Dáil debates

Thursday, 20 February 2020

Tháinig an Dáil le chéile ar uair an mheán lae - bhí an Cléireach, Peadar Ó Fionnagáin, i láthair. The Dáil assembled at 12 noon - the Clerk of the Dáil, Mr. Peter Finnegan, attending.

Léigh an Cléireach Fógra Uachtarán na hÉireann lenar Lánscoireadh agus lenar Comhghairmeadh Dáil Éireann. The Clerk read the Proclamation of the President of Ireland Dissolving and Convening Dáil Éireann.

Cléireach na Dála:

Is mar seo a leanas a bhí Forógra Uachtarán na hÉireann ag lánscor agus ag comóradh Dháil Éireann:

The Proclamation of the President of Ireland dissolving and convening Dáil Éireann was as follows:

FORÓGRA

PROCLAMATION

De bhun comhairle a thairg an Taoiseach dom faoi alt a dó d'Airteagal a trí déag den Bhunreacht, déanaimse, MICHEÁL D. Ó hUIGÍNN, Uachtarán na hÉireann, Dáil Éireann a lánscor leis seo ar an gceathrú lá déag d'Eanáir, dhá mhíle is fiche, agus Dáil Éireann (a mbeidh a comhaltaí arna dtoghadh san Olltoghchán seo chugainn) a ghairm agus a chomóradh chun teacht le chéile i gcathair Bhaile Átha Cliath an fichiú lá d'Fheabhra, dhá mhíle is fiche, um a dó dhéag nóin chun cibé gnó a dhéanamh a chuirfear faoina bráid.

ARNA THABHAIRT FAOI MO LÁIMH AGUS FAOI MO SHÉALA AN CEATHRÚ LÁ DÉAG SEO D'EANÁIR, DHÁ MHÍLE IS FICHE.



Pursuant to an advice tendered to me by the Taoiseach under section 2 of Article 13 of the Constitution, I, MICHAEL D. HIGGINS, President of Ireland, hereby dissolve Dáil Éireann on the 14th day of January, 2020, and summon and call together Dáil Éireann (the members whereof shall have been elected at the forthcoming General Election) to meet in the city of Dublin on the 20th day of February, 2020, at the hour of 12 noon for the despatch of such business as shall be submitted to it.

GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL THIS 14th DAY OF JANUARY 2020.



Micheál D. Ó hUigínn

Uachtarán na hÉireann

(President of Ireland)

Leo Varadkar

Taoiseach

Tuarascáil i dtaobh Eascairí a chur amach agus Craoladh i dtaobh Freagraí

Report as to issue of Writs and Announcement as to Returns

In compliance with Standing Order No. 3 of the Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann relative to Public Business, I have to report that immediately upon the issue by the President of the Proclamation of the 14th day of January, 2020, dissolving Dáil Éireann on that day, I issued the writs, pursuant to section 39 of the Electoral Act 1992, for the following Constituencies to the Returning Officers named hereunder:-

Returning Officers Dáilcheantair

Constituencies
Marie Garahy Ceatharlach-Cill Chainnigh

Carlow-Kilkenny



Loch Garman

Wexford
Joseph Smith An Cabhán-Muineachán

Cavan-Monaghan



Sligeach-Liatroim

Sligo-Leitrim
Patrick Wallace An Clár

Clare



Cathair Luimnigh

Limerick City



Contae Luimnigh

Limerick County
Sinéad McNamara Corcaigh Thoir

Cork East



Corcaigh Thiar Thuaidh

Cork North-West



Corcaigh Thiar Theas

Cork South-West
Martin A. Harvey Corcaigh Thuaidh-Lár

Cork North-Central



Corcaigh Theas-Lár

Cork South-Central
Geraldine O'Connor Dún na nGall

Donegal
Joseph Burke Cuan Bhaile Átha Cliath Thuaidh

Dublin Bay North



Cuan Bhaile Átha Cliath Theas

Dublin Bay South



Baile Átha Cliath Láir

Dublin Central



Baile Átha Cliath Thiar Thuaidh

Dublin North-West



Baile Átha Cliath Theas-Lár

Dublin South-Central
Fergus Gallagher Baile Átha Cliath – Fine Gall

Dublin Fingal



Baile Átha Cliath Thiar-Meán

Dublin Mid-West



Baile Átha Cliath – Ráth an Dúin

Dublin Rathdown



Baile Átha Cliath Thiar Theas

Dublin South-West



Baile Átha Cliath Thiar

Dublin West



Dún Laoghaire

Dún Laoghaire
Marian Chambers Higgins Gaillimh Thoir

Galway East



Gaillimh Thiar

Galway West
Padraig Burke Ciarraí

Kerry
Eithne Coughlan Cill Dara Thuaidh

Kildare North



Cill Dara Theas

Kildare South
Paul Fetherstonhaugh Laois-Uíbh Fhailí

Laois-Offaly
Brídín Concannon An Longfort-An Iarmhí

Longford-Westmeath
Mairéad Ahern

Louth



An Mhí Thoir

Meath East



An Mhí Thiar

Meath West
Fintan J. Murphy Maigh Eo

Mayo



Ros Comáin-Gaillimh

Roscommon-Galway
James Seymour Tiobraid Árann

Tipperary
Niall Rooney Port Láirge

Waterford
Mary Delahanty Cill Mhantáin

Wicklow

Cléireach na Dála:

Is iad seo a leanas ainmneacha na ndaoine a toghadh chun fónamh sa Dáil, mar aon le hainmneacha na nDáilcheantar dár toghadh iad:

I will now announce the names of the persons returned to serve in the Dáil for each constituency, in the order in which they were set out in the writ returned by the relevant Returning Officer:

Dáilcheantair

Constituencies
Comhaltaí

Members
Ceatharlach-Cill Chainnigh

Carlow-Kilkenny
Kathleen Funchion

John McGuinness

John Paul Phelan

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

Malcolm Noonan
An Cabhán-Muineachán

Cavan-Monaghan
Matt Carthy

Heather Humphreys

Pauline Tully

Brendan Smith

Niamh Smyth
An Clár

Clare
Joe Carey

Cathal Crowe

Michael McNamara

Violet-Anne Wynne
Corcaigh Thoir

Cork East
Pat Buckley

Sean Sherlock

David Stanton

James O'Connor
Corcaigh Thuaidh-Lár

Cork North-Central
Thomas Gould

Pádraig O'Sullivan

Colm Burke

Mick Barry
Corcaigh Thiar Thuaidh

Cork North-West
Michael Creed

Michael Moynihan

Aindrias Moynihan
Corcaigh Theas-Lár

Cork South-Central
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

Micheál Martin

Simon Coveney

Michael McGrath
Corcaigh Thiar Theas

Cork South-West
Michael Collins

Christopher O'Sullivan

Holly Cairns
Dún na nGall

Donegal
Pearse Doherty

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Thomas Pringle

Joe McHugh

Charlie McConalogue
Cuan Bhaile Átha Cliath Thuaidh

Dublin Bay North
Denise Mitchell

Richard Bruton

Cian O'Callaghan

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

Seán Haughey
Cuan Bhaile Átha Cliath Theas

Dublin Bay South
Eamon Ryan

Chris Andrews

Eoghan Murphy

Jim O'Callaghan
Baile Átha Cliath Láir

Dublin Central
Mary Lou McDonald

Neasa Hourigan

Paschal Donohoe

Gary Gannon
Baile Átha Cliath – Fine Gall

Dublin Fingal
Louise O'Reilly

Joe O'Brien

Darragh O'Brien

Alan Farrell

Duncan Smith
Baile Átha Cliath Thiar-Meán

Dublin Mid-West
Eoin Ó Broin

Mark Ward

Emer Higgins

Gino Kenny
Baile Átha Cliath Thiar Thuaidh

Dublin North-West
Dessie Ellis

Róisín Shortall

Paul McAuliffe
Baile Átha Cliath – Ráth an Dúin

Dublin Rathdown
Catherine Martin

Neale Richmond

Josepha Madigan
Baile Átha Cliath Theas-Lár

Dublin South-Central
Aengus Ó Snodaigh

Bríd Smith

Patrick Costello

Joan Collins
Baile Átha Cliath Thiar Theas

Dublin South-West
Seán Crowe

Paul Murphy

Colm Brophy

Francis Noel Duffy

John Lahart
Baile Átha Cliath Thiar

Dublin West
Paul Donnelly

Leo Varadkar

Jack Chambers

Roderic O'Gorman
Dún Laoghaire

Dún Laoghaire
Ossian Smyth

Richard Boyd Barrett

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

Cormac Devlin
Gaillimh Thoir

Galway East
Seán Canney

Ciarán Cannon

Anne Rabbitte
Gaillimh Thiar

Galway West
Éamon Ó Cuív

Noel Grealish

Mairéad Farrell

Catherine Connolly

Hildegarde Naughton
Ciarraí

Kerry
Michael Healy-Rae

Pa Daly

Brendan Griffin

Danny Healy-Rae

Norma Foley
Cill Dara Thuaidh

Kildare North
Catherine Murphy

Réada Cronin

Bernard Durkan

James Lawless
Cill Dara Theas

Kildare South
Patricia Ryan

Martin Heydon

Cathal Berry
Laois-Uíbh Fhailí

Laois-Offaly
Brian Stanley

Barry Cowen

Charlie Flanagan

Carol Nolan

Sean Fleming
Cathair Luimnigh

Limerick City
Brian Leddin

Willie O'Dea

Kieran O'Donnell

Maurice Quinlivan
Contae Luimnigh

Limerick County
Niall Collins

Richard O'Donoghue

Patrick O'Donovan
An Longfort-An Iarmhí

Longford-Westmeath
Sorca Clarke

Joe Flaherty

Peter Burke

Robert Troy


Louth
Imelda Munster

Ruairí Ó Murchú

Ged Nash

Fergus O'Dowd

Peter Fitzpatrick
Maigh Eo

Mayo
Michael Ring

Rose Conway-Walsh

Dara Calleary

Alan Dillon
An Mhí Thoir

Meath East
Darren O'Rourke

Helen McEntee

Thomas Byrne
An Mhí Thiar

Meath West
Johnny Guirke

Peadar Tóibín

Damien English
Ros Comáin-Gaillimh

Roscommon-Galway
Michael Fitzmaurice

Denis Naughten

Claire Kerrane
Sligeach-Liatroim

Sligo-Leitrim
Martin Kenny

Marian Harkin

Marc MacSharry

Frankie Feighan
Tiobraid Árann

Tipperary
Michael Lowry

Mattie McGrath

Martin Browne

Alan Kelly

Jackie Cahill
Port Láirge

Waterford
David Cullinane

Mary Butler

Matt Shanahan

Marc Ó Cathasaigh
Loch Garman

Wexford
Johnny Mythen

Brendan Howlin

Verona Murphy

James Browne

Paul Kehoe
Cill Mhantáin

Wicklow
John Brady

Stephen Donnelly

Simon Harris

Steven Matthews

Jennifer Whitmore

De bhua alt tríocha a sé den Acht Toghcháin, míle naoi gcéad nócha a dó, measadh Seán Ó Fearghaíl a bheith tofa mar dhuine de na comhaltaí do Dháilcheantar Chill Dara Theas.

I gcomhlíonadh Bhuan-Ordú Uimhir a ceathair de na Buan-Orduithe i dtaobh Gnó Phoiblí, táim tar éis cóipeanna de na hEascairí toghcháin agus de na freagraí a formhuiníodh orthu a leagan os comhair na Dála.

Tá an Rolla sínithe de réir na mBuan-Orduithe ag na Comhaltaí thuasainmnithe go léir.

By virtue of section 36 of the Electoral Act 1992, Seán Ó Fearghaíl has been deemed to have been elected as one of the Members for the constituency of Kildare South.

In compliance with Standing Order No. 4 of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business, I have laid before the Dáil copies of the writs of election and the returns endorsed thereon.

All the above-named Members signed the roll in accordance with Standing Orders.