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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.

2021-06-01 · Dail · 4 issues · 8 speakers · 7,415 words Topical issues
Topical Issue Debate
  • Disabilities Assessments — Thomas Pringle IND
  • Common Fisheries Policy — David Stanton FG
  • Child Abuse — Maurice Quinlivan SF
  • Seirbhísí Oileán — Éamon Ó Cuív FF
2021-05-31 · Seanad · 1 speaker · 840 words
Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad

I have also received notice from Senator Fiona O’Loughlin of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Education to review the Department of Education’s anti-bullying procedures.…

2021-05-31 · Seanad · 5 matters · 8 speakers · 8,010 words Commencement matters
Commencement Matters
  • Road Traffic Offences — Victor Boyhan IND
  • Ambulance Service — Jerry Buttimer FG
  • Bullying in Educational Institutions — Fiona O'Loughlin FF
  • Agriculture Industry — Malcolm Byrne FF
  • Water Quality — Róisín Garvey GP
2021-05-31 · Seanad · 21 speakers · 12,666 words
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

Senator Robbie Gallagher raised the issue of the Tidy Towns competition, which he has raised many times in the Chamber. The Senator also raised the question of young people getting back to work and not having a…

2021-05-31 · Seanad · 15 speakers · 11,079 words
Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021: Second Stage

For example, the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act regulates fishing and the Sea Pollution Act and Dumping at Sea Act regulate protection of the marine environment.…

2021-05-31 · Seanad · 12 speakers · 9,451 words
Health (Amendment) Act 2021: Motion

As of 27 May, 4,616 people have entered mandatory hotel quarantine. While I very much supported mandatory hotel quarantine, and this related to concerns about cost, it should not be that we regard mandatory hot…

2021-05-31 · Seanad · 17 speakers · 11,228 words
Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements

Des O'Grady from Castleknock received the 100,000th vaccine dose administered just at the Citywest vaccination centre. That followed on from a record week in our vaccination programme the previous week when in …

2021-05-31 · Seanad · 8 speakers · 5,838 words 2 votes
Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed)

Amendment No. 19 seeks to add a condition to section 7, that a housing authority may only enter into an agreement for the sale of affordable dwellings "where the dwellings specified in the agreement meet such c…

2021-05-31 · Seanad · 13 speakers · 12,682 words
Civil Legal Aid (Exclusion of Value of Free or Partly Free Board) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage

While I am aware that there is a review under way by the Department of Justice into the entire civil legal aid scheme - we could spend hours debating how we could make a civil legal aid scheme fit for purpose -…

2021-05-28 · Seanad · 22 speakers · 35,734 words 3 votes
Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage

The primary objective of the legislation, as Members know, is to have the State take the lead in the provision of affordable housing and enable local authorities and approved housing bodies to delivery affordab…

2021-05-28 · Seanad · 15 speakers · 15,340 words
Search and Rescue System: Motion

A SAR action steering company was established under the auspices of the Department of Transport and led by the Irish Coast Guard to manage procurement for the next SAR aviation service. The SAR contract must be…

2021-05-27 · Dail · 28 speakers · 16,519 words
Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out: Statements

Des O'Grady from Castleknock in Dublin received the 100,000th vaccine dose administered at the Citywest vaccination centre. It follows on from a record week in our vaccination programme last week when more than…

2021-05-27 · Dail · 5 questions · 5 speakers · 5,591 words Questions
Priority Questions · to the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
  • Q1 Childcare Services — Kathleen Funchion SF
  • Q2 Childcare Services — Bríd Smith PBP
  • Q3 Youth Services — Kathleen Funchion SF
  • Q4 Special Educational Needs — Matt Shanahan IND
  • Q5 Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries — Thomas Pringle IND
2021-05-27 · Dail · 10 questions · 9 speakers · 6,370 words Questions
Other Questions · to the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
  • Q6+ Direct Provision System — Gino Kenny PBP
  • Q7 Family Resource Centres — Martin Browne SF
  • Q9 Child and Family Agency — Jennifer Whitmore SD
  • Q10 Childcare Services — Neale Richmond FG
  • Q11+ Direct Provision System — Steven Matthews GP
2021-05-27 · Dail · 5 speakers · 5,929 words Questions
Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions

In 2019 the insurance industry made cast-iron guarantees to the Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach that it would reduce premiums if personal injury awards reduced in this way.…

2021-05-27 · Dail · 20 speakers · 5,022 words Questions
Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation

I know Deputy Grealish was not one of them, but it is strange to hear some of those people now defending airline workers and workers in the aviation industry when they were almost chomping at the bit for strict…

2021-05-27 · Dail · 19 speakers · 16,887 words
Health (Amendment) Act 2021: Motion

It might also present an opportunity in terms of the issue of quarantine at home and mandatory hotel quarantine. People Before Profit opposed the Government's mandatory hotel quarantine legislation because, whi…

2021-05-27 · Dail · 9 speakers · 9,826 words
Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed)

I reiterate my support for public health measures and the need for some emergency measures. These include measures in section 1 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Pub…

2021-05-27 · Dail · 1 speaker · 377 words
Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters

I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Louise O'Reilly - to discuss the need to…

2021-05-27 · Dail · 4 issues · 9 speakers · 6,731 words Topical issues
Topical Issue Debate
  • Domestic Violence — Louise O'Reilly SF
  • Traffic Management — Catherine Connolly IND
  • International Relations — Bernard Durkan FG
  • Social Welfare Appeals — Pádraig O'Sullivan FF
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