Dáil debates
Thursday, 27 March 2025
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach Gníomhach (Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere) i gceannas ar 09.00
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Apprenticeship Programmes (7 speeches)
1. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made with regard to the current challenges in the apprenticeship system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14864/25]
- Third Level Fees (22 speeches)
2. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills following the reduction to higher education student fees, if he will provide assurance that student fees will not rise again in the future; if he...
- Third Level Reform (9 speeches)
3. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to close the funding deficit in the university sector, first identified in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14865/25]
- Third Level Education (6 speeches)
4. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the bachelor of veterinary medicine will be delivered in Atlantic Technological University, formerly Mountbellew Agricultural College, Galway,...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Further and Higher Education (13 speeches)
6. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 11 of 8 October 2024, the status of the proposed new further education college in Galway city; if the revised...
- Student Accommodation (12 speeches)
8. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his Department's plans to provide adequate protections for students renting in digs accommodation. [14649/25]
- Third Level Education (8 speeches)
9. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps his Department is taking to address the challenges faced by young carers and young adult carers pursuing courses at third level. [14632/25]
- Oideachas Gaeltachta (15 speeches)
11. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cad é líon na ndaltaí atá ag déanamh staidéir trí mheán na Gaeilge ag an tríú leibhéal gach...
- Student Accommodation (11 speeches)
10. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update in respect of the provision of student accommodation for Maynooth University; his plans for investment in this area;...
- Institutes of Technology (7 speeches)
17. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has engaged with Dundalk Institute of Technology regarding the progression of the institute to university status; and if he will...
- Qualifications Recognition (11 speeches)
12. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the process of getting qualifications obtained in Britain recognised in Ireland since the cessation of the mutual...
- Third Level Fees (10 speeches)
13. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given the programme for Government commitment to "continue to reduce the Student Contribution Fee over the lifetime of the Government to ease the...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
- Income Inequality (7 speeches)
73. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to address economic and social inequality in 2025 in urban and rural areas; the initiatives he will undertake within his...
- Rural Schemes (10 speeches)
74. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the ongoing plans within his Department that exist to address the continuing challenges that communities in rural areas face with the...
- Departmental Policies (7 speeches)
75. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his Department's plan to critically evaluate the outcomes of Our Rural Future: Rural Development Policy 2021–2025; and the...
- Community Development Projects (7 speeches)
76. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to establish a dedicated grant scheme for the maintenance and upgrading of community playgrounds; and if he will make a...
- Road Projects (9 speeches)
77. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications for the local improvement scheme in Donegal since 2020; the number of outstanding local improvement scheme...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Social Enterprise Sector (7 speeches)
78. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to interact with local development companies to promote the creation of a national social enterprise policy. [6714/25]
- Harbours and Piers (12 speeches)
79. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the final business case for the redevelopment of Inis Oírr pier has now been received; and when approval will be granted to...
- Road Projects (15 speeches)
81. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the efforts his Department is making to increase the resourcing of local improvement schemes; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Funding (8 speeches)
82. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will allocate funding to the community recognition fund for 2025. [14504/25]
- Departmental Schemes (7 speeches)
83. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on the town and village renewal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14577/25]
- Gaeltacht Policy (9 speeches)
84. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 10 October 2024, the status of the development of Caladh Mór pier on Inis Meáin;...
- Departmental Programmes (9 speeches)
85. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there is a central set of criteria which apply under the local enhancement programme, given that the funding is decided at a local...
- Men's Sheds (5 speeches)
87. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will address the funding shortfall for men's sheds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14353/25]
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (44 speeches)
Tá scannal eile ó thaobh cúraim shláinte do pháistí inár dtír. Chímid ó thuarascáil neamhspleách atá foilsithe in The Ditch go...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (45 speeches)
Government members talk relentlessly about price hikes like they are commenting on the weather. It drives people spare to see the Government doing nothing as they get fleeced every day. Banks...
- Water Services (Repeal of Water Charges) Bill 2025: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to repeal the provision in the Water Services Act 2017 allowing Uisce Éireann to introduce a customer charge for use of...
- Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner's Pension) Bill 2025: Second Stage (Resumed) (46 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 39 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy Gary Gannon - To discuss the...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
- Special Educational Needs (7 speeches)
I call Deputy Emer Currie to speak on the first Topical Issue matter.
- Road Safety (4 speeches)
I am pleased the Topical Issue matter I raise has been selected for discussion. It relates to safety concerns around the use of signage-only zebra crossings, as are permitted under Department of...
- Irish Communities Abroad (4 speeches)
I am thankful for the opportunity to raise this issue. Coventry was once the most Irish city in England and in the early 1960s, there were 20,000 Irish-born people living in Coventry. The...
