Dáil debates

Tuesday, 2 July 2024

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2.00 p.m.
• Appointment of Minister and Ministers of State (1 speech)
  I wish to announce for the information of the Dáil that having informed the President that Dáil Éireann had approved my nomination of Deputy Jack Chambers to be a member of the...
• Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (52 speeches)
  I heard the news that our colleagues Deputies Róisín Shortall and Catherine Murphy have announced they are not going forward for re-election. I acknowledge them as two mighty and...
• An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (64 speeches, 1 comment)
  I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion re Further Revised Estimate for Public Services 2024 [Vote 29] (back from Committee, without debate). - Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and...
• Estimate for Public Services 2024 (1 speech)
  I move the following Further Revised Estimate: Vote 29 — Environment, Climate and Communications (Further Revised Estimate).That a sum not exceeding €1,206,640,000 be granted to...
• Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Cabinet Committees (27 speeches)
    1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Government co-ordination will next meet. [25446/24]
  • State Bodies (37 speeches)
    7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council, a statutory agency operating under the aegis of his Department. [25609/24]
  • Child Poverty (12 speeches)
    16. To ask the Taoiseach for an update on the outcomes of the child poverty and well-being summit. [26079/24]
• Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (39 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I welcome the opportunity to introduce the Bill. I take the opportunity to thank Senators for their contributions on this Bill last week...
• Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit as ucht an Bhille seo a thógáil. Ar an gcéad dul síos, I welcome those...
• 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 Thomas Gould - To discuss GP...
• Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (22 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Defence Forces (9 speeches)
    59. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will propose measures to ensure that members of the Defence Forces who have been convicted of violent assaults cannot continue to serve....
  • Defence Forces (12 speeches)
    60. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of occasions since January 2020 when a superior officer in the Defence Forces provided a statement in support of a defendant to a...
  • Military Neutrality (13 speeches)
    62. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when he intends to bring forward proposals to abolish the triple-lock neutrality protection. [28123/24]
• Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Naval Service (9 speeches)
    66. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to outline the current situation with regard to the Naval Service’s fleet of ships; his plans to further upgrade the fleet; and if he will...
  • Defence Forces (8 speeches)
    63. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if any changes are planned in relation Defence Forces regulations and sanctions applying in the event of a serving member being convicted of a...
  • Defence Forces (17 speeches)
    64. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the disciplinary procedures that are in place for serving members of the Defence Forces who are charged with and convicted of criminal offences;...
  • Defence Forces (17 speeches)
    67. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of his engagement with senior management in the Defence Forces with regard to the number of serving members who have convictions for...
  • Defence Forces (13 speeches)
    68. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the measures being taken to enable the Defence Forces to retain some of their most highly trained and experienced personnel; and if he will make...
  • Maritime Jurisdiction (7 speeches)
    70. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the European Union might see fit to contribute towards Ireland's defence and security, with particular reference to coastal...
  • Defence Forces (12 speeches)
    74. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for an update on the progress made to date in ensuring the provisions of the working time directive are applied, where appropriate, to members of...
  • Defence Forces (3 speeches)
    76. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when all the recommendations contained in the report on the Defence Forces are likely to be implemented including the issues around gender-based...
• Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • General Practitioner Services (42 speeches)
    In the first five months of this year, there was an 87% drop in the number of patients seen in SouthDoc in Blackpool compared with 2019, representing almost 9,000 fewer patients seen in the first...
  • Courts Service (8 speeches)
    I raise the proposed work stoppages next week by barristers. Last October, in an announcement referring to budget 2024, the Minister, Deputy McEntee, stated: I am... pleased to have secured...
  • Water Pollution (4 speeches)
    Locals have been raising with me concerns about pollution in the River Sullane downstream from the town of Macroom. There are two particular issues of concern to locals, namely the pollution...
  • School Accommodation (4 speeches)
    I thank the office of the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this matter. I also thank the Minister of State for being here. I had a bit of déjà vu recently when I visited the old...