Dáil debates

Wednesday, 4 March 2026

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach Gníomhach (Deputy Aindrias Moynihan) 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 Thomas Gould - To discuss...
• Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Homeless Persons Supports (5 speeches)
    I have raised previously the fact that there are children in Cork who are homeless and who are being forced to travel across the city because they are in emergency accommodation. They cannot...
  • Special Educational Needs (4 speeches)
    In recent weeks, we have seen how important special education is as an issue, not just for the children and families affected but to the wider community that recognises if a child gets the right...
  • School Accommodation (4 speeches)
    I welcome the fact the Minister of State from the Department of Education and Youth is here to take this Topical Issue. As the Minister of State knows, I represent Dublin Fingal East. It is a...
  • Ambulance Service (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for selecting this Topical Issue. I raise the very important matter of ambulance service provision in the wider east Cork area. East Cork is a huge area...
  • Vaccination Programme (4 speeches)
    Gabhaim buíochas le hOifig an Cheann Comhairle as ucht an ábhar seo a roghnú ar maidin. Mar a dúirt an Cathaoirleach Gníomhach, I wish to ask the Minister to discuss the...
• Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
  The Select Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration has completed its consideration of the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) (Amendment) Bill 2025 and has made amendments thereto.
• Online Safety (Recommender Algorithms) Bill 2026: Second Stage [Private Members] (36 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The choice we have in this debate and in the vote tonight is whether the profits of social media companies or the health and safety of...
• Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (55 speeches)
  As we begin Leaders' Questions, I welcome everybody in the Visitors' Gallery and particularly the girls from Finglas who are here with my niece, Jocelyn, among them. The name of the school...
• Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions (4 speeches)
  I want to address the proposed water supply pipeline from the River Shannon to Dublin. In what would be the largest water project in the history of the State, more than 300 million litres of...
• Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (72 speeches)
  The idea of moving the Rotunda Hospital out to Connolly in Blanchardstown never made sense but, of course, Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil would not listen. They used this makey-uppy plan to...
• Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Ceart chun an Ghaeilge a Úsáid) (Leasú), 2026: An Chéad Chéim (8 speeches)
  Tairgim: Go gceadófar go dtabharfar isteach Bille da ngairtear Acht do leasú Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla, 2003 agus an Achta um Rialáil Sábháilteachta ar...
• Post Office Closures: Statements (59 speeches)
  Cuirim fáilte roimh an ócáid seo ina bhfuilimid in ann cúpla rud a rá maidir le cúrsaí in oifigí poist agus an líonra poist inár saol le...
• Estimates for Public Services 2026: Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
  The Select Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimates for public services for the year ending on 31 December 2026: Vote 32...
• Teachtaireacht ón Seanad - Message from Seanad (1 speech)
  Seanad Éireann has passed the Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2025 without amendment, and has passed the Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025 without amendment.
• Post Office Closures: Statements (Resumed) (25 speeches)
  The Minister of State, Deputy Smyth, will be aware that the postal services have been crippled with closures and cutbacks. Since 2015 a total of 34 post offices have been closed in Cork, the...
• Scoliosis and Inquiries: Statements (42 speeches)
  I welcome the opportunity to address the House on a number of important inquiry processes that have been established or are in the process of being established by the State in the health sector,...
• Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
  The Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach has completed its considerations of the following Revised Estimates for Public...
• Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2026: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2026: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
  I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Disability Matters pursuant to Standing Orders 103(2)(b) and 188(1).
• Public Health (Single-Use Vapes) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages (36 speeches)
  SECTION 1
• Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (2 speeches)
  In relation to Thursday's business, it is proposed: 1. that notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of yesterday, in relation to Thursday's business, the Second Stage of the...
• Online Safety (Recommender Algorithms) Bill 2026: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 speech)
  The following motion was moved by Deputy Paul Murphy on 4 March 2026: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."