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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.
The lack of prescribed maternity leave for elected members has been identified as one of the obstacles to the participation of women in local government. I would love to see a system put in place whereby women …
I thank Martin Groves, Bridget Doody and the whole team in the Seanad Office, the Leader and Deputy Leader and all those who provide us with the first-class help and support we receive. I wish Martin Groves, Br…
With regard to amendment No. 7, subsection 3 of the new section 179A provides that the Minister may make regulations in relation to the giving of public notice by the local authority in respect of the forward d…
Before starting the next business, I ask Members to join with me in expressing our deepest condolences to the family of the soldier killed in the ambush in Lebanon, Private Seán Rooney, from Newtowncunningham i…
In October I asked the Tánaiste and his Government to examine options to introduce a targeted, tailored and time-bound mortgage interest relief for struggling mortgage borrowers who are facing, and will continu…
We need to see medical cards for every cancer patient, the removal of hospital carparking charges, the abolition of prescription charges and absolutely do away with any debt collection agencies going after canc…
Two out of every five women who need abortion care because of fatal foetal anomaly have to travel. The details are in the Bill but, to summarise, it will provide abortion on request for fatal foetal anomaly, ab…
As I mentioned, thousands of residents across the country, and we estimate about 100,000 properties nationwide, including thousands of residents in Dublin Fingal, the area I represent, have been affected by iss…
In regard to the matter of the review of income eligibility for social housing supports, I welcome the opportunity to outline among other things the recent changes to the social housing eligibility thresholds a…
The first thing this Bill does is separate the theft of a dog or pet from the theft of a household good or inanimate object. This Bill at least toughens the sentence for the crime of pet theft. To date this yea…
Alex Attwood and Professor Caroline Fennell for designation by the President to be ordinary members of An Coimisiún Toghcháin , recommends that, pursuant to section 9(9) of the Electoral Reform Act 2022, Mr. I …
I have received notice from the following Senators that they propose to raise the following matters: Senator Niall Ó Donnghaile - The need for the Minister of State with responsibility for sport to provide an u…
As recently as August of this year, the Minister for Finance said the decoupling of gas from electricity prices would undermine investment in renewable energy and our energy transition. We can and must take bac…
The Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, has delivered more than 900 new acute hospital beds, 73 sub-acute beds and over 340 community beds. The big innovation from the Minister for Housing, Local Gove…
We are two and a half years into the programme for Government yet the transfer of specialist disability services from the Department of Health to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration an…
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