Debates
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.
Following near-daily engagement with key stakeholders in the primary and special school sectors, we are working together towards a staggered return for children in special schools and a return to school for tho…
If students in their final year can get a refund, why are other students being asked for it? I wish to inquire into the additional support for students this year, particularly mature students, students with chi…
We need a balanced approach and a suite of methods to deal with the housing crisis from homelessness in terms of the allocation of specific resources, reducing the amount of emergency accommodation and the numb…
The proposed agenda for the House tomorrow includes statements and questions to the Minister for Education and the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.…
It was in response to many contributions in this House during the first lockdown and in discussing the impact of that lockdown on children with special needs that the Government bought forward a proposal to all…
As we read this report, both hopeful and shameful, it should spur us on now to do better in the years to come, not just for the women and children who survived the mother and baby institutions but also for the …
We need a proper support network for older people and their carers, a holistic approach to their mental and physical health and greater support for public health nurses to assist people and for social workers t…
Is the figure of 700,000 people vaccinated by the end of March based on the current flow of 40,950 Pfizer vaccine doses or is the AstraZeneca vaccine, which might be certified at the end of January, built into …
I wish the Cathaoirleach and the Leader a very happy Christmas. I, too, wish everybody in the House a happy Christmas. I also wish a happy Christmas and a good 2021 to our administrative staff in the Seanad Off…
First, the Appropriation Bill is necessary to authorise in law all of the expenditure that has been undertaken in 2020 on the basis of the Estimates that have been voted on by the Dáil during the year.…
A number of councillors have told me that people have said to them that councillors have received X amount over the recent period when they have not. I suppose I have an interest in the Sinn Féin councillors, i…
Section 5 provides for the anonymity of victims of an offence under sections 2 or 3 of the Bill, that is, the two offences that deal with the recording, distribution or publication of intimate images without co…
Section 2, which creates a new offence, reads: (1) A person who distributes, publishes or threatens to distribute or publish an intimate image of another person— (a) without that other person’s consent, and (b)…
I have also received notice from Senator Eugene Murphy of the following matter: The need for the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to make a statement on the future of Lanesborough and Sh…
There is a broader debate to be had on why young people in particular are not buying newspapers at all, never mind local newspapers, but in the here and now I support the call made by local newspapers for finan…
While we will not be able to allow for tributes from Members around the House on this occasion, I know I speak for every Member when I say a fond farewell to a former member of staff of this House, Ms Josie Bri…
mica redress |
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"mica redress" |
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housing -dublin |
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