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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.
As far back as 2020, Sinn Féin argued that when pent-up demand for social and affordable housing is taken into account, the real housing demand was above 40,000 new homes per year but since then, we have had th…
Thanks to one of the Minister, Deputy Ryan's, brainwaves the last time he was in Government, for the past 12 years, without knowing it, ordinary families and households have been subsidising the electricity bil…
We are told that Coillte will be the land purchasing, planting and forestry management body. There is woodland there and commercial forestry which was previously owned by Coillte which is mixed with old deciduo…
The Mental Health Commission's interim report is an important contribution to our objective of providing timely high-quality child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS. I note that Mental Health Reform …
The landlord does not know the parent or the worker is bereaved, the person at the tills in Tesco does not know the parent is bereaved and the ESB does not know the parent is bereaved and so the bills keep arri…
Similar to those in the bigger fleet, the livelihoods of these inshore fishermen are mainly unaided and, sadly, more and more inshore fishermen are leaving the sea, their place of employment.…
As I said, there will be a debate tomorrow with the Minister for Health on that specific issue of accident and emergency departments, Senator Ward this morning called for a proper compensation package for thali…
In 2013 the west Cork people and ambulance staff were sold a fib that there would be a 24-7 rapid response vehicle in west Cork at all times. If not, the consequences will be fatal for the people of west Cork w…
What further action does the Taoiseach propose to take----- Thank you Deputy Bacik. -----in respect of a Minister of State who appears to have benefitted----- The time is up Deputy. -----from a false planning a…
Wind energy can also reduce our reliance on foreign energy sources and be a pathway towards self-sustaining energy supplies. That is wind energy for the public good and not simply a competitor in an energy indu…
The group of four judges will determine who in the Supreme Court will be on the short-list of three and, by definition, say to the Government that the remainder, who are the majority of the Supreme Court, canno…
As indicated, the proposed amendments would provide a legal base for the provision of funding from the Minister to the post office network and An Post, specifically the provision of €10 million per annum to the…
I move amendment No. 6: In page 11, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following: “(b) a high-risk vendor measure, (c) a confidentiality requirement of the Minister under section 26(1), (d) a direction under …
We know that people who use public transport are looking for public transport police. We can get into the semantics of a "public transport unit" and "public transport policing unit" but they are one and the sam…
Of the matters raised by the Senators suitable for discussion, I have selected Senators McGahon, Sherlock, McDowell and Gallagher and they will be taken now. I regret that I had to rule out of order the matters…
mica redress |
Both words must appear in the same contribution |
"mica redress" |
That exact phrase, words together and in order |
housing OR homes |
Either word |
housing -dublin |
Housing, excluding anything mentioning Dublin |
hous* |
Starts with — housing, housed, householder |