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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.

2024-09-18 · Dail · 9 speakers · 11,529 words
Mental Health Bill 2024: Second Stage

I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." As Minister of State for mental health and older people, I am pleased to introduce the Mental Health Bill to the House.…

2024-09-18 · Dail · 1 speaker · 347 words
Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters

Deputies Mick Barry, Pádraig O'Sullivan, Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire and Thomas Gould - to discuss the lack of therapists in St. Deputies Steven Matthews, Violet-Anne Wynne and Matt Carthy - to discuss school transpo…

2024-09-18 · Dail · 8 speakers · 4,504 words
Mental Health Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed)

This is why the Government recognises the importance of ensuring all mental health services are fully registered, regulated and inspected by the Mental Health Commission in its role as the independent regulator…

2024-09-18 · Dail · 32 speakers · 20,432 words
Childcare: Motion [Private Members]

The motion in our childcare plan, Better for Childcare, addresses both requirements. The Government's response to childcare providers was the introduction of a grant scheme for early learning and childcare serv…

2024-09-18 · Dail · 4 issues · 10 speakers · 7,822 words Topical issues
Topical Issue Debate
  • Defective Building Materials — Pearse Doherty SF
  • School Funding — Mick Barry PBP
  • Road Projects — Danny Healy-Rae IND
  • Renewable Energy Generation — David Stanton FG
2024-07-17 · Seanad · 22 speakers · 21,572 words 6 votes
Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)

I know that many local authorities make reference to this in their county and city development plans, but the reality is that so many of our local authorities are so taken up with what I think many see as the c…

2024-07-17 · Seanad · 8 speakers · 8,569 words 1 vote
Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages

Given the recognition of the enormity of revoking citizenship in the ruling relating to Damache v . the Minister for Justice, and that the ruling in AP v . the Minister for Justice and Equality considered an is…

2024-07-17 · Seanad · 12 speakers · 14,874 words
Better Planning for Local Childcare Provision: Motion

It is the childcare providers themselves who respond to the need and demand for childcare in communities. When I came into office, I set three key goals, namely, cutting the cost of childcare for parents, incre…

2024-07-16 · Seanad · 29 speakers · 61,268 words 15 votes
Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)

Amendments Nos. 86 to 113, inclusive, are related; amendment No. 89 is a physical alternative to amendment No. 88; amendment No. 97 is a physical alternative to amendment No. 96; amendment No. 104 is a physical…

2024-07-15 · Seanad · 17 speakers · 8,075 words 1 vote
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

The Senator also raised the important issue of Gaza, as did Senator Black and Senator Alice Mary Higgins. The Senator has raised issues regarding parts of the Planning and Development Bill but we will get an op…

2024-07-15 · Seanad · 3 speakers · 612 words 1 vote
Sitting Arrangements: Motion

The resumed proceedings on the Committee Stage of the Planning and Development Bill 2023 [Dáil] shall be taken at 9.30 a.m., and shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 1 p.m. by one Q…

2024-07-15 · Seanad · 19 speakers · 47,472 words 10 votes
Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage

I move amendment No. 3: In page 30, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following: “ “Chief Planning Officer” who may also be referred to as Chief City Planning Officer or Chief County Planning Officer means t…

2024-07-11 · Dail · 5 questions · 7 speakers · 5,831 words Questions
Priority Questions · to the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment
  • Q1 Industrial Development — Ged Nash LAB
  • Q2 Industrial Relations — Louise O'Reilly SF
  • Q3 Business Supports — Gary Gannon SD
  • Q4 Job Creation — Louise O'Reilly SF
  • Q5 Renewable Energy Generation — Maurice Quinlivan SF
2024-07-11 · Seanad · 1 speaker · 348 words
Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad

I have received notice from the following Senators that they propose to raise the following matters: Senator John Cummins - the need for the Minister for Health to make a statement on the extension of cardiolog…

2024-07-11 · Seanad · 4 matters · 7 speakers · 6,606 words Commencement matters
Commencement Matters
  • Cardiology Services — John Cummins FG
  • Asylum Seekers — Martin Conway FG
  • Rental Sector — Róisín Garvey GP
  • Water Quality — Malcolm Byrne FF
2024-07-11 · Dail · 10 questions · 10 speakers · 8,912 words Questions
Other Questions · to the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment
  • Q6 Low Pay — Bríd Smith PBP
  • Q7 Renewable Energy Generation — Darren O'Rourke SF
  • Q8 Film Industry — Richard Boyd Barrett PBP
  • Q9 Industrial Development — Joe Flaherty FF
  • Q11+ EU Programmes — Jim O'Callaghan FF
  • Q12 Grant Payments — Joe Flaherty FF
  • and 2 more
2024-07-11 · Seanad · 16 speakers · 6,777 words
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

I congratulate Senator Nikki Bradley on her appointment to the Seanad. We already have Senator Conway and for him to be joined by Senator Bradley is fantastic. I am delighted to have Senator Bradley here.…

2024-07-11 · Seanad · 7 speakers · 5,192 words
Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second and Subsequent Stages

Section 19B of the RTA restricts the amount that a tenant is required to pay upfront to a landlord or SSA licensor by way of a deposit or an advance rent payment to secure a tenancy or SSA licence, that is, any…

2024-07-11 · Seanad · 10 speakers · 9,540 words
Protection of Children (Online Age Verification) Bill 2024: Second Stage

We need to realise that not only is the involvement of children in the making of pornography child abuse, but pushing pornography at children or failing, in the drive to make money from the exploitation of huma…

2024-07-11 · Dail · 5 questions · 7 speakers · 5,645 words Questions
Priority Questions · to the Minister for Education
  • Q61 Special Educational Needs — Sorca Clarke SF
  • Q62 School Funding — Seán Canney IND
  • Q63 School Funding — Sorca Clarke SF
  • Q64 Special Educational Needs — Peter Fitzpatrick IND
  • Q65 School Transport — Michael Collins IND
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