Dáil debates
Tuesday, 23 September 2025
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (47 speeches)
The budget the Minister's Government announces in two weeks' time must be about ending the rip-off, getting costs under control and supporting workers and families. Households struggle just to...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (54 speeches)
I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion re Presentation and Circulation of Further Revised Estimates 2025 [Votes 29, 33 and 34] and Third Further Revised Estimate 2025 [Vote 24]...
- Education (Affordable School Uniforms) Bill 2025: First Stage (7 speeches)
I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to make provision whereby the Minister for Education shall make regulations governing the implementation of an affordable...
- Presentation of Estimates: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That, notwithstanding Standing Order 222 of the Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann relative to Public Business or the Resolutions of the Dáil of 1st April, 21st May, 16th...
- Approval of Appointment of Members of the Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That Dáil Éireann, noting that the Government agreed on 10th September, 2025, to propose, for the approval of Dáil Éireann, the appointment or reappointment, as the...
- School Transport: Statements (60 speeches)
I am pleased to be here today, with the Minister of State, Deputy Michael Moynihan, who has responsibility for school transport in the Department, to share an update on school transport. As the...
- Energy Costs: Motion [Private Members] (32 speeches)
I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — Irish energy prices are amongst the highest in Europe leading to an extra €500 on household bills and is a leading factor in...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Child and Family Agency (7 speeches)
1. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on her engagement with Tusla following the report of a missing child in Donabate, Dublin, to date in 2025; the steps...
- Care Services (7 speeches)
2. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans for introducing a right to respite for family carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50022/25]
- Childcare Services (7 speeches)
3. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on key commitments made in the programme for Government on early years and, specifically, the commitment to undertake a...
- Disability Services (7 speeches)
5. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the means by which, under the national human rights strategy for disabled people, the delivery of therapies and assessments will be...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Childcare Services (6 speeches)
6. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to reduce the cost of childcare; the steps being taken to prevent the closure of early years and crèche services; if...
- Planning Issues (7 speeches)
7. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the review of the 2001 planning guidelines for childcare facilities. [50179/25]
- Child Protection (7 speeches)
8. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to set out the timeframe within which her Department intends to bring forward proposals for the establishment of a child death review...
- Childcare Services (7 speeches)
9. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of issues childminders are experiencing with the new regulations; if she is concerned that childminders are leaving...
- Disability Services (8 speeches)
10. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans for community neurorehabilitation teams for children with neurological conditions; and if she will make a statement on the...
- After-School Support Services (7 speeches)
11. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures being implemented to ensure that the shortage of after-school childcare places does not act as a barrier to parents...
- Disability Services (7 speeches)
12. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of people waiting to access children's disability network team, CDNT. services in Cavan and Monaghan for a period up to...
- Disability Services (7 speeches)
13. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans for introducing a reimbursement scheme for families who have had to pay for private therapies for their child due to long...
- Childcare Services (8 speeches)
15. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of parents with children attending a childcare centre (details supplied); the actions...
- Irish Language (5 speeches)
16. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the supports she is providing for naoínraí. [49985/25]
- 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 Robert O'Donoghue - To...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Departmental Strategies (4 speeches)
Ireland is a leader in remote working, and that is not by accident. Approximately 15% of people in Ireland work remotely on a full-time basis. That compares with an average of just 10% across...
- Air Services (6 speeches)
I have lost count of how many times Waterford Airport has been raised over the last number of years in the Dáil Chamber. I have certainly raised it dozens of times. A meeting took place...
- Mental Health Services (4 speeches)
The waiting list for children needing psychological treatment in County Kerry, and in the Cork-Kerry region, as recently outlined by the HSE for the period 2022 to 2025, shows a growth pattern...
- Nursing Homes (8 speeches)
I am glad to see the Minister of State back in here because we spoke about this in March so I am sure he is fully on top of it and has some good news for me. This issue is very personal for me....
- Disease Management (10 speeches)
I wish to raise the issue of funding for rare diseases. Rare diseases are not all that rare, given that 300,000 people are affected by one rare disease or another in Ireland, involving over...
