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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.

2026-05-21 · Dail · 3 speakers · 4,911 words
Report on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Motion

The Bill also implements the key legislative recommendations of the report of the Future of Media Commission, transposes those elements of the European Media Freedom Act that relate to safeguarding of the indep…

2026-05-20 · Seanad · 1 speaker · 514 words
Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad

Senator Robbie Gallagher - The need for the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to make a statement on the community CCTV scheme and plans to ensure its availability in Carrickmacross, County Monag…

2026-05-20 · Dail · 1 speaker · 406 words
Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters

Deputies Sorca Clarke, Aengus Ó Snodaigh and Máire Devine - To discuss the proposal to close a ten-bed child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, unit in St. Deputies Ciarán Ahern, John Lahart, Seán Cr…

2026-05-20 · Seanad · 4 matters · 7 speakers · 6,532 words Commencement matters
Commencement Matters
  • Legal Aid — Patricia Stephenson SD
  • Closed-Circuit Television Systems — Robbie Gallagher FF
  • Parking Provision — Teresa Costello FF
  • School Transport — Gareth Scahill FG
2026-05-20 · Dail · 5 issues · 13 speakers · 9,625 words Topical issues
Topical Issue Debate
  • Postal Services — Ciarán Ahern LAB
  • Rare Diseases — Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin SF
  • Mental Health Services — Sorca Clarke SF
  • Proposed Legislation — Michael Healy-Rae IND
  • Budget 2027 — Peter 'Chap' Cleere FF
2026-05-20 · Seanad · 20 speakers · 9,780 words
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

I also learned that the tissue that is kept for that research is held in the brain bank for many years, so it made me feel somewhat comforted that somewhere in the country there is a bit of my dad's brain tissu…

2026-05-20 · Dail · 30 speakers · 20,371 words
Defence and Neutrality: Motion [Private Members]

Neutrality and the triple lock are not the same thing. The triple lock does not guarantee our neutrality. The Minister has said that there is no connection between the triple lock and Irish neutrality but as we…

2026-05-20 · Seanad · 11 speakers · 28,772 words
Arbitration (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee Stage

Justice Gerard Hogan which effectively said we should amend our Arbitration Act so as to qualify the enforceability of the decisions of the appeal court envisaged by the CETA agreement to make them unenforceabl…

2026-05-20 · Dail · 1 speaker · 566 words
Message from Select Committee
2026-05-20 · Seanad · 16 speakers · 10,848 words 1 vote
Critical Infrastructure Bill 2026: Second Stage

Section 3 of the Bill deals with how projects or programmes will be designated as critical infrastructure. My focus will be on recommending those projects or programmes that facilitate critical infrastructure a…

2026-05-20 · Dail · 18 speakers · 6,451 words Questions
Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions

It states that "the ability to reset rents between tenancies appears to have led to a step-change in rents, with the largest quarterly increase in rents on record." This report includes only the first month of …

2026-05-20 · Dail · 3 speakers · 1,228 words Questions
Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions

I hope the Garda College in Templemore has a long future as the primary Garda training college. Locating a new Garda college in Blanchardstown would send a signal that the policing challenges in Dublin and, in …

2026-05-20 · Dail · 21 speakers · 5,386 words Questions
Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation

The Taoiseach was there for that; he was a Minister then. The fact is that the Minister and the Minister of State, Deputy Moran, and the Minister of State, Deputy O’Sullivan, went to visit and saw the situation…

2026-05-20 · Dail · 18 speakers · 23,434 words
National Treasury Management Agency (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Second Stage

Sections 9 to 12, inclusive, provide that all lands, property, rights and liabilities of NAMA shall be vested in the NTMA, the continuation of contracts and that all records held by NAMA are transferred to the …

2026-05-20 · Seanad · 16 speakers · 13,562 words
International Year of the Woman Farmer: Motion

That is supporting women in rural Ireland and women and new families in agriculture. The previous Minister, Deputy McConalogue, launched the national dialogue on women in agriculture, which led to the national …

2026-05-20 · Dail · 4 speakers · 12,934 words 3 votes
Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Report and Final Stages

When terrorist activity is then codified as a terrorist offence in section 6(1)(a), the offence of threatening terrorist acts will be covered as part of this same offence provision without having to be referred…

2026-05-20 · Dail · 5 speakers · 1,972 words
Health (Amendment) (Home Support Providers) Bill 2025: Report and Final Stages

The proposed amendment from Deputy Sherlock seeks to provide HIQA and the Health and Safety Authority inspectorates under the Workplace Relations Act 2015 with the powers to request information relevant to the …

2026-05-20 · Dail · 6 speakers · 6,095 words
Central Bank (Amendment) Bill 2025: Instruction to Committee

The amendments will provide for a revised structure to the Bill, including: a new Title, namely the Insurance (Disregard of Certain Medical History and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026, which more accurately…

2026-05-19 · Dail · 12 speakers · 6,036 words Questions
Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions

A key function of the Government is to ensure that State agencies, including RTÉ, are accountable and that an agency such as RTÉ, which has been bailed out to the tune of almost three quarters of a billion euro…

2026-05-19 · Seanad · 1 speaker · 510 words
Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad

Senator Joanne Collins - The need for the Minister for Transport to make a statement on the provision of a rail line and new platform in Adare, County Limerick. Senator Manus Boyle - The need for the Minister f…

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