Dáil debates
Tuesday, 19 May 2026
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 14.00
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (70 speeches)
I hope colleagues will assist when I break with the normal rules of not welcoming anyone during Leaders' Questions. Today we have a very special welcome in giving a big, warm céad míle...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 speeches)
I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion re Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions (1) (without debate and any division claimed to be taken immediately) - Motion re...
- Visit of Austrian Delegation (1 speech)
Before I move to the next Deputy, I ask Members to join me in extending a warm céad míle fáilte to Mr. Markus Stotter, president of the Austrian Federal Council, here in the...
- An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (46 speeches)
I would not expect the Taoiseach to be aware of every incident of vandalism that takes place in a particular playground or play facility across the country but the north inner city task force is...
- Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 5th February, 2025, or in the Order of the Dáil of 28th April, 2026, setting out the rota in which Questions to...
- Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 5th February, 2025, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, Questions for...
- Cabinet Committees (36 speeches)
1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Northern Ireland will meet next. [7904/26]
- Cabinet Committees (44 speeches)
16. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on climate action, environment and energy will next meet. [11857/26]
- National Biodiversity Week: Statements (34 speeches)
I appreciate time being allocated to statements on National Biodiversity Week. I sincerely thank its organisers, the Irish Environmental Network, for putting on so many incredible events the...
- Evictions and Rent Hikes: Motion [Private Members] (45 speeches)
I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes with extreme concern that: — 7,062 eviction notices were issued to tenants from January to March this year, up 51 per cent on the same...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Regeneration Projects (11 speeches)
139. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the regeneration of Oliver Bond House following his meeting with the regeneration forum. [37767/26]
- Housing Provision (28 speeches)
140. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he proposes to take to address the monthly rise in homelessness and the record number of evictions; and if he will...
- Vacant Properties (15 speeches)
141. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the voids programme review committed to in the Government's housing plan. [37768/26]
- Defective Building Materials (8 speeches)
143. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the Celtic tiger-era building defects redress scheme and the interim fire safety remediation scheme....
- Rental Sector (7 speeches)
144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether his Department has undertaken or commissioned any analysis of trends in landlord exits, reductions in rental listings...
- Derelict Sites (24 speeches)
145. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress being made in addressing vacancy and dereliction following reports of the lowest number of quarter 1 electricity...
- Parking Provision (7 speeches)
148. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has assessed the impact of reduced parking provision in high-density residential developments on...
- Housing Schemes (7 speeches)
150. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to explain why open market value, OMV, is used as the starting price point for the affordable purchase scheme rather than...
- Housing Policy (7 speeches)
152. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has any plans to scrap development levies for one-off housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37318/26]
- Turf Cutting (7 speeches)
156. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will issue an order to allow the cutting of turf at bogs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Energy Policy (7 speeches)
164. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an updated timeline for the delivery of the retrofit scheme to all social housing units in County Louth and if he...
- Housing Policy (11 speeches)
167. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline a timeframe for the upward revision of social housing qualifying income limits. [37496/26]
- Rental Sector (12 speeches)
187. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will carry out a review of the licensing system in relation to the Government’s plan to allow landlords to rent...
- 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 Albert Dolan - To discuss...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- General Practitioner Services (7 speeches)
Is the Minister of State taking the first Topical Issue?
- Legislative Measures (4 speeches)
The racing of horse-drawn vehicles on public roads is totally unacceptable and represents a clear and present danger, not just to the operator of the horse-drawn vehicle but also to motorists,...
- Beef Sector (8 speeches)
I believe I speak for many across Ireland when I say how welcome the European Commission's decision to ban Brazilian beef and other food products is. This is a welcome step. It vindicates the...
- Childcare Services (4 speeches)
Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit as teacht isteach chun déileáil leis an gceist seo. In the election in 2024 his party and mine made a commitment to reduce the cost of...
