Dáil debates

Wednesday, 17 September 2025

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 14.00
• Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (2 speeches)
  Welcome back everyone. Before I take Leaders' Questions, I would like to make a short statement. In recent times, we have witnessed an alarming rise in the serious threats and online abuse...
• Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (51 speeches)
  Before I call the Opposition leader, I welcome back Deputy Holly Cairns. I also congratulate Deputy Emer Higgins who married her husband Brian Lawlor over the recess. Under Standing Order 38, I...
• Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions (10 speeches)
  I thank the Ceann Comhairle. I join with the Taoiseach and other speakers in congratulating Deputies Cairns and Higgins. It is good to be back here again. With the population continuing...
• An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (110 speeches)
  I move: Wednesday's business shall be:-Motion re Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (‘BBNJ...
• Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann, pursuant to Article 29.5.2 of Bunreacht na hÉireann, approves the terms of the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on...
• Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
  • Cabinet Committees (33 speeches)
    1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [46216/25]
  • Cabinet Committees (75 speeches)
    10. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will meet next. [46217/25]
• National Human Rights Strategy for Disabled People 2025-2030: Statements (39 speeches)
  I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for the opportunity to mark a major milestone - the recent launch of Ireland's National Human Rights Strategy for Disabled People 2025-2030. It was fitting that...
• Special Education School Places: Motion [Private Members] (48 speeches)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — the right to education is a fundamental right for every child, as enshrined in the Irish Constitution and international conventions;...
• 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 Malcolm Byrne - To discuss...
• Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Urban Development (4 speeches)
    As the Minister of State will be aware, the programme for Government sets out quite clearly that a task force will be set up to deal with the challenges that exist in Cork city centre. There is...
  • Tax Code (4 speeches)
    I congratulate the Minister of State. They say love is blind and marriage is an eye-opener. We in Sinn Féin believe in a tax system that is fair. As part of this, inheritance tax is an...
  • Arts Funding (6 speeches)
    Along with others, I congratulate the Minister of State on her recent wedding and wish her every success. I appreciate her being here to take this debate this evening. We are talking about...
  • Hospital Facilities (4 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State for taking this issue tonight. A couple of week ago, I visited the neonatal unit of the Rotunda Hospital, which is just off Parnell Street in my own...
  • Company Closures (5 speeches)
    I raise this important issue because 132 workers at Leprino Foods in Portlaoise received the news on 18 and 19 August that the plant will close and will be wound down over this year and next...