Dáil debates
Tuesday, 14 July 2026
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 speeches)
Good afternoon and welcome to all our guests in the Gallery. I call Deputy McDonald on Leaders' Questions under Standing Order 38.
- Visit of French Delegation (1 speech)
Before our next question, as colleagues can see, we have a number of guests in the Distinguished Visitors Gallery. I hope you will all join with me in giving them a hearty céad míle...
- Visit of Canadian Delegation (1 speech)
Just behind them is a delegation from Canada led by Mr. James Maloney, MP, president of the Canada-Ireland Interparliamentary Group, and accompanied by H.E. Dennis King, the ambassador to Ireland...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (62 speeches)
In a break from tradition but as we are doing the welcomes - we have a lot of people in the Public Gallery - I wish to especially welcome Siobhán and Martin Lynch whom some have mentioned...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (75 speeches)
I move: Tuesday's business shall be:- Motion re Appointment of Ordinary Member of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (without debate and any division claimed shall be taken immediately) -...
- Appointment of Ordinary Member of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That Dáil Éireann, in accordance with section 8(3)(a) of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Act 2003, as amended, appoints Deputy Ged Nash to be an ordinary member of the...
- Fourteenth Report of the Standing Committee of Selection: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That Dáil Éireann, pursuant to Standing Order 33, and with effect from 15th July, 2026, approves the Fourteenth Report of the Standing Committee of Selection, copies of which...
- Special Committee on Preventing and Responding to Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That, in accordance with the recommendation of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform pursuant to Standing Order 128(2)(b), a Special Committee on Preventing and...
- 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: (i) That, notwithstanding anything in the Standing Orders, the Order of the Dáil of 7th July is hereby discharged. (ii) That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves...
- Apology following the publication of the Report of the South East Commission of Investigation: Statements (22 speeches)
I wish to welcome the survivors to the Distinguished Visitors Gallery. Their family and friends and legal representatives are in the Gallery. I thank them all for being here today.
- Teachtaireacht ón Seanad - Message from Seanad (1 speech)
Seanad Éireann has accepted the Postal and Telecommunications Services (Amendment) Bill 2026 without recommendation.
- Domestic Violence Judgments Register Bill 2026 [Seanad]: Second Stage (22 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I welcome the opportunity to present the Domestic Violence Judgments Register Bill 2026 to Dáil Eireann. The genesis of this legislation...
- Protecting the Copyright of Irish Artists in the era of Artificial Intelligence: Motion [Private Members] (32 speeches)
I move: That Dáil Éireann: recognises that art is the product of the labour of artists, informed by their unique human experience, creativity and skill reiterates Article 27.2...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Public Transport (12 speeches)
1. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht as the Minister with responsibility for rural proofing and Our Rural Future, the engagement his Department has with State agencies...
- Community Development Projects (7 speeches)
2. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will approve capital funding for a community centre in Citywest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53391/26]
- Social Enterprise Sector (13 speeches)
4. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to scale up the delivery of essential services through social enterprises; if he plans to invest in not-for-profit...
- Cúrsaí Tithíochta (7 speeches)
3. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé tar éis labhairt leis an Aire Tithíochta, Rialtais Áitiúil agus Oidhreachta maidir leis an...
- Údaráis Áitiúla (10 speeches)
5. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén tacaíocht atá á cur ar fáil ag a Roinn maidir leis an gclár Gaeilge365; agus an ndéanfaidh...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
Question No. 6 taken with Written Answers.
- Community Development Projects (8 speeches)
7. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an update on the town centre first policy; his views on whether it is achieving its stated aims, taking the Dunshaughlin...
- Gaeltacht Policy (22 speeches)
8. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has assessed the potential impact of the draft national housing statement, particularly the proposed changes to occupancy...
- Rural Schemes (11 speeches)
9. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on his Department's efforts to reverse rural depopulation in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Schemes (6 speeches)
10. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the criteria used for the designation of SÍOL areas; whether these areas will be expanded in future funding tranches; and if...
- Urban Development (7 speeches)
13. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the actions his Department is taking to advance the community development of urban village centres such as Dundrum village; and if...
- Gaeltacht Policy (11 speeches)
16. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the role his Department will play in amending and finalising the recently published draft national planning statement for rural and...
- Departmental Programmes (7 speeches)
19. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he plans to substantially increase funding for the CLÁR programme in light of the recent expansion of the scheme’s...
- Údarás na Gaeltachta (6 speeches)
24. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén dáta faoina bhfuil sé i gceist aige toghcháin a eagrú do bhord Údarás na Gaeltachta [53302/26]
- 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 Sinéad Gibney - to...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Third Level Staff (6 speeches)
In recent months the staff of Carlow College have faced the sudden loss of their jobs as the college is closed and acquired by South East Technological University. The workers were led to...
- Vacant Properties (4 speeches)
I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak about James Weir nurses home on Cork Street in Dublin 8, only a stone's throw from where I live. This building was built in 1903. It was...
- Wind Energy Guidelines (4 speeches)
I requested that this issue of renewable energy be discussed tonight because I am dumbfounded that we are now finishing another year without having the national guidelines for wind turbines....
- Water Services (4 speeches)
I call on the Minister for housing and local government to intervene in a most urgent matter in County Kerry where subcontractors to Uisce Éireann are being left to wait for two, three or...
- Sports Facilities (4 speeches)
The Department of Culture, Communications and Sport provides funding to the FAI on an annual basis. I understand it is more than €6 million. Can the Minister of State ascertain why 30...
