# leaders-questions - Thursday 8 July, 2021
# Housing
# Housing
Catherine Murphy said leasing properties from funds was “an abuse of public money”.
# leaders-questions - Tuesday 29 June, 2021
# 'absolutely Bananas'
# 'absolutely Bananas'
Opposition TDs have called on the government to rescind its decision, describing it as “absolutely bananas”.
# leaders-questions - Thursday 17 June, 2021
# Maternity Care
# Maternity Care
The Tánaiste has said there are “problems, quite frankly, in going forward with this project”.
# leaders-questions - Tuesday 15 June, 2021
# Vaccination
# Vaccination
The HSE chief said it is planned that the second doses of AstraZeneca will be completed by 19 July.
# leaders-questions - Wednesday 2 June, 2021
# Rent Protections
# Rent Protections
Opposition says government must ensure that all renters – not just those that fall under the Covid-19 protections – are not hit with an 8% rent hike.
# leaders-questions - Thursday 29 April, 2021
# Taxi Drivers
# Taxi Drivers
Richard Boyd Barrett told the Tánaiste the drivers were “threatened with fines”.
Róisín Shortall said the transfer of patronage was ‘a snail-paced programme’.
# leaders-questions - Wednesday 28 April, 2021
# Covid19
# Covid19
Martin said the HSE’s modelling is still based on delivering 450,000 doses per week by the middle of June.
# leaders-questions - Thursday 22 April, 2021
# Out Of Work
# Out Of Work
Labour’s Aodhán Ó Riordán said the country can’t afford to lose another generation.
# leaders-questions - Wednesday 21 April, 2021
# Chop Chop
# Chop Chop
The Cabinet is due to meet next Tuesday and Thursday before signing off on plans for the easing of restrictions in May.
# leaders-questions - Thursday 1 April, 2021
# Leaders' Questions
# Leaders' Questions
A delivery of 112,000 vaccines were delivered last night, said Varadkar.
# leaders-questions - Wednesday 3 March, 2021
# Leaders' Questions
# Leaders' Questions
Government says it’s on target to give first dose to 72,000 over-85s by the end of the first week of March.
# Illegal Adoption
# Illegal Adoption
The review was commissioned in 2018 but its publication was delayed.
# leaders-questions - Thursday 18 February, 2021
# Mother And Baby
# Mother And Baby
The Tánasite said he could not make a commitment today that it would be extended beyond 28 February.
# leaders-questions - Thursday 11 February, 2021
Tensions were running high during Leaders’ Questions.
# leaders-questions - Wednesday 10 February, 2021
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
His comments come after reports that the tribunal has yet to receive a single claim, more than two months after it started its work.
# Pension Age Rise
# Pension Age Rise
Mary Lou McDonald said the plan would cost individuals more than 2,000 euro a year.
# leaders-questions - Thursday 4 February, 2021
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
Lynsey Bennett, who has two young daughters, had four smear tests between 2010 and 2016 but each time was told they were negative.
# leaders-questions - Wednesday 27 January, 2021
# Leaders' Questions
# Leaders' Questions
Speaking in Leaders’ Questions, he said “there will be no half-measures from me, as Taoiseach, or from Government”.
# leaders-questions - Wednesday 20 January, 2021
# Mea Culpa
# Mea Culpa
Teachers union the INTO has called on the Minister to apologise for her latest comments.
# leaders-questions - Thursday 14 January, 2021
# Leaders' Questions
# Leaders' Questions
This week, around 50,000 vaccinations are expected to be completed.
# leaders-questions - Wednesday 13 January, 2021
# Leaders' Questions
# Leaders' Questions
The Taoiseach said he is concerned his statement yesterday is being presented in a certain light.
# leaders-questions - Wednesday 16 December, 2020
# Housing
# Housing
In Dublin, house prices have decreased by 1.5%, while apartment prices increased by 1%.
# leaders-questions - Wednesday 9 December, 2020
# Nurses Pay
# Nurses Pay
Martin specifically referenced testimony raised about a student midwife who comforted a mother who lost a baby.
# leaders-questions - Tuesday 8 December, 2020
Micheál Martin said there should be “no exploitation of any student nurse in any hospital setting”.
# leaders-questions - Wednesday 2 December, 2020
# Vaccine
# Vaccine
The Taoiseach said the low temperature fridges are being stored in Citywest before being distributed around the country.
# leaders-questions - Thursday 26 November, 2020
# Leaders' Questions
# Leaders' Questions
The Tánaiste said if people borrow money, they have a responsibility to pay it back.
# leaders-questions - Thursday 19 November, 2020
# Supreme Court
# Supreme Court
The Tánaiste faced numerous question on the ongoing controversy today.
# leaders-questions - Thursday 5 November, 2020
# Legally Enforceable
# Legally Enforceable
Varadkar said it is under consideration for “certain circumstances”.
# Leaders' Questions
# Leaders' Questions
Leo Varadkar says he does not “as standard” retain text messages, but retains official emails
# leaders-questions - Tuesday 6 October, 2020
# Rural Independent Group
# Rural Independent Group
Taoiseach Micheál Martin subsequently apologised to Michael Healy-Rae.
# leaders-questions - Thursday 1 October, 2020
# Leaving Cert Controversy
# Leaving Cert Controversy
The controversy was described as a “shambles” in the Dáil today.
# leaders-questions - Tuesday 28 July, 2020
# Penalised
# Penalised
A number of concerns about how welfare payments were cut if citizens travelled abroad have been raised.
# leaders-questions - Thursday 16 July, 2020
# Time Please
# Time Please
“There’s a big difference between Portmagee and Dame Lane,” said TD Michael Healy Rae.
# leaders-questions - Thursday 9 July, 2020
# Leaders' Questions
# Leaders' Questions
Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty raised the issue of the banks charging interest on mortgages that have availed of pandemic payment breaks.
# leaders-questions - Wednesday 8 July, 2020
# Leaders' Questions
# Leaders' Questions
Some 1,500 Debenhams workers in Ireland have lost their jobs.
# leaders-questions - Tuesday 7 July, 2020
# Ultan Meehan
# Ultan Meehan
Micheál Martin says Hiqa should compile a report on what happened.
# leaders-questions - Tuesday 26 November, 2019
# Emergency Departments
# Emergency Departments
Fianna Fáil’s Micheál Martin hit out against the Taoiseach today stating that waiting lists for children are “quite shocking”.
# leaders-questions - Thursday 7 November, 2019
Fianna Fáil deputy leader Dara Calleary told the Tánaiste that “Good media is dying on the vine while you whistle by the graveyard”.
# leaders-questions - Tuesday 22 October, 2019
# Votegate
# Votegate
Ceann Comhairle Seán Ó Fearghaíl addressed the Dáil on the matter before Leaders’ Questions today.
A couple of showers this afternoon
Max: 21 °C
Min: 13 °C
Rain; breezy in the morning
Max: 19 °C
Min: 13 °C
