a community wealth-building fund within his Department; and if he will make a statement...
- Library Services (6 speeches)
1. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the situation in Sudan, and on the Government's position on same. [38023/25]
- Voluntary Sector (7 speeches)
81. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he shares the concerns of community development workers regarding resourcing of this critically important discipline. [38528/25]
- Forbairt na Gaeilge (7 speeches)
83. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir le haitheantas a bhronnadh ar bhailte a chuir isteach ar Líonraí...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (6 speeches)
85. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total amount of funding allocated to the social inclusion and community activation programme in Cork; and if he will make a...
- Foras na Gaeilge (8 speeches)
84. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the engagement his Department has had with Foras na Gaeilge to ensure the group has long-term funding into the future; and if he...
- Community Development Projects (7 speeches)
86. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on the community centres investment fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38070/25]
- Library Services (8 speeches)
87. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will report on the progress of implementing the national public library strategy; the amount of funding allocated to the...
- Scéimeanna Tacaíochta (7 speeches)
89. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén dul chun cinn atá déanta chun scéim na mbóithre áise a chur ar fáil arís; agus an...
- Stádas na Gaeilge san Eoraip (7 speeches)
90. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on his Department’s work to promote Irish as an official language of the European Union. [38068/25]
- Enterprise Support Services (7 speeches)
91. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the strategies he has to develop long-term employment in rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38307/25]
- Community Development Projects (8 speeches)
92. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on Ballyvolane community centre. [38279/25]
- Departmental Schemes (13 speeches)
93. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht whether he intends to provide additional funding in 2025 for the local improvement scheme, LIS; and if he will make a statement on...
- Minute's Silence to Mark Anniversary of Srebrenica Massacre (1 speech)
This month marks the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide. Today we commemorate and honour the victims of the genocide, the 8,000 men and boys killed and all of those impacted by the...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 speeches)
I am sure the Leas-Cheann Comhairle will not mind if I take this opportunity to wish Katie Taylor, our undisputed world champion, all the very best as she steps into the ring in Madison Square...
- Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions (4 speeches)
In June 2023, a scoping report on the sexual exploitation of children in State care by UCD academics, Dr. Mary Canning, Dr. Marie Keenan and Ms Ruth Breslin was published. The Sexual...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (61 speeches)
Many people have described the denial of visas for those 33 children from Palestine as "cruel". That is a fitting word. These are children who have been learning to play GAA for the past year....
- Data Protection Act 2018 (Section 60(4)) Regulations 2025: Motion (4 speeches)
I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Data Protection Act 2018 (Section 60(4)) (Data Protection Commission) Regulations 2025; Data Protection Act...
- Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Statements (30 speeches)
I welcome the opportunity to address the House on an issue that is of significant importance and has widespread impact throughout our society. It is the issue of domestic, sexual and...
