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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.

2020-11-25 · Seanad · 23 speakers · 9,773 words
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

I ask the Leader to ask the Minister for Transport to come the House for a debate on accessible and affordable public transport. Will the Leader ask the Minister for Justice to come to the House in the near fut…

2020-11-25 · Seanad · 19 speakers · 16,819 words
Planning and Development Bill 2020: Second Stage

Section 2 amends section 11(3)( b ) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 to replace the mandatory requirement to hold public meetings regarding a proposed development plan with a more flexible requirement f…

2020-11-25 · Dail · 1 speaker · 624 words
Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters

The matters raised by Deputies Darren O'Rourke, Aindrias Moynihan, Bernard J. Durkan, and Mattie McGrath, Michael Collins and Danny Healy-Rae have been selected for discussion.…

2020-11-25 · Seanad · 16 speakers · 11,126 words 1 vote
Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2020: Motion

These industries receive financial support from the State through the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund, under section 12 of the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act 2001. The horse and greyhound racing fund was establ…

2020-11-25 · Dail · 4 issues · 10 speakers · 7,501 words Topical issues
Topical Issue Debate
  • Telecommunications Services — Darren O'Rourke SF
  • National Broadband Plan — Aindrias Moynihan FF
  • Financial Services — Bernard Durkan FG
  • Brexit Issues — Michael Collins IND
2020-11-25 · Seanad · 18 speakers · 14,892 words
Inquiry into the Murder of Mr. Patrick Finucane: Motion

There is no doubting that there was collusion in the murder of Pat Finucane but as Geraldine Finucane has said, the purpose of an inquiry is not to find out who pulled the trigger, rather it is to find out who …

2020-11-25 · Dail · 19 speakers · 21,908 words 2 votes
Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages

Amendment No. 18 provides for the amendment of the Long Title of the Bill and this is necessary simply because of the insertion of the section of the Bill to provide for the amendment to the Defamation Act.…

2020-11-25 · Dail · 9 speakers · 2,146 words 1 vote
Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil

The Minister of State came into the Business Committee meeting today and gave us a fait accompli which included five minutes of questions and answers, in real terms, for every group. At the meeting of the Busin…

2020-11-24 · Dail · 9 speakers · 5,445 words Questions
Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions

I will engage with the British Prime Minister on this issue and make very clear the consistent view of successive Irish Governments that there should, and must, be a full public inquiry into the murder of Pat F…

2020-11-24 · Dail · 13 speakers · 5,476 words 3 votes
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

A Cheann Comhairle----- The Tánaiste also has answered questions on this on a consistent basis. -----not alone will the Taoiseach not insist that his Minister for Justice present herself, make a statement and t…

2020-11-24 · Seanad · 21 speakers · 11,445 words
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

If I could just make this point to Senator Buttimer, his name is on the list. Senator Dolan raised an important point about young children not being brought to take the vaccine and then we got an email yesterda…

2020-11-24 · Seanad · 1 speaker · 827 words
Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad

I have also received notice from Senator Rónán Mullen of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Health to make a statement on the continuing Covid-19 restrictions on religious worship in Ireland an…

2020-11-24 · Seanad · 3 matters · 8 speakers · 4,817 words Commencement matters
Commencement Matters
  • Covid-19 Pandemic — Ned O'Sullivan FF
  • Presidential Elections — Niall Ó Donnghaile SF
  • Veterinary Medicines — Victor Boyhan IND
2020-11-24 · Seanad · 17 speakers · 13,215 words
Combating Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Statements

We could spend, as the Cathaoirleach has indicated, days talking about the various aspects of violence: gender-based violence, domestic violence, sexual violence. It is important not only that this is identifie…

2020-11-24 · Seanad · 7 speakers · 4,723 words
Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage

To give some private health insurance background, over 45% of the population in Ireland hold private health insurance. Our community-rated health insurance market means that the cost of health insurance is shar…

2020-11-24 · Seanad · 11 speakers · 7,810 words
Credit Union Restructuring Board (Dissolution) Bill 2019: Second Stage

It was further recommended that a new body, the Credit Union Restructuring Board, or ReBo, should be established on a short-term basis to engage with credit unions and to oversee and facilitate the restructurin…

2020-11-24 · Seanad · 10 speakers · 7,025 words
Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage

It is a matter for each credit union and the members of the credit union to set their own rules on the holding of such meetings virtually. The purpose of this legislation is to allow credit unions to hold certa…

2020-11-24 · Dail · 3 speakers · 677 words
Wind Turbine Regulation Bill 2020: First Stage

I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to regulate wind turbines through providing limits on the exportation of product generated from wind turbines; protecting nearby dwellings from …

2020-11-24 · Dail · 3 speakers · 899 words
Measuring Quality of Life in Ireland Bill 2020: First Stage

The first relates to our lack of genuine progress indicators and the second is the lack of national distributional accounts, a set of accounts which measures the distribution of economic growth between differen…

2020-11-24 · Dail · 3 speakers · 966 words
Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Bill 2020: First Stage

While the then Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, allocated additional funding for the inspections to the private rental sector, which I welcomed, it was nowhere near enough to get us to the level of inspections t…

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