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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.

2023-02-23 · Seanad · 13 speakers · 11,238 words 2 votes
Citizens Assembly on Drugs Use: Motion

The first two of these, the Dublin Citizens' Assembly and the Citizens' Assembly on Biodiversity Loss, have now concluded their work.…

2023-02-23 · Dail · 5 questions · 6 speakers · 6,231 words Questions
Priority Questions · to the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment
  • Q70 Employment Rights — Louise O'Reilly SF
  • Q71 Pensions Reform — Bríd Smith PBP
  • Q72 National Minimum Wage — Louise O'Reilly SF
  • Q73 Energy Infrastructure — Denis Naughten IND
  • Q74 Enterprise Policy — Catherine Connolly IND
2023-02-23 · Dail · 7 questions · 9 speakers · 7,376 words Questions
Other Questions · to the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment
  • Q75 Work Permits — Colm Burke FG
  • Q76 Industrial Development — David Stanton FG
  • Q77 Enterprise Support Services — Denis Naughten IND
  • Q80 Enterprise Support Services — Denis Naughten IND
  • Q81 Disability Services — Denis Naughten IND
  • Q90 Industrial Relations — Louise O'Reilly SF
  • and 1 more
2023-02-23 · Dail · 1 speaker · 435 words
Minute's Silence to Mark First Anniversary of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

Underneath it is a stone coffin inscribed with the words "Let all the souls here rest in peace, for we shall not repeat the evil.” The names of 336,000 people who died following the dropping of that bomb are re…

2023-02-23 · Dail · 6 speakers · 6,221 words Questions
Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions

The emergency waiting times and the large numbers attending are a cause for concern, particularly in the context of University Hospital Limerick, Cork University Hospital, Mercy University Hospital and other ho…

2023-02-23 · Dail · 22 speakers · 4,970 words Questions
Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation

We have to resolve the assessment of need issue and the recruitment issue the Deputy quite rightly raised. The scheme administrator engaged by the HSE engages only with employers, so there is no way for employe…

2023-02-23 · Dail · 4 speakers · 693 words
Standards in Public Office (Amendment) Bill 2023: First Stage

I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to make certain amendments to the Standards in Public Office Act 2001 and the Ethics in Public Office Act 1995; and to provide for related matte…

2023-02-23 · Dail · 6 speakers · 5,251 words
National Archives Act 1986 (Section 1(2)(d)) Order 2023: Motion

Section 1(2) of the National Archives Act 1986 defines a Department of State as including "references to a court." It follows that for the purposes of the Act, a court constitutes a Department of State and reco…

2023-02-23 · Dail · 21 speakers · 23,202 words
Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed)

We can have all the purpose of this Bill, to strengthen the governance of An Garda Síochána including through the creation of a non-executive board of An Garda Síochána. The effect of the Bill, when enacted, wi…

2023-02-23 · Dail · 4 issues · 6 speakers · 6,528 words Topical issues
Topical Issue Debate
  • Bord na Móna — Barry Cowen FF
  • Medicinal Products — Colm Burke FG
  • Health Services — Pádraig O'Sullivan FF
  • Asylum Seekers — Claire Kerrane SF
2023-02-23 · Dail · 7 speakers · 7,653 words
Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members]

By continuing to exclude socioeconomic status in equality legislation, we are creating a hierarchy of equality in which we prohibit and recognise certain forms of discrimination, whereas we do not prohibit and …

2023-02-22 · Dail · 1 speaker · 340 words
Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters

Deputy Paul Donnelly - To discuss the proposal that the children's urgent care centre at Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown is to be changed from an emergency department to an appointment-only care centre. Deputy…

2023-02-22 · Seanad · 1 speaker · 354 words
Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad

Senator Lorraine Clifford-Lee - The need for the Minister for Health to ensure that all health warning labels on alcohol products be printed in both Irish and English in line with the draft Public Health Regula…

2023-02-22 · Dail · 4 issues · 10 speakers · 8,304 words Topical issues
Topical Issue Debate
  • Care Services — Jennifer Murnane O'Connor FF
  • Vacant Properties — Pa Daly SF
  • Legislative Measures — Thomas Pringle IND
  • Antisocial Behaviour — Aengus Ó Snodaigh SF
2023-02-22 · Seanad · 4 matters · 7 speakers · 6,309 words Commencement matters
Commencement Matters
  • Business Supports — Maria Byrne FG
  • Local Authorities — Barry Ward FG
  • Legislative Measures — Lorraine Clifford-Lee FF
  • Tax Code — Lynn Boylan SF
2023-02-22 · Dail · 26 speakers · 18,571 words
Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members]

The question is that if the numbers in emergency accommodation are continuing to rise while an eviction ban is in place, what the hell will happen when the eviction ban is lifted at the end of March?…

2023-02-22 · Seanad · 18 speakers · 8,146 words
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

I ask the Leader to request the Minister for Transport to come to the House because of the inability of this House to put on a Commencement debate regarding NCTs. He also spoke about Féile an Earraigh and Féile…

2023-02-22 · Dail · 14 speakers · 5,920 words Questions
Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions

Today, the Government wants to pass through the Dáil legislation establishing the mother and baby homes redress scheme, this despite the fact the scheme shamefully excludes children who spent less than six mont…

2023-02-22 · Seanad · 9 speakers · 10,361 words
Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Statements

More than 70,000 people have come here fleeing the war in Ukraine along with 15,000 new international protection applicants. We have seen that for many a year with the Traveller community when people have said,…

2023-02-22 · Dail · 10 speakers · 2,348 words 1 vote
Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil

I understand that the Government motion has just been circulated to all Members. How can a motion be circulated to members in that way? This matter was discussed at Cabinet, and there not being the possibility …

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