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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.
I will address that amendment presently but I am asking whether it is in order to question why my previous amendment was ruled out of order. If the purpose of the Bill includes amending that Act and my amendmen…
For example, the Minister said children were happy going to school, that the schools have reopened and that children went to school with a smile.…
The regulations published yesterday were a compendium, basically a recitation, of all of the regulations, some of which are penal and some of which are merely advisory and carry no penalty. The wording in the r…
The Taoiseach is asking us all to follow public health advice and we are, and the Taoiseach is always saying we should. It is important to note that the Covid-19 illness benefit payment and the pandemic unemplo…
I congratulate Deputy McConalogue on his appointment as Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. I congratulate the new Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy McConalogue. I congratulate th…
Gardaí should have been given these powers when pubs first reopened and then all pubs would have had the opportunity or the option to reopen. In Clare there are 392 pubs, 190 of which can be categorised as wet …
In that regard, I am sure the Deputy Leader and other Members of the House will join with me in wishing the current leader of the SDLP, Colm Eastwood, and its members a very happy 50th birthday and in thanking …
Where tenants make a written declaration that the economic impact of Covid-19 has rendered them unable to pay their rent and at a significant risk of tenancy termination, the Bill provides for increased notice …
I move amendment No. 11: In page 6, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following: “(7) A tenant may serve a declaration referred to in subsection (1) whether before or after the service by the landlord conc…
Section 25 makes an amendment to section 1103 of the Companies Act, which provides for additional notice provisions required for general meetings of publicly traded companies.…
It was always the case that between 50 and 100 Baha'i people were in prison in Iran but in the past few months, as Iran battles a severe Covid-19 resurgence, the Iranian authorities have begun to arrest and imp…
On the introduction of the employment wage subsidy scheme which will replace the temporary wage subsidy scheme from 1 September, with both schemes running parallel from the 31 July to 31 August, we are saying t…
This recommendation would essentially ensure that in order to avail of the temporary Covid-19 wage subsidy scheme, employers would have to engage in collective bargaining. Recommendation No. 5 would allow the G…
The transfer of direct provision residents to Cahersiveen arose because of the pandemic. I spoke with some of the residents in Cahersiveen working with some of the people in the centre and, through them, one of…
A very useful compromise between what I would prefer, which is a complete end to the use of the deferred tax asset scheme by banks, and the current situation, whereby 100% of profits can be written off by banks…
This spilled over into the public domain when the former Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy McHugh, wrote to 39 primary schools in south Dublin on 26 June last directing them to establish special classes…
A fortnight ago, when I raised with the Tánaiste the issue of pubs reopening he said that NPHET had not at that time been asked to advise on my suggestion that pubs could potentially reopen on the same basis as…
Many small businesses were looking for good news in the July stimulus package and while some measures were welcome, there is little in it for many of the small local businesses in Kerry, which either still rema…
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