Dáil debates

Wednesday, 18 March 2026

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
• Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (85 speeches)
  We are now two weeks into a crisis in which Irish households are being hammered by skyrocketing fuel prices. The cost of petrol, diesel and home heating oil has spun out of control, yet Fianna...
• Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions (4 speeches)
  A 42-bed ward is currently under construction on the Sligo University Hospital campus. This development is very welcome. However, beneath this building there will be a vacant space specifically...
• An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (62 speeches)
  I move: Wednesday's business shall be: -Statements on International Women's Day (not to exceed 2 hours and 25 minutes) Wednesday's private members' business shall be the Motion re Energy and...
• Housing Loans Regulations (Fresh Start - Buyout) (Amendment) Bill 2026: First Stage (5 speeches)
  I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Housing Loans Regulations 2021 so as to allow applications to local authorities for housing loans by persons who...
• Antarctic Treaty (Accession and Implementation) Bill 2026: First Stage (5 speeches)
  I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to enable the state to accede to the Antarctic Treaty done at Washington on 1 December 1959 and to certain related instruments,...
• Mineral Oil Tax (Emergency Cost of Living Reduction) Bill 2026: First Stage (5 speeches)
  I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide emergency powers for the temporary reduction of mineral oil tax on certain fuels including home heating oil...
• International Women's Day: Statements (31 speeches)
  I wish to start by thanking and welcoming everyone to the Dáil Chamber today. In particular, I wish to pay tribute, as the Ceann Comhairle has done, to Ms Brigid Walsh, who is 90 years of...
• Energy and Fuel Costs: Motion [Private Members] (159 speeches)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann: recognises that: — workers and families have been hit by an unrelenting cost-of-living crisis; — the Government have failed to act to end...
• 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 Richard Boyd Barrett - To...
• Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Driver Test (4 speeches)
    Níl aon ghá dom a rá leis an Aire cé chomh tábhachtach is atá an t-ábhar seo, go mbeidh an teastas tiomána ar fáil do dhaoine ar fud na tíre, go...
  • Public Transport (6 speeches)
    I raise the issue of Go-Ahead Ireland services in Wicklow. We have seen consistent problems with the service being provided by Go-Ahead. I raised this issue in the Dáil most recently a...
  • An Garda Síochána (4 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State for being here. He is well aware of the problems that have existed for a number of years. Somebody could work in a childcare facility and, at the same time, could...
  • Ambulance Service (4 speeches)
    I wish to discuss the HSE's failure to offer 76 newly qualified paramedics full-time jobs upon graduation. We do not come in here too many times with a solution to a particular issue. It is...
  • Industrial Disputes (9 speeches)
    Bogfaidh muid ar aghaidh go Saincheist Thráthúil Uimh. 5. Is í seo an cheist dheireanach. Tá sí in ainmneacha na dTeachtaí Cullinane agus McGuinness. It is to the...