Dáil debates

Thursday, 27 February 2025

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach Gníomhach (Deputy Catherine Connolly) i gceannas ar 9:00 a.m.
• Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • School Curriculum (7 speeches)
    1. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the concerns raised by school leaders in relation to the accelerated roll-out of senior cycle reform; if she accepts that the...
  • School Accommodation (10 speeches)
    2. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she agrees that the demographics are such in Dublin 15 that there is a need to maintain a school (details supplied) at its existing location and...
  • Special Educational Needs (7 speeches)
    3. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what additional demand for special class and special school places for September 2025 is now anticipated at primary and secondary school level;...
  • Special Educational Needs (9 speeches)
    4. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school in Limerick County received confirmation from her Department that its special education needs hours provided will be cut by 2.5...
  • School Staff (7 speeches)
    5. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline her assessment of the teacher recruitment and retention emergency at primary and secondary school level; the measures she intends to...
• Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • School Accommodation (7 speeches)
    6. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the additional school accommodation application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
  • Education Welfare Service (7 speeches)
    7. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current number of full-time equivalent educational welfare officer positions across Ireland, by county, in tabular form; the number of these...
  • Education Policy (7 speeches)
    8. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how she intends to deliver on the programme for Government commitment to expand opportunities for students to attend Gaelscoileanna and...
  • School Accommodation (7 speeches)
    9. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the delivery of a complete modular build of 18 classrooms with facilities to meet the accommodation crisis at a school (details...
  • Scoileanna Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta (7 speeches)
    11. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the importance of promoting the provision of Gaelscoileanna and Gaelcholáistí; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Pupil-Teacher Ratio (7 speeches)
    14. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to reduce the pupil teacher ratio to 19:1 in the lifetime of this Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8312/25]
  • Education Schemes (7 speeches)
    15. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to establish a new DEIS plus scheme, as per the programme for Government commitment. [8506/25]
  • Education Schemes (5 speeches)
    17. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what steps will be taken to operationalise the commitment in the programme for Government to introduce a new national small schools project for...
• Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Widow's Pension (7 speeches)
    82. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the terms of the widow's or widower's pension, particularly in respect of non-married or cohabiting couples, and the judgment...
  • Widow's Pension (7 speeches)
    83. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when he intends to bring forward the Bill to support cohabiting couples by providing pensions for bereaved partners; the...
  • Social Welfare Code (7 speeches)
    84. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he intends to abolish the means test for the carer’s allowance; if this will be phased out; if he can provide a...
  • Social Welfare Code (7 speeches)
    85. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans to include healthcare workers suffering with long Covid symptoms within the occupational injuries benefit scheme;...
  • Social Welfare Code (7 speeches)
    86. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the detail of how and when he intends to implement the Programme for Government commitment to abolish the income limit for the...
• Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Grant Payments (6 speeches)
    87. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of new baby grants that have been made to parents in Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8460/25]
  • Social Welfare Offices (7 speeches)
    88. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current number of appeal officers working in the appeals office; the number for the past three years; and if he will make...
  • Social Welfare Benefits (9 speeches)
    89. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans to provide better support to carers who are providing full-time care and attention to more than one person; and if...
  • Disability Services (8 speeches)
    90. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans for ensuring that the social welfare system is progressive and empowers people with a disability to live full and...
  • Social Welfare Payments (7 speeches)
    91. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of children who have benefited from the baby boost triple child benefit payment to date; the number his Department...
  • Social Welfare Payments (7 speeches)
    92. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of newborn baby grants that have been made to parents in both counties Kilkenny and Carlow; and if he will make a...
  • School Meals Programme (7 speeches)
    93. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how Healthy Ireland nutrition standards and specific dietary requirements are enforced in the school meals programme. [8362/25]
  • Social Welfare Benefits (8 speeches)
    95. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans for phasing out the means test for the carer's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8262/25]
• Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (187 speeches)
  What transpired at the meeting of the Dáil reform committee last evening confirms that the Tánaiste's Government is hell-bent on plunging the Dáil into chaos. The Government's...
• Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (66 speeches)
  We know that the Tánaiste's party has carried out an internal investigation into the inappropriate behaviour of a sitting Fine Gael Senator towards a female member of staff working in the...
• Housing Commission Report: Statements (41 speeches)
  I welcome the opportunity to speak today on the work of the Housing Commission and the significant work the Government is doing and will continue to do to implement the commission’s...
• 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: Deputy Martin Daly - To discuss the...
• Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • School Accommodation (4 speeches)
    I am very privileged and proud to represent the people of the constituency of Dublin Fingal West. We are a very young constituency, one that is growing and expanding. We are also a constituency...
  • School Patronage (4 speeches)
    Déanaim comhghairdeas leis an Aire Stáit as a phost nua. Go n-éirí leis. We have had a really positive change in recent years in the way we assess patronage in schools....
  • Tax Code (4 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, for taking this question on behalf of the Government. We had a useful debate on the future of healthcare yesterday. He will be aware of that....
  • Hospital Facilities (4 speeches)
    I wish to highlight the urgent need for the long-promised rehabilitation unit at Roscommon University Hospital. In 2015 a commitment was made for a €7.8 million investment to provide 20...