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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.

2026-05-13 · Dail · 5 speakers · 8,005 words 2 votes
Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Report and Final Stages

Subsection (2) states: [the] draft code of practice shall include provisions relating to- [...] (b) parameters for use of biometric analysis, including geographical and, subject to section 43C(7), temporal limi…

2026-05-13 · Dail · 5 speakers · 3,783 words 1 vote
Criminal Law and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Instruction to Committee

The purpose of these amendments to the Defence Act 1954 is to help to protect and defend our territorial seas and internal waters and protect the sovereign rights of the State in our exclusive economic zone; to…

2026-05-13 · Dail · 15 speakers · 9,491 words 1 vote
Critical Infrastructure Bill 2026: Report and Final Stages

By disapplying section 15, it is more likely that challenges to big infrastructure projects, particularly infrastructure projects that are going to help us reach our climate targets in the area of public transp…

2026-05-12 · Seanad · 1 speaker · 415 words
Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad

I have received notice from the following Senators that they propose to raise the following matters: Senator Sharon Keogan - The need for the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to make a statement…

2026-05-12 · Dail · 13 speakers · 5,638 words Questions
Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions

Our ambulance drivers and paramedics, who do such heroic front-line work, have been driven to strike over pay and conditions. Today workers in the ambulance service are on strike. I said that neither this nor a…

2026-05-12 · Seanad · 4 matters · 10 speakers · 5,972 words Commencement matters
Commencement Matters
  • International Protection — Sharon Keogan IND
  • Control of Firearms — Paraic Brady FG
  • Rail Network — Linda Nelson Murray FG
  • Vaccination Programme — Robbie Gallagher FF
2026-05-12 · Dail · 22 speakers · 5,658 words 1 vote
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Statements on International Nurses Day (not to exceed 2 hours and 25 minutes) Tuesday's private members' business shall be the Second Stage of the Electricity Regulation (…

2026-05-12 · Seanad · 17 speakers · 8,489 words
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

Migrant Nurses Ireland has highlighted reports of racist abuse faced by migrant nurses and midwives. We should remember the migrant nurses and midwives working in our own health service here. Senator Ahearn spo…

2026-05-12 · Dail · 4 speakers · 881 words
National Minimum Wage (Equal Pay for Apprentices and Young Workers) Bill 2026: First Stage

I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the National Minimum Wage Act 2000 to provide for apprentices and young workers to be paid at least the National Minimum Wage. The resu…

2026-05-12 · Seanad · 16 speakers · 13,663 words
Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Motion

The accommodation could be allocated through domestic violence and housing support services to women and children who are ready to move on from refuge but who still need stability and support. On the provision …

2026-05-12 · Dail · 5 speakers · 897 words
Comptroller and Auditor General (Due Diligence Complicity Audit) (Amendment) Bill 2026: First Stage

Complicity in genocide, apartheid and occupation is incredibly serious and requires immediate actions, including sanctions against the State of Israel, an arms embargo, and the enactment of the occupied territo…

2026-05-12 · Dail · 40 questions · 26 speakers · 8,091 words Questions
Questions · to the Taoiseach
  • Q1+ Cabinet Committees — Tony McCormack FF
  • Q22+ Cabinet Committees — Shay Brennan FF
2026-05-12 · Dail · 33 speakers · 21,242 words
International Nurses Day: Statements

It is important that when we talk about nurses today, we are not just focusing on the nurses who work in acute hospitals, who are incredibly important to the conversation, but we also recognise nurses in nursin…

2026-05-12 · Dail · 31 speakers · 18,163 words
Electricity Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2026: Second Stage [Private Members]

Sinn Féin's legislation would enhance the power of the energy regulator to hold energy companies to account, to tackle price gouging and to prioritise energy affordability. It places energy affordability at the…

2026-05-12 · Dail · 5 questions · 4 speakers · 5,267 words Questions
Priority Questions · to the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
  • Q150 Third Level Costs — Donna McGettigan SF
  • Q151 Third Level Fees — Eoghan Kenny LAB
  • Q152 Student Accommodation — Donna McGettigan SF
  • Q154 Third Level Education — Donna McGettigan SF
  • Q155 Grant Payments — Danny Healy-Rae IND
2026-05-12 · Dail · 9 questions · 9 speakers · 10,137 words Questions
Other Questions · to the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
  • Q156 Further and Higher Education — Tony McCormack FF
  • Q157 Student Accommodation — Eoghan Kenny LAB
  • Q158 Third Level Admissions — Matt Carthy SF
  • Q159 Education Schemes — Cathal Crowe FF
  • Q160 Veterinary Services — Peter 'Chap' Cleere FF
  • Q161 Further and Higher Education — Tony McCormack FF
  • and 3 more
2026-05-12 · Dail · 1 speaker · 398 words
Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters

Deputy Ryan O'Meara - To discuss investment in the Limerick to Ballybrophy rail line. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú - To discuss supports for those with frontotemporal dementia. Deputy Keira Keogh - To discuss the tra…

2026-05-12 · Dail · 4 issues · 7 speakers · 8,248 words Topical issues
Topical Issue Debate
  • Schools Building Projects — Dessie Ellis SF
  • Rail Network — Ryan O'Meara FF
  • Nursing Homes — Danny Healy-Rae IND
  • Hospital Overcrowding — Maurice Quinlivan SF
2026-05-07 · Seanad · 1 speaker · 447 words
Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad

I have received notice from the following Senators that they propose to raise the following matters: Senator Victor Boyhan - The need for the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to make a statement…

2026-05-07 · Dail · 6 questions · 8 speakers · 6,858 words Questions
Priority Questions · to the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport
  • Q1 Swimming Pools — Joanna Byrne SF
  • Q2 Broadband Infrastructure — Robert O'Donoghue LAB
  • Q3 Departmental Schemes — Aengus Ó Snodaigh SF
  • Q4 Broadcasting Sector — Sinéad Gibney SD
  • Q5 Heritage Projects — Aengus Ó Snodaigh SF
  • Q6 Swimming Pools — Grace Boland FG
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