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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.

2021-05-25 · Seanad · 12 speakers · 7,606 words 2 votes
Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages

How does the Minister expect me or any other Senator to vote for an extension of emergency powers when he has not accounted in even the most basic way for what I claimed was a flagrant breach of the existing po…

2021-05-25 · Dail · 10 questions · 11 speakers · 8,727 words Questions
Other Questions · to the Minister for Rural and Community Development
  • Q7 Departmental Programmes — Paul Donnelly SF
  • Q9 Community Development Projects — David Stanton FG
  • Q10+ Digital Hubs — Claire Kerrane SF
  • Q11 Rural Schemes — Neale Richmond FG
  • Q12 Departmental Policies — Bernard Durkan FG
  • Q13+ Island Communities — Claire Kerrane SF
  • and 2 more
2021-05-25 · Dail · 1 speaker · 909 words
Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters

The matters raised by Deputies Farrell; Funchion; MacSharry; and Calleary, Bríd Smith, Conway-Walsh, Mac Lochlainn and McHugh have been selected for discussion. The matters raised by Deputies McNamara, Sherlock…

2021-05-25 · Dail · 4 issues · 11 speakers · 8,026 words Topical issues
Topical Issue Debate
  • Renewable Energy Generation — Alan Farrell FG
  • National Broadband Plan — Kathleen Funchion SF
  • Fishing Industry — Marc MacSharry FF
  • Pyrite Incidence — Dara Calleary FF
2021-05-24 · Seanad · 1 speaker · 696 words
Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad

I have also received notice from Senator Erin McGreehan and Senator John McGahon of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Transport to make a statement on the progress of the Narrow Water bridge p…

2021-05-24 · Seanad · 6 matters · 11 speakers · 9,771 words Commencement matters
Commencement Matters
  • Departmental Reviews — Marie Sherlock LAB
  • Schools Building Projects — Róisín Garvey GP
  • Road Projects — Erin McGreehan FF
  • Legislative Measures — Tim Lombard FG
  • Air Services — Martin Conway FG
  • Electoral Reform — Malcolm Byrne FF
2021-05-24 · Seanad · 23 speakers · 11,997 words
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

Thank you, Senator O'Donovan, for sharing your story and raising awareness of epilepsy on National Epilepsy Week. Senator Craughwell also raised the issue of the ongoing difficulties in the Defence Forces, as d…

2021-05-24 · Seanad · 8 speakers · 4,089 words
Loan Guarantee Schemes Agreements (Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages

This amendment proposes that the conditions attached to the agreements which the State may sign with banks in respect of loans under this scheme may include social and environmental criteria. I very much apprec…

2021-05-24 · Seanad · 19 speakers · 14,214 words 1 vote
Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021: 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…

2021-05-24 · Seanad · 9 speakers · 5,298 words
Planning and Development, Heritage and Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage

Section 30 must now be amended to provide for the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to lawfully exercise certain heritage functions proposed to be transferred from the Minister for Tourism, Cu…

2021-05-24 · Seanad · 5 speakers · 2,937 words 1 vote
Planning and Development, Heritage and Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages

This is a provision whereby the Minister with responsibility for planning and housing, the Minister who still has those powers, in fact, the primary Minister and the Minister for the purposes of this Act, would…

2021-05-24 · Seanad · 19 speakers · 15,233 words
Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed)

Under the Affordable Housing Bill 2021, the Government will be spending more money on the housing crisis but will this really solve the issue? This Bill is silent on housing affordability and housing standards …

2021-05-24 · Seanad · 20 speakers · 18,110 words
Organisation of Working Time (Reproductive Health Related Leave) Bill 2021: Second Stage

If enacted, the Bill will provide women with up to 20 days' leave for early miscarriage and give an entitlement to all employees of up to ten days' leave for access to reproductive healthcare treatment, such as…

2021-05-20 · Dail · 5 questions · 7 speakers · 5,640 words Questions
Priority Questions · to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine
  • Q1 Agriculture Industry — Matt Carthy SF
  • Q2 Covid-19 Pandemic — Paul Murphy PBP
  • Q3 Organic Farming — Matt Carthy SF
  • Q4 Agriculture Schemes — Denis Naughten IND
  • Q5 EU Funding — Marian Harkin IND
2021-05-20 · Dail · 7 questions · 10 speakers · 8,189 words Questions
Other Questions · to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine
  • Q6 Forestry Sector — Matt Carthy SF
  • Q7 Common Agricultural Policy — Holly Cairns SD
  • Q8 Horticulture Sector — Martin Browne SF
  • Q9 Animal Sales — Denis Naughten IND
  • Q10 Departmental Funding — Mark Ward SF
  • Q11 Agriculture Schemes — Sorca Clarke SF
  • and 1 more
2021-05-20 · Dail · 4 questions · 4 speakers · 4,699 words Questions
Priority Questions · to the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
  • Q75 Higher Education Grants — Rose Conway-Walsh SF
  • Q76 Higher Education Grants — Ged Nash LAB
  • Q77 Third Level Costs — Rose Conway-Walsh SF
  • Q79 Third Level Fees — Joan Collins I4C
2021-05-20 · Dail · 9 questions · 10 speakers · 9,930 words Questions
Other Questions · to the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
  • Q80 Third Level Admissions — Michael Moynihan FF
  • Q81 Mental Health Services — Pauline Tully SF
  • Q82 Irish Language — Éamon Ó Cuív FF
  • Q83 Third Level Fees — Rose Conway-Walsh SF
  • Q84 Further and Higher Education — David Stanton FG
  • Q85 Covid-19 Tests — Pádraig O'Sullivan FF
  • and 3 more
2021-05-20 · Dail · 6 speakers · 6,181 words Questions
Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions

Likewise, Bus Éireann removed bus stops in Kilreekil for no apparent reason, other than it said people were not using them, but we must incentivise people to use public transport. It would be for three years an…

2021-05-20 · Dail · 18 speakers · 5,720 words Questions
Questions on Promised Legislation

Will the Minister liaise with his Government colleagues to have this exception put back into the regulations for drive-in cinemas?…

2021-05-20 · Dail · 7 speakers · 4,606 words
Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed)

The average weekly fee in 2018 for public nursing homes was €1,564, whereas it was €968 for private nursing homes. All nursing homes, public or private, must operate to the same standards and I am not, for one …

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