Dáil debates

Wednesday, 15 July 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)
  • Bus Services (4 speeches)
    The bus service in Cork has been in crisis for a number of years. Buses do not turn up. Buses are late. There are ghost buses. There are buses that have "out of service" displayed on them as...
  • Public Transport (4 speeches)
    I want to raise the issue of reforming the existing tax saver commuter ticket to include shared mobility services and to recognise new work patterns like working from home, as has been proposed...
  • Early Childhood Care and Education (8 speeches)
    I am taking this Topical Issue with my colleague, Deputy Lahart, on behalf of the children and parents affected by Nexus preschool, which is a service provider based in Knocklyon, but which has...
  • Business Regulation (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this matter on the cumulative regulatory burden and the rising cost of doing business. It is certainly not an abstract issue. As someone born and...
  • Social Media (4 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State for coming in to deal with this issue when other colleagues were not available. She will be able to bring her experience of this area to this debate. I am slightly...
• Teachtaireachtaí ón Seanad - Messages from Seanad (1 speech)
  Seanad Éireann has passed the Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2026, without amendment. Seanad Éireann has passed the Housing and Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous...
• Digital Divide and Back to School Costs: Motion [Private Members] (51 speeches)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — research by the Economic and Social Research Institute and the University of Limerick from a survey of more than 720 post-primary...
• Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (79 speeches)
  Before we move on, I ask for all your co-operation with the direction of the Chair to get through the amount of business we have. I welcome all the Members in the Gallery.
• Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions (10 speeches)
  When this Government was formed just over 18 months ago, no one could have predicted the scale of the crisis unfolding in the Middle East, the disruption it would place on global energy markets...
• Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (80 speeches)
  The Government is punishing special needs assistants, SNAs, for exercising their democratic rights. It is tearing up a local pay agreement worth 1.5% and a new special leave arrangement simply...
• Victims of Sexual Violence Civil Protection Orders Bill 2025: Referral to Select Committee [Private Members] (1 speech)
  I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in accordance with Standing Order 187(2).
• Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (36 speeches)
    1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the Spanish Prime Minister. [46936/26]
  • Urban Development (40 speeches)
    15. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cork city task force will be established. [24952/26]
• Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 9(2)) (Amount of Financial Contribution) Order 2025 (Revocation) Order 2026: Motion (11 speeches)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 9(2)) (Amount of Financial Contribution) Order 2025...
• Domestic Violence Judgments Register Bill 2026 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (30 speeches)
  I welcome our special visitors to the Public Gallery. We are joined by members of the family of the late Jennie Poole, in whose memory this Bill is named: her brother, Jason Poole; her parents,...
• Teachtaireacht ón Seanad - Message from Seanad (1 speech)
  Seanad Éireann has passed the Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Bill 2026 without amendment.
• Domestic Violence Judgments Register Bill 2026 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (22 speeches)
  SECTION 1
• Guardianship of Infants and Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2026: From the Seanad (7 speeches)
  The Dáil went into Committee to consider amendments from the Seanad.
• Criminal Law, Civil Law and Defence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: From the Seanad (37 speeches)
  Before we start, a number of typographical errors that have been identified in the Bill, as amended by the Seanad. Pursuant to Standing Order 203, I request the Ceann Comhairle to direct the...
• Health (Provision of Contraception Prescribing Service in Retail Pharmacy Businesses) Bill 2026: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 speeches)
  SECTION 1
• Double Taxation Relief Orders 2026: Motions (2 speeches)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft: Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income and on Capital) (the Principality of Liechtenstein) Order 2026, a copy of...
• Planning and Development Regulations 2026: Motions (2 speeches)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Planning and Development (Exempted Development (Act of 2000)) Regulations 2026, Planning and Development...
• Social Housing Passport Bill 2026: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 speech)
  The following motion was moved by Deputy Eoin Ó Broin on 9 July 2026: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."