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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.

2021-02-17 · Dail · 3 speakers · 762 words
Principles of Social Welfare Bill 2021: First Stage

I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to make provision for a statement of principles to inform the interpretation and administration of the Social Welfare Acts; to provide for a soc…

2021-02-17 · Dail · 3 speakers · 867 words
Civil Registration (Right of Adoptees to Information) (Amendment) Bill 2021: First Stage

Its simple objective is to give every adoptee the right to unfettered access to their birth certificates. This crucial amendment will seek to give adoptees access to their publicly-registered birth certificates…

2021-02-17 · Dail · 39 speakers · 21,282 words
Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements

I certainly understand and recognise the challenges closure has had on the point-to-point industry and the importance of that sector of the horse racing industry. I also want to raise the issue of point-to-poin…

2021-02-17 · Dail · 13 speakers · 16,275 words
Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Second Stage

There is a large amount of public land, and a properly constituted LDA could help the State to utilise that land to provide an increased supply of public housing and create a mechanism for proactive management …

2021-02-15 · Seanad · 6 matters · 11 speakers · 10,144 words Commencement matters
Commencement Matters
  • State Examinations — Mary Fitzpatrick FF
  • Human Rights — Malcolm Byrne FF
  • Rural Regeneration and Development Fund — Micheál Carrigy FG
  • Local Authority Members — Marie Sherlock LAB
  • Covid-19 Pandemic — Tim Lombard FG
  • Pyrite Incidence — Regina Doherty FG
2021-02-15 · Seanad · 21 speakers · 9,801 words
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

The money could be spent on greater things, such as looking after our country's vulnerable older people and our children, funding our DEIS schools, as Senator Moynihan said, and looking after our citizens inste…

2021-02-15 · Seanad · 6 speakers · 3,013 words
Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages

Accepting what the Minister of State said about the advices received about section 40, as well as looking at the difficulties that have arisen under this particular rubric in which we are introducing guidelines…

2021-02-15 · Seanad · 11 speakers · 9,991 words
Children (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage

People are informed of the name of a child if that child has been killed, which is absolutely correct, because it is such a major event in society when a child is killed.…

2021-02-15 · Seanad · 20 speakers · 19,486 words
Remote Working Strategy: Motion

Remote working is not the same as home working. The remote working strategy recently launched by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment references three pillars, namely, creating an environment for …

2021-02-12 · Seanad · 1 speaker · 544 words
Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad

I have also received notice from Senator Jerry Buttimer of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Health to review the role of public health doctors. I have also received notice from Senator Fiona …

2021-02-12 · Seanad · 6 matters · 11 speakers · 10,069 words Commencement matters
Commencement Matters
  • Covid-19 Pandemic — Pat Casey FF
  • Covid-19 Pandemic — Rónán Mullen IND
  • Health Services Staff — Jerry Buttimer FG
  • Cultural Objects — Fintan Warfield SF
  • Natural Heritage Areas — Fiona O'Loughlin FF
  • Disability Activation Projects — Garret Ahearn FG
2021-02-12 · Seanad · 18 speakers · 9,050 words
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

The topic that is on many people's lips this morning is the decision of the ASTI to withdraw from talks on the leaving certificate, which Senator O'Loughlin raised earlier. I would appeal to the ASTI to come ba…

2021-02-12 · Seanad · 26 speakers · 21,742 words
Mental Health and Covid-19: Statements

When we speak about mental health in the context of Covid, I am acutely aware that the first perspective most of us speak from concerns the mental health crisis that many are living through and the negative imp…

2021-02-11 · Dail · 14 speakers · 14,993 words
Counterfeiting Bill 2020: Second Stage

The Bill will transpose a number of outstanding elements of the counterfeiting Directive 2014/62/EU, as well as the ECB euro bank note decision ECB/2010/14, the euro coin Regulation 1210/2010 and the euro count…

2021-02-11 · Dail · 6 speakers · 5,660 words Questions
Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions

I wrote to the Governor of the Central Bank and to the Tánaiste again last week requesting that the Central Bank undertake an examination similar to the tracker mortgage examination. Will the Tánaiste support m…

2021-02-11 · Dail · 25 speakers · 5,443 words Questions
Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation

It may well be the case that at the moment, there is not any travel from beyond Britain and Ireland but there is travel from Britain into Northern Ireland and there is no requirement to have a PCR test, nor one…

2021-02-11 · Dail · 4 speakers · 876 words
Health (Parliamentary Oversight of Certain Instruments Relating to Covid-19) Bill 2021: First Stage

I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Health Act 1947, and for that purpose to provide for parliamentary oversight of regulations made by the Minister for Health under s…

2021-02-11 · Dail · 3 speakers · 881 words
Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021: First Stage

I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend and extend certain rights and protections of retired persons and certain representative associations in relation to industrial relation…

2021-02-11 · Dail · 29 speakers · 16,461 words
Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements

This will comprise approximately 8,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine and 12,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine. The decision to not use the AstraZeneca vaccine for those aged over 65 years means that the people in …

2021-02-11 · Dail · 16 speakers · 11,599 words
Dumping at Sea Act 1996 (Section 5(12)) (Commencement) Order 2021: Motion

The purpose of the motion is to approve the draft text of the order to commence the Dumping at Sea Act 1996 in relation to the decommissioning of offshore oil and gas facilities.…

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