The matters raised by Deputies Catherine Connolly, Joe Flaherty, Emer Higgins and Ruairí Ó Murchú have been selected for discussion.…

• Cuanta agus Céanna — Catherine Connolly IND
• Paediatric Services — Joe Flaherty FF
• Covid-19 Pandemic — Emer Higgins FG
• National Broadband Plan — Ruairí Ó Murchú SF

The aim of the strategy is to limit transmission of the virus through a range of public health measures, including our testing and tracing contact programme. Most people outside of government believe that a max…

The HSE, in its reply, stated: "Under no circumstances are Covid-19 positive healthcare workers accommodated in hotels by the HSE." The HSE also confirmed that the temporary accommodation scheme is available to…

The Business Committee orders the business of the House on a weekly basis and we make a contribution to the Business Committee, like every other party and every other grouping in the House.…

If testers are able to carry out some tests, they should be doing all of them. On driving tests, the biggest problem is that the number of testers being taken on will not be sufficient. Even if we had a further…

I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to give security to local authorities, by way of creating a charge on the land concerned, in relation to the expenses incurred by the local auth…

I will be sharing my time with my colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Hildegarde Naughton, who has responsibility for international and road transport and logistics at the Department of Transport.…

As there are four serving members of the Legal Services Regulatory Authority who are men, subject to the approval of today’s motion, the Legal Services Regulatory Authority will comprise four men and seven wome…

The Bill specifies the timing for a preliminary trial hearing, which must take place before the jury is sworn in, or in the case of trials in the Special Criminal Court, before the trial has commenced. There is…

I have also received notice from Senator Robbie Gallagher of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to make a statement on the implications of the Flemish dec…

• Local Government Reform — Ollie Crowe FF
• Planning Issues — Robbie Gallagher FF
• Planning Issues — Ivana Bacik LAB
• Primary Care Centres — Mary Seery Kearney FG
• Institutes of Technology — John Cummins FG
• Apprenticeship Programmes — Sharon Keogan IND

Senator Ardagh raised the issue of cancer services and indeed we started with Senator Keogan talking about them.…

The purpose of this amendment is to insert a new section providing for guidelines in respect of politically exposed persons which would issue to the competent authorities for the guidance of designated persons …

All children, including children with additional or special needs, have a right to an education which is appropriate to their needs. We use the word "special" in the context of special schools and people and st…

I fundamentally believe in universal access to period products and that we need to stop treating period products as if they are any different from the other basic hygiene products that we find in toilets, such …

Under this Government we have gone from a mental health crisis to a mental health emergency. Mental health services seem to be the very definition of a Cinderella service and without mental health, there is no …

We now know that AstraZeneca will provide us with 200,000 fewer doses in February and March than we had anticipated and our public health and scientific advisers have recommended that over-70s be given an mRNA …

I raise with the Tánaiste the future of the Dean Maxwell nursing home in Roscrea. I can tell the Tánaiste how this has affected one of the survivors; it is only one story and every Member in the House would hav…

More than 1,800 early learning and childcare services are currently open and providing childcare to the children of essential workers and to vulnerable children. The Covid-19 pandemic has demonstrated again jus…