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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.

2022-10-26 · Dail · 7 speakers · 5,869 words Questions
Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions

I am in no doubt that Europe stands ready to be flexible in all matters pertaining to the protocol, and in the context of the geopolitical difficulties that we are facing across Europe, with the first war on th…

2022-10-26 · Dail · 21 speakers · 5,216 words Questions
Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation

The request from the Federation of Early Childhood Providers is that the capitation is increased to €76 per week per child. Will the Government increase the ECCE capitation from €69 per week to €76 per week per…

2022-10-26 · Dail · 4 speakers · 518 words Questions
Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (Resumed)

Does the Taoiseach agree that the Government needs to raise the social income housing eligibility limits? Does the Taoiseach agree that all local authorities should increase social housing eligibility limits by…

2022-10-26 · Seanad · 1 speaker · 451 words
Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad

Austria gave refuge to generations of the Wild Geese and their descendants, with names like O'Donnell, Lacy, Browne, Kavanagh and Laudon having entered the annals of Austrian military history. The Irish monk Co…

2022-10-26 · Dail · 14 questions · 9 speakers · 7,321 words Questions
Questions · to the Taoiseach
  • Q1+ Departmental Functions — Mary Lou McDonald SF
  • Q3+ Northern Ireland — Mary Lou McDonald SF
  • Q9+ Cabinet Committees — Mary Lou McDonald SF
2022-10-26 · Seanad · 20 speakers · 9,996 words
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

I suggest we should organise a debate with the Minister of State with responsibility for special education about those special schools and where we can build on the work done by Senator Carrigy in particular wh…

2022-10-26 · Seanad · 1 speaker · 579 words
Sitting Arrangements: Motion

The Motion regarding the Earlier Signature of the Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022 [Dáil] shall be taken without debate on conclusion of all Stages of the Bi…

2022-10-26 · Seanad · 6 speakers · 2,060 words 4 votes
Consumer Rights Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages

I move amendment No. 1: In page 83, line 6, after “manner” to insert “, in the Irish language or in both the Irish language and the English language”. Táimid ag iarraidh dul ar an turas céanna agus an dearcadh …

2022-10-26 · Dail · 28 speakers · 30,494 words
Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Second Stage

The housing assistance payment, HAP, is available as a social housing support from local authorities for people who have a long-term housing need.…

2022-10-26 · Dail · 20 speakers · 15,695 words
Development (Emergency Electricity Generation) Bill 2022: Second Stage

I shall open the debate today by setting the context for the action to be taken on foot of this Bill, which will provide for emergency measures for temporary electricity generation development to ameliorate pro…

2022-10-26 · Dail · 8 speakers · 9,570 words
Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages

The eviction ban, or the deferment of termination dates for certain tenancies, to be more accurate, is a belated concession on the part of the Government to the long-standing demand of many of us here in the Op…

2022-10-26 · Dail · 6 speakers · 4,435 words 1 vote
Development (Emergency Electricity Generation) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages

I move amendment No. 1: In page 4, line 15, to delete “or at alternative appropriate sites” The reason this amendment has been tabled is that this Bill gives carte blanche to the Government to develop any site …

2022-10-26 · Seanad · 7 speakers · 15,028 words
Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed)

I find it a somewhat repugnant idea that we are, in effect, giving a veto to the Judiciary with regard to who can be appointed to the courts at all and who of a number of judges can be promoted from the Circuit…

2022-10-26 · Seanad · 14 speakers · 9,037 words
School Transport: Statements

There has been an increase in tickets allocated across all counties with an increase of over 18% in the number of tickets issued to eligible pupils compared with the start of the 2021-22 school year and an incr…

2022-10-26 · Seanad · 11 speakers · 11,931 words 1 vote
Social Welfare (Surviving Cohabitant’s Pension) Bill 2021: Second Stage

If a partner in a cohabiting couple dies, the surviving partner has no entitlement to a widow or widower's contributory pension from the Department of Social Protection, even where the couple has been working f…

2022-10-25 · Dail · 11 speakers · 6,534 words Questions
Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions

It is the Taoiseach who is leaving people homeless. We have other pressures within Europe relating to emergency housing, whereby people who present as homeless come in looking for emergency housing.…

2022-10-25 · Dail · 28 speakers · 7,394 words
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion re Referral to Joint Committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Data Protection Act 2018 (Section 60(6)) Regulations 2022 (without debate) - Motion re Ei…

2022-10-25 · Seanad · 1 speaker · 337 words
Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad

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

2022-10-25 · Seanad · 6 matters · 13 speakers · 10,456 words Commencement matters
Commencement Matters
  • Common Agricultural Policy — Erin McGreehan FF
  • Forestry Sector — Tim Lombard FG
  • Rail Network — Malcolm Byrne FF
  • Departmental Schemes — Tom Clonan IND
  • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision — Maria Byrne FG
  • White Papers — Eileen Flynn IND
2022-10-25 · Dail · 23 questions · 10 speakers · 7,914 words Questions
Questions · to the Taoiseach
  • Q1+ Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements — Mary Lou McDonald SF
  • Q9+ Departmental Strategies — Mary Lou McDonald SF
  • Q16+ Departmental Offices — Mary Lou McDonald SF
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