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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.

2023-05-11 · Dail · 4 speakers · 784 words
Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Standing Charges) Bill 2023: First Stage

I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Electricity Regulation Act 1999 to give the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) the legislative remit required to effectiv…

2023-05-11 · Dail · 6 speakers · 6,462 words
Control of Exports Bill 2023: Second Stage

It will ensure that Ireland continues to operate a robust framework for regulating the export of controlled items, principally dual-use and military items. Military export controls overlap with dual-use export …

2023-05-11 · Dail · 4 speakers · 7,171 words
Control of Exports Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed)

What I find surreal and Orwellian about it is that the very European Union that is suggesting some sort of ethical policy when it comes to the export of military hardware is, in fact, one of the main suppliers …

2023-05-11 · Dail · 4 issues · 5 speakers · 6,186 words Topical issues
Topical Issue Debate
  • Road Safety — Michael Moynihan FF
  • Primary Care Centres — Dessie Ellis SF
  • Social Welfare Eligibility — Éamon Ó Cuív FF
  • Hospital Services — Marian Harkin IND
2023-05-11 · Dail · 4 speakers · 7,275 words
An Comhaontas Cuimsitheach Eacnamaíoch agus Trádála agus an tionchar ar an nGaeilge, ar an nGaeltacht agus ar Phobal Labhartha na Gaeilge: Motion

Dúirt sé chomh maith nach bhfuil aon teorainn ann, nach bhfuil aon rannpháirtíocht dhaonlathach ann, nach bhfuil aon smacht ann agus nach bhfuil aon achomharc ann.…

2023-05-10 · Dail · 1 speaker · 348 words
Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters

Deputy Robert Troy - to discuss staffing the new MRI unit at the Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar. Deputy David Stanton - to discuss the need to radically improve the electric vehicle charging network in th…

2023-05-10 · Seanad · 1 speaker · 329 words
Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad

I have received notice from the following Senators that they propose to raise the following matters: Senator Micheál Carrigy - The need for the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to make a statement …

2023-05-10 · Dail · 3 issues · 7 speakers · 5,942 words Topical issues
Topical Issue Debate
  • Electric Vehicles — David Stanton FG
  • Disability Services — Louise O'Reilly SF
  • Wastewater Treatment — Danny Healy-Rae IND
2023-05-10 · Seanad · 4 matters · 8 speakers · 6,268 words Commencement matters
Commencement Matters
  • Forestry Sector — Micheál Carrigy FG
  • Special Educational Needs — John Cummins FG
  • Legislative Reviews — Rónán Mullen IND
  • Cybersecurity Policy — Malcolm Byrne FF
2023-05-10 · Dail · 28 speakers · 23,037 words
Planning and Rural Housing: Motion [Private Members]

We are looking to instruct the Minister to publish the long-promised new rural housing guidelines to bring clarity and certainty to rural communities and to ensure that new rural planning guidelines allow for p…

2023-05-10 · Dail · 6 speakers · 6,115 words Questions
Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions

Last year, when energy prices soared after Russia invaded Ukraine, people understood prices would rise, but now that wholesale energy prices have fallen back to 2021 levels, why are ordinary consumers still bei…

2023-05-10 · Seanad · 14 speakers · 7,967 words
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

There was another report about cancer services in the west, at University Hospital Galway, which is the cancer services provider for the west and north west. We need a debate in the House about accident and eme…

2023-05-10 · Dail · 26 speakers · 5,518 words Questions
Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation

I do not want to give the Deputy an answer on the fly because I do not know enough about the detail of services in Donegal, but I appreciate that he has raised it and I might ask the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, …

2023-05-10 · Dail · 23 questions · 15 speakers · 7,080 words Questions
Questions · to the Taoiseach
  • Q1+ Cabinet Committees — Richard Boyd Barrett PBP
  • Q10+ Cabinet Committees — Pádraig O'Sullivan FF
  • Q20+ Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements — Mary Lou McDonald SF
2023-05-10 · Seanad · 9 speakers · 8,700 words
Courts Bill 2023: Second Stage

The number of judges the Minister of State has mentioned for the Court of Appeal, the High Court, the Circuit Court and the District Court will go a very long way towards helping us to address the very unfair a…

2023-05-10 · Seanad · 4 speakers · 2,323 words
Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed)

The background to a case before the Supreme Court which was heard in 2014 - I have brought this to the attention of Department officials - was that a person suffered a sanction in the criminal courts concerning…

2023-05-10 · Seanad · 12 speakers · 11,408 words 1 vote
Electoral Reform (Amendment) and Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage

When the Bill was on Second Stage, the Government assured us that these issues of Seanad reform would be dealt with through the creation of the Electoral Commission, yet when the Electoral Reform Act to establi…

2023-05-10 · Dail · 20 speakers · 18,005 words
European Year of Skills: Statements

When I was Minister for Education and Skills, when education and skills were harnessed together, I set a target to make Ireland the best education and skills provider in Europe by 2026.…

2023-05-10 · Dail · 6 speakers · 6,864 words 1 vote
Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages

It identified a number of gaps in the Dentists Act 1985 which, in its view, pose significant risk to public safety, including the failure to require dentists and dental auxiliary workers to maintain their ongoi…

2023-05-10 · Dail · 13 speakers · 17,347 words 4 votes
Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed)

I will be speaking to my amendment, amendment No. 12, which is grouped with amendment No. 7. Amendment Nos. 14, amendment No. 1 to amendment No. 14 to amendment No. 4 to amendment No. 14, inclusive, 15, 16, 19 …

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