Dáil debates

Wednesday, 19 November 2025

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach Gníomhach (Deputy Aidan Farrelly) i gceannas ar 9 a.m.
• 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)
  • Housing Provision (5 speeches)
    I am a little disappointed that the senior Minister for housing is not here to answer on this very important issue. The Ringfort development in Rathmolyon, County Meath, has been plagued by...
  • Housing Schemes (4 speeches)
    I raise deeply worrying and entirely unacceptable issues for apartment owners and renters who are experiencing them in my constituency of Dublin South-Central. Let me paint a picture for the...
  • Disability Services (4 speeches)
    I am standing up here for the people of Louth because my constituents, neighbours and families are being denied essential neuro-rehabilitation services that most other regions have or plan to...
  • Swimming Pools (4 speeches)
    We need a full public inquiry into Lucan swimming pool, at least to the point of the termination of the contract of the most recent contractor, McLoughlin. The history of this pool is an...
  • Health Services Waiting Lists (5 speeches)
    Recently, Home and Community Care Ireland, HCCI, published its new report and witness for home and community care throughout the State. Home and Community Care Ireland is an umbrella group for...
• Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill: Motion [Private Members] (33 speeches)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 (OTB), first introduced by Senator Frances Black and other members...
• Visit of Chinese Delegation (2 speeches)
  I welcome the delegation in the Distinguished Visitors Gallery to the House, including the speaker of the People's Republic of China. I ask my colleagues to extend a warm welcome - a céad...
• Appointment of Ministers and Ministers of State (1 speech)
  I wish to announce for the information of the Dáil that having informed the President that Dáil Éireann had approved my nomination of Deputy Hildegarde Naughton to be a member of...
• Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (110 speeches)
  Met Éireann issued a cold weather warning this morning. Temperatures are set to plunge to -3° with frost, ice and dangerous conditions expected over the coming days. People are...
• Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions (10 speeches)
  I return to the saga of Dundrum House Hotel in Tipperary. On Monday, the High Court delivered a judgment that quashed the section 5 planning exemption granted for Dundrum House Hotel. The...
• Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (71 speeches)
  The case of nine-year-old Harvey Morrison Sherratt exposes profound and systemic failures. This child was left waiting years for essential spinal surgery, then removed from a waiting list...
• Central Bank (Amendment) Bill 2025: Referral to Select Committee [Private Members] (2 speeches)
  I understand that Deputy Catherine Ardagh, in accordance with Standing Order 187, intends to move the referral to committee of the Central Bank (Amendment) Bill 2025.
• Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
  • Cabinet Committees (48 speeches)
    1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on water quality will next meet. [46873/25]
  • Cross-Border Co-operation (53 speeches)
    17. To ask the Taoiseach for a report on the work of the shared island unit. [48516/25]
• Teachtaireacht ón Seanad - Message from Seanad (1 speech)
  Seanad Éireann has passed the Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Bill 2025, without amendment.
• Estimates for Public Services 2025: Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
  The Select Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development has completed its consideration of the following Supplementary Estimates for Public Services for the service of the year...
• Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (65 speeches)
  I attended a meeting of the European Council on 23 October in Brussels. The substantial items on the agenda included support for Ukraine, the situation in the Middle East, European security and...
• Estimates for Public Services 2025: Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
  The Select Committee on Health has completed its consideration of the following Supplementary Estimate for Public Services for the service of the year ending 31 December 2025: Vote 38.
• Paediatric Spinal Surgery Waiting Lists: Statements (31 speeches)
  I thank the House for the opportunity to discuss what is a most important issue to all of us. At the outset, it is important that I clarify a technical piece in relation to protected...