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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 move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." This Bill provides that each Government Minister shall, annually, report on large capital expenditure in the Department five years after the expenditure occurs…
Garda members turned up simply because of WhatsApp messages being passed from garda to garda. I take on board the comments raised by Senator Boylan and Senator Wall in regard to Niall Hodgins interview last nig…
We have the public spending code, the data bank, the Department of public expenditure and reform capital tracker, and the Where Your Money Goes website, but we do not have a regular and, importantly, standardis…
The horse and greyhound racing industries receive financial support from the State through the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund, under section 12 of the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act 2001. The horse racing and …
When I spoke to the Garda Commissioner and Garda members last week, I did so to offer my support. There are simply not enough gardaí, including visible gardaí, and not enough support for front-line gardaí, who …
At the same time, people join An Garda Síochána with the correct motive, namely, to protect the peace and ordinary, decent people in our country. We all know that when people see members of An Garda Síochána it…
I know that these are only symbols but the contrast is summed up with the fact that today, for two years, we have had the Ukrainian flags flying here, but we cannot fly the Palestinian flag, even though the loc…
There is a problem where a small cohort who could benefit from the protections provided under the Act but who just missed it because of the age they were when the Act came in so there is the confused aspect tha…
I move: That it be an instruction to the Committee on the Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023, that pursuant to Standing Order 187, the Committee has power to make amendments to the Bill which are outside the scope…
We know from listening to the many stories of women who have had the trauma of experiencing miscarriage or going through the tortuous journey of fertility treatment that not only is this a health issue, but it …
The horse and greyhound racing industries receive financial support from the State through the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund under section 12 of the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act 2001.…
Section 7F of the Health Insurance Act 1994 provides that if a beneficiary of the risk equalisation scheme makes more than a reasonable profit, the excess will be returned to the risk equalisation fund. As the …
I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, line 7, to delete “Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017;” and substitute the following: “Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017; to give effect t…
Seanad Amendments Nos. 2 to 5, inclusive, 7 to 9, inclusive, 12 to 14, inclusive, 16 to 25, inclusive, 29, 31, 42, 60, 61, 66 and 67 are related and will be discussed together. Seanad amendments Nos. 33 to 36, …
For the first time, credit unions will be able to offer services and products to members by sourcing those services or products from another credit union to the established corporate credit unions, which is an …
That a supplementary sum not exceeding €1,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31 December 2023 for the salaries and expenses of the Office of t…
The Minister, Deputy McEntee, has already brought in tougher sentences for people who commit serious crimes and attack our gardaí. We need more community gardaí and more gardaí on our streets.…
I move: Tuesday's business shall be Statements on Policing, Protests and Public Order (not to exceed 3 hrs 32 mins) . Thursday's business shall be Second Stage of Planning and Development Bill 2023 (if not prev…
In the figures that have been released, the total number of children in emergency accommodation was 3,391. First, in the short period of time the ban on no-fault evictions was in place, the flow of families wit…
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