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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.

2020-07-09 · Dail · 1 speaker · 365 words
Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters

The matters raised by Deputies Connolly, Higgins, Cahill and Buckley have been selected for discussion.…

2020-07-09 · Dail · 4 issues · 8 speakers · 6,336 words Topical issues
Topical Issue Debate
  • Special Educational Needs — Catherine Connolly IND
  • School Accommodation — Emer Higgins FG
  • Bus Services — Jackie Cahill FF
  • Youth Services — Pat Buckley SF
2020-07-08 · Dail · 13 speakers · 12,093 words
Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed)

The fact is that if people need to get money to keep their businesses going, they will be willing to do that, but it is not the support they need. Roughly one third of Irish businesses are trading online, so th…

2020-07-08 · Dail · 6 speakers · 4,432 words Questions
Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions

I ask that the Government support this legislation and, furthermore, that we make time before we rise for the summer to ensure we have on our books the right law, which is long overdue to protect the Debenhams …

2020-07-08 · Dail · 24 speakers · 5,307 words Questions
Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation

Last evening, the Government voted against a motion brought forward by my colleague, Deputy Ó Broin, that set out real solutions to affordable housing and the bones of a plan for the most ambitious public housi…

2020-07-08 · Dail · 8 speakers · 9,875 words
Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed)

Those microenterprises, small businesses many of which are family run, need support. Some have borrowed to open their businesses, others to enable them to upskill their businesses. The key here is getting acces…

2020-07-08 · Dail · 5 speakers · 5,538 words
Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages

On my reference to start-ups, in general microfinance loans are available to start-ups.…

2020-07-08 · Dail · 23 speakers · 17,437 words
Rent and Mortgage Arrears: Motion [Private Members]

The Labour Party wants the Minister to agree to a State support scheme for rental arrears; legal protection from eviction because of rent or mortgage arrears; an extension of the moratorium on rent increases an…

2020-07-08 · Dail · 1 speaker · 515 words
Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters

The matters raised by Deputies Éamon Ó Cuív, Aengus Ó Snodaigh, Kieran O'Donnell, Cathal Crowe and Joe Carey; and Marian Harkin and Michael Fitzmaurice have been selected for discussion.…

2020-07-08 · Dail · 3 issues · 10 speakers · 6,771 words Topical issues
Topical Issue Debate
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports — Éamon Ó Cuív FF
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports — Kieran O'Donnell FG
  • Special Areas of Conservation — Marian Harkin IND
2020-07-07 · Dail · 6 speakers · 5,169 words Questions
Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions

We heard concerns raised by Nursing Home Ireland as early as the beginning of March, including concerns about safe and appropriate discharges from acute hospitals to nursing homes, about staff being recruited i…

2020-07-07 · Dail · 1 speaker · 833 words
Appointment of Ministers and Ministers of State
2020-07-07 · Dail · 25 speakers · 5,756 words 1 vote
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

What surprises me is that the Minister for Finance, the then Taoiseach and the then Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation did not know. What will the Taoiseach do about State-owned banks that misinfo…

2020-07-07 · Seanad · 46 speakers · 18,817 words
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

I ask that the Seanad ask the Special Committee on Covid-19 Response to take this up with the new Ministers because there is more than one Minister involved.…

2020-07-07 · Seanad · 9 speakers · 4,653 words 1 vote
Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach

I move: "That Senator Jerry Buttimer be elected Leas-Chathaoirleach." I also welcome our dear friend and former Leas-Chathaoirleach, Paul Coghlan, to the Gallery. I move: "That Senator Fintan Warfield be electe…

2020-07-07 · Dail · 3 speakers · 622 words
Industrial Relations (Sectoral Employment Orders Confirmation) Bill 2020: First Stage

A recent High Court judgment struck down the sectoral employment order, SEO, system for the electrical contracting sector and also the statutory framework for other such orders as set out in Chapter 3 of the In…

2020-07-07 · Dail · 1 speaker · 407 words
Sittings and Business of the Dáil: Motion

SCHEDULE 1: Leaders’ Questions SCHEDULE 2: Private Members’ Business Tuesday, 7th July, 2020 - Sinn Féin Wednesday, 8th July, 2020 - Labour Party…

2020-07-07 · Dail · 13 speakers · 15,217 words
Estimates for Public Services 2020

Vote 2 — Department of the Taoiseach (Revised Estimate) That a sum not exceeding €54,013,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of Decemb…

2020-07-07 · Dail · 20 speakers · 20,056 words
Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage

While a significant amount of money has been made available, and more will be available if this Bill is passed, the application of commercial level interest rates to Government loans has made many of the loan s…

2020-07-07 · Dail · 2 speakers · 1,054 words
Personal Explanation by Minister

At the time, I held a learner driving permit because my previous provisional licence had lapsed. There has been some speculation about how someone of my age could have been driving on either a learner permit or…

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