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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.

2021-12-01 · Dail · 22 speakers · 5,079 words Questions
Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation

They said, "At national, regional and local level, decision-making authority is being taken away from the strategy's partnership structures and is reverting to the Dept of Health and the HSE, who now make the k…

2021-12-01 · Seanad · 7 speakers · 3,121 words 1 vote
Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages

This amendment has the same purpose as the previous amendment and would remove the presumptive minimum sentence with regard to the 1990 Act.…

2021-12-01 · Dail · 24 questions · 11 speakers · 7,188 words Questions
Questions · to the Taoiseach
  • Q1+ National Economic and Social Council — Mary Lou McDonald SF
  • Q7+ Economic Policy — Aindrias Moynihan FF
  • Q19+ Cabinet Committees — Alan Kelly LAB
2021-12-01 · Seanad · 21 speakers · 15,870 words
Human Rights in China: Motion

That involves the Chinese assertion that the de facto division between mainland China and Taiwan is not legitimate and that there is an aspiration for unity of all the Chinese people, including the people of Ta…

2021-12-01 · Seanad · 16 speakers · 15,110 words
Covid-19 and the New Measures (Health): Statements

I will get my booster vaccine in the coming days.…

2021-12-01 · Dail · 13 speakers · 9,103 words
Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed)

The strategic housing development, SHD, process has squeezed local people out of the planning process, leaving them with little choice but to pursue judicial reviews. A critical planning and development issue i…

2021-12-01 · Dail · 12 speakers · 23,127 words 2 votes
Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages

What we are trying to do with this amendment is to say that we need an urgent review of the national marine planning framework and that the review needs to ensure compliance with the maritime spatial planning d…

2021-12-01 · Dail · 8 speakers · 16,020 words 4 votes
Finance Bill 2021: Report Stage

The relief effectively removes the earnings from a qualifying foreign employment from the liability to Irish tax where foreign tax has been paid on those earnings and such tax is not refundable, in simple terms…

2021-12-01 · Dail · 8 speakers · 14,341 words 1 vote
Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed)

In its submission the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission said, "The Commission recommends that further consideration should be given to revising the General Scheme to provide humanitarian assistance as …

2021-11-30 · Dail · 9 speakers · 6,649 words Questions
Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions

Third, and probably most important, does the Government have any plans to regulate diagnostic tests, specifically antigen tests, or does it also intend to foist responsibility for that work on to ordinary citiz…

2021-11-30 · Seanad · 1 speaker · 333 words
Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad

I have also received notice from Senator Mary Fitzpatrick on the following matter: The need for the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on a commencement date for the restor…

2021-11-30 · Dail · 21 speakers · 5,053 words 1 vote
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

Last Wednesday, the Taoiseach said his Government was committed to providing subsidised antigen testing and, yesterday, the Minister for Health said he is ditching plans to subsidise antigen testing because the…

2021-11-30 · Seanad · 2 matters · 6 speakers · 3,826 words Commencement matters
Commencement Matters
  • Irish Sign Language — Malcolm Byrne FF
  • Enterprise Support Services — Maria Byrne FG
2021-11-30 · Seanad · 12 speakers · 5,942 words
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

If we learn nothing from the events of the English Channel, where 27 people were killed last week, then as members of the European Union, as Members of this House, we have a duty to climate migrants in particul…

2021-11-30 · Seanad · 20 speakers · 13,702 words
Horticultural Peat (Temporary Measures) Bill 2021: Second Stage

It is not about exporting peat, nor is it about using peat for anything other than horticultural practices. Today, we have the bizarre situation of hundreds of thousands of tonnes of peat, including horticultur…

2021-11-30 · Dail · 17 questions · 14 speakers · 8,152 words Questions
Questions · to the Taoiseach
  • Q1 Departmental Staff — Alan Kelly LAB
  • Q2+ Cabinet Committees — Mary Lou McDonald SF
  • Q12+ Programme for Government — Mary Lou McDonald SF
2021-11-30 · Seanad · 19 speakers · 13,353 words
National Development Plan 2021-2030: Statements

As the largest and most climate-focused national development plan in the history of the State, the NDP sets out a clear, overarching strategy of planned investment of €165 billion for the coming decade to 2030.…

2021-11-30 · Seanad · 10 speakers · 11,036 words
Mother and Baby Homes Redress Scheme: Statements

In moving beyond the broad redress measures included in the action plan, the Government has included proposals in the scheme to ensure that women who spent time in these institutions after 1974 are included, th…

2021-11-30 · Dail · 13 speakers · 8,889 words
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.…

2021-11-30 · Dail · 1 speaker · 492 words
Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters

The matters raised by Deputies Cowen; Griffin; Cairns; and Cullinane, Mac Lochlainn, Conway-Walsh, Farrell, Martin Kenny and Kerrane have been selected for discussion.…

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