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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.

2021-05-27 · Dail · 3 speakers · 4,407 words
Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Inclusive Budget Reform) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members]

That article in the Free State Constitution was regurgitated in Article 17.2 of Bunreacht na hÉireann in 1937, which provided that: Dáil Éireann shall not pass any vote or resolution, and no law shall be enacte…

2021-05-26 · Dail · 4 issues · 9 speakers · 6,793 words Topical issues
Topical Issue Debate
  • Heritage Sites — Michael McNamara IND
  • Rental Sector — Seán Sherlock LAB
  • Employment Rights — Jennifer Carroll MacNeill FG
  • Invasive Species Policy — Verona Murphy IND
2021-05-26 · Dail · 24 speakers · 18,072 words
Independent Beef Regulator: Motion [Private Members]

Farmers, especially beef farmers, are being let down. More than 80,000 beef farmers are directly or indirectly involved in the production of beef. The beef sector has 70,000 beef farmers and there are 10,000 in…

2021-05-26 · Dail · 6 speakers · 5,737 words Questions
Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions

Can the Taoiseach commit that there will be no talk of anything above 75% on internal convergence and that eco-scheme payments will not be an addition to the basic farm payment and will not be based on costs in…

2021-05-26 · Dail · 19 speakers · 4,700 words Questions
Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation

On behalf of the young people of Ireland, I plead with the Taoiseach to put the necessary resources in place to allow them to pass their theory tests immediately. It has begun offering driving theory tests onli…

2021-05-26 · Dail · 14 questions · 11 speakers · 6,338 words Questions
Questions · to the Taoiseach
  • Q1+ Departmental Programmes — Neale Richmond FG
  • Q10+ Cabinet Committees — Cian O'Callaghan SD
2021-05-26 · Dail · 35 speakers · 37,930 words
Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage

The emergency provisions that are to be extended are in the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020, the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covi…

2021-05-26 · Dail · 5 speakers · 810 words
Criminal Justice (Perjury and Related Offences) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages

Deputy Naughten has proposed the two interrelated technical amendments regarding the placement of section 1 of this Bill and the non-application provision in respect of section 21(3) of the Civil Law and Crimin…

2021-05-26 · Dail · 4 speakers · 2,506 words
Public Service Pay Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages

The Bill amends the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2009 to permit the State to award a small pay increase to thousands of public servants.…

2021-05-25 · Dail · 6 speakers · 5,934 words Questions
Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions

Some €500 million of taxpayers' money is being spent on our new national maternity hospital. More than €35 million has been spent on this project since 1999, €14.7 million on the initial Galway city outer bypas…

2021-05-25 · Seanad · 1 speaker · 401 words
Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad

I have also received notice from Senator Emer Currie of the following matter: The need for the Minister of State with responsibility for special education and inclusion to make a statement on the withdrawal of …

2021-05-25 · Seanad · 6 matters · 12 speakers · 10,093 words Commencement matters
Commencement Matters
  • Local Authorities — Seán Kyne FG
  • Special Educational Needs — Emer Currie FG
  • Special Educational Needs — Fiona O'Loughlin FF
  • School Enrolments — Mark Wall LAB
  • Cycling Facilities — Barry Ward FG
  • Common Agricultural Policy — Garret Ahearn FG
2021-05-25 · Dail · 19 speakers · 5,609 words
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

Some 100,000 people are waiting for driving theory tests and cannot get started on the road. I raise the backlog in the driver theory test and driving tests, which must be dealt with as a matter of urgency. I r…

2021-05-25 · Dail · 3 speakers · 957 words
North-South Interconnector Review Group Bill 2021: First Stage

I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to establish a review group to examine the route of the electricity interconnection between the State and Northern Ireland of the project known …

2021-05-25 · Dail · 4 speakers · 879 words
Regulation of Tenderers Bill 2021: First Stage

The Regulation of Tenderers Bill 2021 would establish that abnormally low tender bids for construction works that have a contract equal or above the EU threshold for public works are regulated and would be disq…

2021-05-25 · Dail · 41 speakers · 21,969 words
International Travel and Aviation: Statements

It is very regrettable that Aer Lingus has decided to close the Aer Lingus cabin crew base at Shannon Airport and to temporarily close its base at Cork Airport as well as embarking on a review of ground handlin…

2021-05-25 · Dail · 27 speakers · 17,460 words
Annexation of Palestine: Motion [Private Members]

Israel is a serial violator of international law, a serial violator of the human and democratic rights of the Palestinian people. There is the apartheid state of Israel that has sought to ethnically cleanse the…

2021-05-25 · Seanad · 20 speakers · 8,460 words
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

People talk about the fact that the pitches are ruined because of the scramblers and that young people do not want to have to be taken chase by the gardaí. Last week, I raised the issue of vaccines and vulnerab…

2021-05-25 · Dail · 4 questions · 5 speakers · 3,844 words Questions
Priority Questions · to the Minister for Rural and Community Development
  • Q1 Departmental Policies — Claire Kerrane SF
  • Q2 Departmental Policies — Seán Sherlock LAB
  • Q3 Rural Schemes — Claire Kerrane SF
  • Q4 Departmental Programmes — Paul Donnelly SF
2021-05-25 · Seanad · 1 speaker · 314 words
Sitting Arrangements: Motion

The proceedings on the Committee Stage of the Affordable Housing Bill 2021 shall commence at 9.30 a.m. and shall, if not previously concluded, be adjourned at 4 p.m.; the proceedings shall be interrupted at 11.…

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