Dáil debates

Thursday, 20 June 2024

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 09:00 a.m.
• Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • An Garda Síochána (7 speeches)
    3. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to establish an independent inquiry into the alleged accessing of certain phone records by An Garda Síochána...
  • An Garda Síochána (7 speeches)
    1. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans in relation to reform of the Garda vetting system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26261/24]
  • Restorative Justice (7 speeches)
    2. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality what restorative justice initiatives her Department is currently undertaking; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
• Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (10 speeches)
    5. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline, following the recent 50th anniversary of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings, the engagements she has had with...
  • Local Community Safety Partnerships (7 speeches)
    7. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects that local community safety partnerships will be established across the country; and if she will make a...
  • Drug Dealing (9 speeches)
    11. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline Government plans to deal with the scourge of drugs and drug dealing; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Gangland Crime (8 speeches)
    13. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will commission a Mulvey-style report in relation to gangland activity in Dublin 15 and if she will make a statement on...
  • Traffic Fines (9 speeches)
    8. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of unpaid court-imposed fines in 2023; the percentage and monetary value of these that were imposed for traffic...
  • Drug Dealing (8 speeches)
    19. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the strength and deployment of An Garda Síochána continues to be sufficient to deal with drug and...
  • An Garda Síochána (7 speeches)
    20. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current number of gardaí for Cork city and county in May 2024; the number of gardaí in May 2023 for Cork city and...
  • Sentencing Policy (6 speeches)
    24. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has examined the community court approach operating in parts of the UK and US, with a view to possibly...
• Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Rural Schemes (7 speeches)
    34. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will extend the rural regeneration fund to purchase derelict buildings in urban towns with populations of less than 10,000; and...
  • Telecommunications Infrastructure (8 speeches)
    35. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the date of the last meeting of the mobile phone and broadband task force; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26606/24]
  • Control of Dogs (9 speeches)
    36. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there will be a review of the Control of Dogs Act 1986; and the efforts her Department is making to ensure dog owners comply with...
  • Vacant Properties (7 speeches)
    37. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she accepts that there continues to be an unacceptably high level of vacancy and dereliction in many local authority areas; if she...
  • Health Services (8 speeches)
    38. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 47 of 9 May 2024, the status of the transfer to her Department of land on Inishbofin on which the...
• Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Departmental Programmes (9 speeches)
    39. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider changing the application process under CLÁR, measure 1; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26534/24]
  • Harbours and Piers (7 speeches)
    40. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 818 of 5 March 2024, for an update on the work of the steering committee tasked with monitoring...
  • Community Development Projects (7 speeches)
    42. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her Department’s plans, if any, to support the establishment and continued work of community councils across the country; and if...
  • Departmental Funding (7 speeches)
    43. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 70 of 26 September 2023, the amount of funding made available and drawn down to date under the...
  • Departmental Funding (12 speeches)
    52. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she proposes to assist urban and rural community groups throughout the country through the various schemes...
• Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (45 speeches)
  I gently remind Members of the time limits.
• Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (68 speeches)
  The shock of receiving a cancer diagnosis is devastating news for patients and their families. It is a time of deep worry and stress. The last thing that patients should have to worry about on...
• Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• 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 Réada Cronin – to...
• Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Regeneration Projects (6 speeches)
    I rise to discuss the Government's failure regarding the regeneration of social housing communities. This is a major, ongoing issue. It does not just concern the current Government because it...
  • Medical Cards (6 speeches)
    I, too, extend my best wishes to the Minister of State, Deputy Chambers, on his promotion to his new position. I am disappointed, however, that the Minister for Health is not present. I thought...
  • Laboratory Facilities (4 speeches)
    I warmly congratulate the Minister of State on his appointment as the deputy leader of the Fianna Fáil Party. I wish him the best of good luck in that new role. Since the start of the...
  • School Transport (4 speeches)
    I join colleagues in congratulating the Minister of State, Deputy Jack Chambers, on his elevation to deputy leader of Fianna Fáil. As a fellow Fianna Fáil TD, I am delighted he has...
  • Animal Welfare (4 speeches)
    It is hard to know where to start, such is the scale of the horrific abuse of horses revealed in the "RTÉ Investigates" programme broadcast last week. The first thing to do is to thank the...
  • Animal Welfare (5 speeches)
    I received an email today saying that the Minister would not be here to take Topical Issues. It is increasingly the case that Ministers do not appear to take Topical Issues. They are answerable...
• Mortgage Interest Rates Cap Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." We initiated this Bill last year, 2023, in response to ten interest rate hikes by the European Central Bank, ECB, which impacted tens of...