Dáil debates
Thursday, 16 July 2026
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach Gníomhach (Deputy David Maxwell) i gceannas ar 8:47 a.m.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Special Educational Needs (7 speeches)
1. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with additional needs who require but have yet to receive an offer of an appropriate school place for September 2026, based...
- Youth Work Supports (7 speeches)
2. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the commitment in Opportunities for Youth: National Strategy for Youth Work and Related Services 2024-2028 to...
- School Staff (6 speeches)
3. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland has the largest primary school class sizes in the EU; the measures she is taking to...
- School Curriculum (9 speeches)
5. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements in place for parents and parent representative organisations to raise concerns directly with her Department regarding the national...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio (7 speeches)
6. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline her plans to reduce the teacher-pupil ratio in primary schools to 19:1, as per the programme for Government commitment, and if she will...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- School Accommodation (7 speeches)
7. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if further consideration will be given by her Department to a refused additional school accommodation scheme application for a school in light of...
- Education Schemes (9 speeches)
9. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to grants for assistive technology for students, whether there are plans to increase the funding for this scheme, update or change the...
- Educational Disadvantage (7 speeches)
10. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the DEIS plus appeal by a school (details supplied); when this school can expect to be notified of the outcome; and if she will make...
- Schools Building Projects (7 speeches)
12. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on existing school building projects in Dublin Mid-West which are not yet approved; the current stage of each; and if she will make...
- Scoileanna Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta (7 speeches)
13. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills maidir le ceist 40786/26 ar an 28 Bealtaine 2026, an dtabharfaidh sí an t-eolas is déanaí maidir le hoibreacha atá á...
- Industrial Relations (7 speeches)
14. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address outstanding concerns of SNAs in view of rejection by members of a union (details supplied) of the workforce development plan;...
- Schools Refurbishment (7 speeches)
15. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on this year’s climate action summer works scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54102/26]
- Teachtaireacht ón Seanad - Message from Seanad (1 speech)
Seanad Éireann has passed the Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2026 without amendment.
- Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
- School Transport (7 speeches)
16. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to ensure school bus tickets are issued in advance of the commencement of the 2026-27 school year; the steps being taken...
- Education Policy (4 speeches)
17. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the introduction of a national programme for post-primary schools aimed at educating students about domestic violence and...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Military Neutrality (30 speeches)
116. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to outline her proposals to remove the triple lock neutrality protection; when she intends to bring forward a Bill; and if she will make a...
- Tribunals of Inquiry (9 speeches)
117. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if her Department is satisfied with the level of support being provided by the Department to witnesses from the Women of Honour participating in...
- Defence Forces (7 speeches)
118. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to recent Dáil debates, her views on past health and safety measures in the Air Corps; the actions she intends to take to support...
- Defence Forces (10 speeches)
119. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide an update on recruitment numbers for the Defence Forces as of July 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54380/26]
- Defence Forces (7 speeches)
120. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if she will examine extending the EU victims directive (details supplied) to cases that are prosecuted by the military police or the Director of...
- Defence Forces (8 speeches)
121. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the role she envisages for the Defence Forces in international peacekeeping and peace support operations over the next decade; the likely...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- EU Presidency (15 speeches)
122. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding any formal agreements in place with any other EU country and the UK to ensure that there are sufficient defence and...
- United Nations (9 speeches)
123. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to list the current UN peacekeeping missions around the world for which a request for Irish participation was made by the UN authorities and the...
- Defence Forces (10 speeches)
124. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to report on any progress made in the investigations into the death of a Defence Forces member (details supplied) who was killed on duty in...
- Military Neutrality (33 speeches)
125. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when legislation to amend the triple lock mechanism for the deployment of the Defence Forces overseas will be introduced, the expected timeline...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (54 speeches)
There is someone the Tánaiste knows very well in the Public Gallery. She is the unstoppable and heroic Cara Darmody. Cara has just completed her third 50-hour protest outside the...
- Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions (4 speeches)
The schools are out, summer is well and truly upon us, and for most families this will be an opportunity to enjoy spending time with their children or grandchildren. Others will watch the kids...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (68 speeches)
The Children’s Health Ireland, CHI, report on e-scooter related injuries for children is shocking. It reported that between January 2021 and August 2025, there were 1,130 attendances at...
- Electoral (Postal Voting) (Carers) Bill 2026: First Stage (6 speeches)
I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to entitle certain persons caring for others to be entered in the register of postal voters, for that purpose to amend the...
- Fiscal Implications of a United Ireland: Statements (37 speeches)
I sincerely welcome the fact we are having this debate. Colleagues will recall that the matter to which it relates arose during questions to me in my role as Minister for Finance a number of...
- Teachtaireachtaí ón Seanad - Messages from Seanad (1 speech)
Seanad Éireann has passed the Health (Provision of Contraception Prescribing Service in Retail Pharmacy Businesses) Bill 2026, without amendment. Seanad Éireann has passed the...
- 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: Deputies Ciarán Ahern,...
- Fiscal Implications of a United Ireland: Statements (Resumed) (2 speeches)
I welcome the opportunity to contribute on this debate on the financial implications of Irish unity. It is fair to say that it is an important discussion and one that deserves to be approached...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Public Transport (14 speeches)
The format is that the first four Deputies will take a minute each. The Minister of State has four minutes to respond. We will then take another Deputy and the Minister of State can respond to them.
- Schools Building Projects (4 speeches)
I want to raise the urgent need to progress the long-awaited school building project for St. John Bosco Junior Boys National School, St. John Bosco Senior Boys National School and Mary, Help of...
- Schools Building Projects (5 speeches)
As we are moving towards the recess, I thank the Ceann Comhairle, and indeed, the officials in her office and all of the staff across the House for all of their work during the year that has made...
- Strategic Infrastructure (4 speeches)
I thank Minister of State, Deputy Harkin, for taking this debate late on a Thursday evening, on the last sitting day of this term. I would like to talk about the town of Swords in north...
- Road Safety (5 speeches)
The issue I am raising with the Minister of State is the increase in the number of injuries, including those involving young children, relating to e-scooters and e-bikes. Ten have been killed....
- Waste Management (Single Household Waste Collection Service) Bill 2026: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 speeches)
I call Deputy Sherlock. The Government has indicated that it is opposing the Second Reading of the Bill.
