Dáil debates

Tuesday, 26 September 2023

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
• Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (34 speeches)
  This morning many crèches across the country closed their doors for three days due to frustration with Government policy. As we speak, and as the Taoiseach knows, providers are now...
• An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (50 speeches)
  I move: Tuesday's business shall be: -Motion reMinisterial Rota for Parliamentary Questions (without debate) -Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023 - Motion...
• Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 29th March, 2023, or in the Order of the Dáil of 20th September, 2023, setting out the rota in which Questions to...
• Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Financial Resolution (1 speech)
  I move: That provision be made in the Act giving effect to this Resolution, in the manner and to the extent specified in that Act, to provide for the charging, in accordance with regulations...
• Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
  • Cabinet Committees (16 speeches)
    1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with culture, arts and the audiovisual sector will next meet. [32551/23]
  • Programme for Government (14 speeches)
    5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the Programme for Government. [34060/23]
  • Cabinet Committees (13 speeches)
    7. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Housing will meet next. [36121/23]
• Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (213 speeches)
  I want to start by acknowledging the intense distress and anxiety this whole episode is causing to the patients themselves involved in these reviews. These are girls and boys, young women and...
• Reversal of Planned Fuel Price Increases: Motion [Private Members] (56 speeches)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann: recognises that: — workers and families continue to struggle with the cost-of-living crisis; and — the prices of petrol and diesel have...
• Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Rural Schemes (10 speeches)
    46. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development how her Department will work with local authorities to encourage them to apply for new funding for the town and village renewal scheme;...
  • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (7 speeches)
    48. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development given that the community, voluntary and charity sector have expressed deep concerns about the recruitment and retention of staff, the...
  • Rural Recreation Policy (8 speeches)
    49. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline the present and proposed spending in outdoor recreation measures in relation to Waterford city and county; and what...
• Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Rural Schemes (8 speeches)
    50. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if Cork County Council and Cork City Council have provided for the expenditure of the full €2,755,923 local improvement scheme...
  • Rural Schemes (7 speeches)
    51. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 1394 of 13 June 2023, for an update on the rural proofing model promised in Our Rural Future; the...
  • Rural Schemes (11 speeches)
    52. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has considered allocating extra funding to Cork county for local improvement schemes for private roads and laneways;...
  • Departmental Funding (7 speeches)
    54. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there will be another round of the community recognition fund in 2024. [41410/23]
  • Departmental Programmes (11 speeches)
    55. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has any plans to review the CLÁR areas in Cavan to include areas not currently included; and if she will make a statement...
  • Offshore Islands (14 speeches)
    58. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when she will publish a new policy and action plan for the development of our offshore islands; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Rural Schemes (10 speeches)
    59. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding drawn down from the rural regeneration and development fund in each month since she took office. [41414/23]
• 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 37 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy Michael Ring - to discuss the...
• Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Water Services (12 speeches)
    Ar an gcéad dul síos, gabhaim buíochas leis an gCeann Comhairle, leis an Rialtas agus le gach éinne eile as an gcabhair a thug siad do dhaoine Chluain Meala cúpla...
  • General Practitioner Services (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for giving me the time, at short notice, to get in on this important issue. There is a fundamental problem with GP care around the State, and particularly in Kerry,...
  • Care Services (6 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State for being here a little after 11 p.m. It is heartening to see her here so late to talk about this issue, which she knows is a major problem in my area, the...