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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.

2021-12-08 · Dail · 6 speakers · 4,921 words
Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed)

The measures in it are designed to support risk equalisation and sustain community rating in our health insurance market so that older people, whom the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, represents very well, an…

2021-12-08 · Dail · 3 speakers · 2,976 words
Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages

The funny thing about this is that it seems some model 2 and model 3 hospitals are included, while other model 2 and model 3 hospitals are excluded. It is intended under Sláintecare that there will be no privat…

2021-12-08 · Seanad · 11 speakers · 8,886 words
Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage

The scheme for secretarial assistance is the mechanism under which secretarial assistants and others are engaged. Secretarial assistants, administrative assistants, parliamentary assistants, administrators and …

2021-12-08 · Seanad · 14 speakers · 7,951 words 2 votes
Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2021: Motion

The horse and greyhound racing industries receive financial support from the State through the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund under section 12 of the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act 2001. I will touch on the gr…

2021-12-08 · Dail · 16 speakers · 26,854 words 1 vote
Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages

In this Act, “relevant statutory instrument” means any regulation made under: (a) the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020; b) the Emergency Measures…

2021-12-08 · Dail · 11 speakers · 15,502 words 1 vote
Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages

For example, if a landlord set a rent at €1,000 for the existing tenant and did not review the rent during a three-year tenancy, he or she could legally set a new rent for the subsequent tenant of €1,060 in lin…

2021-12-08 · Seanad · 11 speakers · 10,701 words
Antarctic Treaty: Motion

It would be most appropriate that we mark the centenary of his death by building on his pioneering Antarctic work by acceding to the Antarctic Treaty. The Antarctic Treaty was signed in 1959 by 12 countries.…

2021-12-08 · Dail · 18 speakers · 14,957 words 1 vote
Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages

Most people will agree that we need to have consistency when implementing national planning policy, particularly in the performance of the local authorities and planning authorities with regard to their plannin…

2021-12-08 · Dail · 6 speakers · 3,000 words 1 vote
Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages

The amendment continues: "(b) the number of prosecutions pursued where a humanitarian defence was employed, and (c) any impact which this Act may have had in respect of the level of engagement of humanitarian o…

2021-12-07 · Dail · 6 speakers · 6,226 words Questions
Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions

It has been clear for some time that high-efficiency particulate air, HEPA, filters have an important role to play in ensuring schools have clean air. The WHO, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Con…

2021-12-07 · Seanad · 1 speaker · 442 words
Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad

I have also received notice from Senator Lynn Boylan of the following matter: The need for the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to make a statement on how the investor provision of the E…

2021-12-07 · Seanad · 4 matters · 10 speakers · 7,268 words Commencement matters
Commencement Matters
  • Climate Change Policy — Micheál Carrigy FG
  • Energy Infrastructure — Lynn Boylan SF
  • Covid Pandemic Supports — Malcolm Byrne FF
  • Water Services — Róisín Garvey GP
2021-12-07 · Dail · 21 speakers · 5,376 words
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

Can the Taoiseach explain to every household in Ireland why, in the middle of a pandemic and a national fuel crisis, the Government has raised taxes on fuel and is now getting €1 per litre?…

2021-12-07 · Dail · 3 speakers · 1,057 words
Dublin Bay Bill 2021: First Stage

If my Bill is passed, it would establish a statutory Dublin Bay authority charged with preserving for future generations the distinctive character of Dublin Bay and its ecology as a coastal resource. I have als…

2021-12-07 · Dail · 8 speakers · 1,021 words
Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (Extension of Notice Periods) Bill 2021: First Stage

I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the automatic extension of notice periods with respect to residential tenancies where a tenant is certified as at risk of homeles…

2021-12-07 · Seanad · 17 speakers · 6,230 words
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

At the earliest opportunity, perhaps in the new year, I would welcome a debate in this House on the generation of electricity from wind, recognising that many of the areas suitable for the capture of wind energ…

2021-12-07 · Seanad · 1 speaker · 544 words
Orders of Reference of Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Motion
2021-12-07 · Dail · 24 questions · 12 speakers · 7,320 words Questions
Questions · to the Taoiseach
  • Q1+ Cabinet Committees — Mary Lou McDonald SF
  • Q10+ Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements — Brendan Smith FF
  • Q16+ British-Irish Co-operation — Mary Lou McDonald SF
2021-12-07 · Dail · 1 speaker · 308 words
Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters

The matters raised by Deputies Ó Murchú, Collins, Donnelly, Ó Snodaigh and Ward, Ó Cuív and Stanton have been selected for discussion.…

2021-12-07 · Seanad · 12 speakers · 11,313 words
Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Second Stage

The new system is based around four key pillars: inclusive forward planning through the national marine planning framework with comprehensive subnational planning; the establishment of a new maritime regulatory…

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