Dáil debates
Tuesday, 7 July 2026
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (42 speeches)
I welcome all of our visitors to the Gallery. I call Deputy McDonald.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (47 speeches)
I move: Tuesday's business shall be: -Motion re Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Act 2022 Section 10 Order 2026 (without debate and any...
- EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Act 2022 (Section 10) Order 2026: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft: EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Act 2022 (Section 10) Order 2026, a copy of which has been laid in...
- Double Taxation Relief: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the following Orders in draft: (i) Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income and on Capital) (the Principality of...
- Planning and Development (Exempted Development (Act of 2000)) Regulations 2026 and Planning and Development (Licensing of Outdoor Events) Regulations 2026: Referral to Joint Committee (1 speech)
I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Planning and Development (Exempted Development (Act of 2000)) Regulations 2026, Planning and Development...
- Housing and Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Instruction to Committee (1 speech)
I move: That it be an instruction to the Committee on the Housing and Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026, that pursuant to Standing Order 194, the Committee has power to...
- Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2026: Report and Final Stages (39 speeches)
Amendment No. 1 is in the names of Deputies Ó Laoghaire, Bennett, Duncan Smith, Gibney, Boyd Barrett and O'Gorman. It arises out of committee proceedings.
- Postal and Telecommunications Services (Amendment) Bill 2026: Second Stage (24 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to bring the Bill before the House. It is a short amendment to the Postal and Telecommunications Services Act 1983. Its purpose...
- Teachtaireacht ón Seanad - Message from Seanad (1 speech)
Seanad Éireann has passed the Criminal Justice (International Cooperation on Electronic Evidence and Other Matters) Bill 2026 without amendment.
- EU Regulation: Motion (6 speeches)
I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area...
- Planning for Constitutional Change Bill 2026: Second Stage [Private Members] (49 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time". Tonight, the Dáil can take a major step towards Irish unity in our time. Tonight, we can begin the final length of our national...
- Teachtaireacht ón Seanad - Message from Seanad (1 speech)
Seanad Éireann has passed the Public Health (Single-Use Vapes) Bill 2025, without amendment.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Departmental Expenditure (9 speeches)
1. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will publish the efficiency and reform proposals that he requested each Department to provide to him by 17 July 2026; if he will do...
- Public Procurement Contracts (8 speeches)
2. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department carried out a risk assessment in advance of publishing a tender to establish a new framework agreement for the provision...
- Public Sector Pay (6 speeches)
3. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to give an update on the progress of a new public sector pay agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51703/26]
- Departmental Strategies (7 speeches)
4. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the national procurement strategy, which was due to be published earlier this year; and if he will make a...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
Question No. 5 taken with Written Answers.
- Artificial Intelligence (9 speeches)
6. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress being made on the adoption of artificial intelligence across the public service to improve efficiency, reduce administrative...
- Departmental Funding (8 speeches)
7. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the criteria applied in assessing projects under the digital public service transformation fund, including the way in which service...
- Strategic Infrastructure (15 speeches)
8. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update regarding investment in critical infrastructure in the west of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...
- National Development Plan (8 speeches)
9. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made to date under national strategic outcome, NSO, 3 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he will make a...
- Information and Communications Technology (6 speeches)
10. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the advice and support provided by his Department to other Departments or bodies under their aegis regarding the...
- Departmental Expenditure (7 speeches)
12. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the actions that have been taken to implement cost control in Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51538/26]
- Public Expenditure Policy (6 speeches)
14. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has outlined any projects under the Critical Infrastructure Act 2026 yet to be given priority; and if he will make a...
- National Development Plan (9 speeches)
11. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made to date under national strategic outcome, NSO, No. 6 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he will make a...
- National Development Plan (8 speeches)
13. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made to date under NSO No. 4 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Flood Relief Schemes (8 speeches)
17. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the South Galway Flood Relief Project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50877/26]
- 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)
- Turf Cutting (4 speeches)
The cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme was set up in 2011 to compensate domestic turf cutters who were forced to stop cutting turf on bogs designated as special areas of conservation...
- Harbours and Piers (4 speeches)
In 2019, RPS was commissioned to develop a feasibility study on developing Dunmore East Harbour. As the Minister of State knows, Dunmore East Harbour is in the east of County Waterford. It is a...
- School Accommodation (4 speeches)
Is mór agam é labhairt anseo oíche anocht ar chás Scoil Chrónáin. Is Gaelscoil í i Rathcoole i mo Dháilcheantar. Tá sí 50 bliain ar an...
- School Accommodation (4 speeches)
I raise the very serious accommodation difficulties that Coachford National School is experiencing. The school has done everything asked of it. The board, principal, staff and parents have all...
