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9,028 debates and question sessions in the Dáil and Seanad, 2020-01-21 to 2026-10-01. Newest first. A question session is listed once, with each question, who asked it and their party on the day. Use the search box above to look inside them.
I will comment on the general supports available to our schools that look after young girls and boys who have additional and further needs and then deal with the very specific issue the Deputy has raised as reg…
On the Bill, it is fine to say bees are great and for signs to be put up asking people to leave flowers for the bees, but we need real action to protect the native black honey bee because it is under serious th…
I know this is an issue for many of the people the Deputy and I represent in Drumcondra and I will raise it, as I know the Deputy is raising it, with Dublin Bus. Regarding the issue the Deputy raised about the …
Gender, as set out in the legislation, means "the gender of a person or the gender which a person expresses as the person's preferred gender or with which the person identifies and includes transgender and a ge…
Other measures included in the Bill to address the challenges in the housing market include an increase to the rental tax credit both for 2024 and 2025, an extension of the mortgage interest tax relief, the ext…
The extension of this Act will allow the hospitality sector to continue to provide the sale or supply of intoxicating liquor in outdoor seating areas. Providing An Garda Síochána with the power to direct licenc…
The Minister shall, within 3 weeks of the passing of this Act, lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas on the payment of maternity benefit to public office holders who are members of either such House…
The definition in this section provides that "relevant content" means, in relation to advertising, "a relevant gambling activity, or in the case of a Business to Consumer gambling licence, the licensee of that …
As Israel continues its genocidal action in Gaza and now in Lebanon, burning civilians, attacking UN peacekeepers and attempting to evict UNRWA from the occupied territories, we now see the US Government sendin…
XX) (Jobseeker’s Pay-Related Benefit) Regulations 2024 (without debate) - Statements re Child Protection (not to exceed 1 hour and 42 minutes) - Social Welfare Bill 2024 (Second Stage) (to conclude within 1 hou…
It is entitled the Transparency and Social Value in Public Procurement Bill and it does, basically, what it says on the tin. The Bill sets out to improve the functioning of the procurement system through two av…
I propose an amendment to the Order of Business, that No. 16, the Parole (Special Advocates) Bill 2024, be taken before No. 1. The Bill contains a number of amendments to the Parole Act 2019, which provided for…
It intends to make amendments to the Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Act 2019 and the Affordable Housing Act 2021, as well as a further amendment to the National Treasury Management Agency (Amen…
The amendment being brought forward today will amend section 42B(3)(a) of the National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act 2014. The purpose of the amendment is to increase the amount the Minister of Fin…
When a senior Sinn Féin press officer was suspended by the party for child sex abuse, his Sinn Féin staff colleagues then provided him with a supportive reference so that he could secure work in another organis…
The carer's support grant, formerly known as the respite care grant, is paid to recipients of carer's allowance, carer's benefit or domiciliary care allowance.…
All the while, nearly 13,500 children are waiting for initial appointments with children's disability network teams, disabled people in Ireland face the highest unemployment rate of disabled people in Europe, p…
mica redress |
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"mica redress" |
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housing OR homes |
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housing -dublin |
Housing, excluding anything mentioning Dublin |
hous* |
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