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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 argument deployed most often was that the cap on interest rates would lead to moneylenders leaving the market with borrowers being forced into the arms of illegal moneylenders.…
By contrast the meteoric half century rise of internships has barely left a trace in official records." That is as true for Ireland as elsewhere because we do not have a comprehensive legal definition of intern…
Amendment No. 1 proposes to insert in section 35E(1) that a function of a guardian ad litem shall be "to represent the child’s interests in the proceedings to which the guardian ad litem has been appointed". Th…
Laboratory aids who report to medical scientists receive a higher starting salary than the medical scientists do. We see that 20% of approved hospital posts are currently unfilled and the Medical Laboratory Sci…
I have also received notice from Senator Emer Currie on the following matter: The need for the Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to make a statement on the specified …
I move: Tuesday's business shall be the Statements on the Role of Journalists in Conflicts across the World (not to exceed 210 mins ). Private Members' Business shall be the Second Stage of the Short-term Letti…
I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for identification, management, restoration and bringing back to use of derelict buildings and to simplify and expedite applications …
From it, we learn that the Committee on the Protection of Journalists, which is a press protection movement that advocates for and aids detained journalists, reported that two journalists were killed during the…
The number of properties in County Tipperary recently available on short-term lets on Airbnb outstripped the number of properties for long-term rent on daft.ie by a ratio of nearly 20:1.…
The passport service is not doing people a favour by giving them passports. If people have applied for the wrong passport, whether that be for a renewal instead of a first-time passport or vice versa , is there…
The amendment proposes: Where no birth information is available, the Authority shall seize all records relating to the relevant person’s adoption and/or illegal [I am open to having that changed to "incorrect o…
I also welcome the congressional delegation, Congressman Kevin Brady from Texas, the co-chair of the Congressional Friends of Ireland, Congressman Mike Kelly from Pennsylvania, Congressman Dan Kildee from Michi…
The matters raised by Deputies Ó Cuív; Stanton; Ward, Bríd Smith, Joan Collins, Gino Kenny and Costello; and Andrews have been selected for discussion.…
I have received notice from Senator Fiona O’Loughlin that, on the motion for the Commencement of the House today, she proposes to raise the following matter: The need for the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterpris…
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 |