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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.

2026-07-07 · Dail · 11 questions · 14 speakers · 11,028 words Questions
Other Questions · to the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
  • Q6 Artificial Intelligence — Grace Boland FG
  • Q7 Departmental Funding — Naoise Ó Cearúil FF
  • Q8+ Strategic Infrastructure — Louis O'Hara SF
  • Q9 National Development Plan — Eamon Scanlon FF
  • Q10 Information and Communications Technology — Cathy Bennett SF
  • Q12 Departmental Expenditure — Edward Timmins FG
  • and 4 more
2026-07-07 · Dail · 4 issues · 5 speakers · 6,921 words Topical issues
Topical Issue Debate
  • Turf Cutting — Louis O'Hara SF
  • Harbours and Piers — David Cullinane SF
  • School Accommodation — Shane Moynihan FF
  • School Accommodation — Aindrias Moynihan FF
2026-07-02 · Dail · 3 questions · 3 speakers · 3,850 words Questions
Priority Questions · to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade
  • Q1 Humanitarian Aid — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire SF
  • Q3 Foreign Conflicts — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire SF
  • Q4 Humanitarian Aid — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire SF
2026-07-02 · Seanad · 4 matters · 6 speakers · 5,509 words Commencement matters
Commencement Matters
  • Local Authorities — Victor Boyhan IND
  • Fire Service — Mike Kennelly FG
  • Control of Firearms — PJ Murphy FG
  • Medical Aids and Appliances — Maria Byrne FG
2026-07-02 · Dail · 15 questions · 10 speakers · 11,722 words Questions
Other Questions · to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade
  • Q7+ Middle East — Roderic O'Gorman GP
  • Q9 Sports Events — Thomas Gould SF
  • Q10+ Irish Prisoners Abroad — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire SF
  • Q12 EU Membership — Seán Ó Fearghaíl FF
  • Q13 Northern Ireland — Thomas Gould SF
  • Q15+ Overseas Development Aid — Aisling Dempsey FF
  • and 1 more
2026-07-02 · Seanad · 13 speakers · 6,306 words
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

Dogs.ie is an American-based website that is central to the puppy farming we have in this country. Dogs.ie states that it does not actively encourage puppy farming or exploitative breeding, but it is clear that…

2026-07-02 · Seanad · 8 speakers · 6,398 words
Finance Bill 2026: Second Stage

Section 2 provides for the current excise reductions of 30 cent per litre for auto diesel, 25 cent per litre for petrol and 5.4 cent per litre for green diesel. Taking the 2 cent per litre NORA levy reduction i…

2026-07-02 · Seanad · 5 speakers · 3,693 words
National Treasury Management Agency (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Second Stage

First, to provide for the dissolution of NAMA and the transfer of all remaining assets and obligations to the NTMA. Together, these provisions equip the NTMA with the necessary functions and powers to manage th…

2026-07-02 · Seanad · 5 speakers · 2,939 words
Criminal Law, Civil Law and Defence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Instruction to Committee

There are also a number of amendments consequential on the amendments I have just outlined. The final set of amendments, making up about two thirds of the pages of the Report Stage amendments, concern the new P…

2026-07-02 · Dail · 5 questions · 6 speakers · 6,656 words Questions
Priority Questions · to the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
  • Q81 Technological Universities — Donna McGettigan SF
  • Q82 Third Level Fees — Jen Cummins SD
  • Q83 Transport Infrastructure Ireland — Donna McGettigan SF
  • Q84 Apprenticeship Programmes — Eoghan Kenny LAB
  • Q85 Third Level Education — Richard Boyd Barrett PBP
2026-07-02 · Seanad · 18 speakers · 32,690 words 3 votes
Criminal Law, Civil Law and Defence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Report and Final Stages

The amendment provides that where a member of An Garda suspects, with reasonable cause, that a person is acting in circumstances that give rise to a reasonable apprehension for public safety or the maintenance …

2026-07-02 · Dail · 9 questions · 7 speakers · 9,930 words Questions
Other Questions · to the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
  • Q87 Apprenticeship Programmes — Paul Murphy PBP
  • Q88 Apprenticeship Programmes — Eoghan Kenny LAB
  • Q89 Education and Training Provision — Tony McCormack FF
  • Q90+ Education and Training Provision — Grace Boland FG
  • Q98 Research Funding — Eoghan Kenny LAB
  • Q106 Technological Universities — John McGuinness FF
  • and 2 more
2026-07-02 · Dail · 9 speakers · 6,559 words Questions
Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions

As soon as Putin invaded Ukraine, they banned all exports of alumina to Russia. The Government cannot keep beating its chest about support for Ukraine in public while, in private, it knowingly facilitates the e…

2026-07-02 · Dail · 2 speakers · 1,625 words Questions
Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions

We frequently speak here of the pride we have in the Defence Forces, but this is yet another example of how the men and women of the Irish Defence Forces continue to distinguish themselves internationally.…

2026-07-02 · Dail · 20 speakers · 6,401 words Questions
Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation

I will ask the Minister, Deputy Carroll MacNeill, to come back to the Deputy directly. I will perhaps ask the Minister, Deputy Burke, in the first instance to come back to the Deputy. On foot of his raising thi…

2026-07-02 · Dail · 3 speakers · 851 words
Prevention of Energy Wastage Bill 2026: First Stage

I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021 to provide for the utilisation of curtailed and constrained renewabl…

2026-07-02 · Dail · 17 speakers · 25,764 words
Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2026: Second Stage

Second, the Bill extends the judicial review provisions in Chapter 1 of Part 9 of the 2024 Act to acts done or decisions made under the Planning and Development Act 2000. The Planning and Development Act 2024 w…

2026-07-02 · Dail · 4 issues · 6 speakers · 6,517 words Topical issues
Topical Issue Debate
  • Bus Services — Louise O'Reilly SF
  • Harbours and Piers — Tom Brabazon FF
  • Industrial Disputes — Ruairí Ó Murchú SF
  • Language Schools — Ruth Coppinger PBP
2026-07-02 · Dail · 10 speakers · 13,248 words
Animal Health and Welfare (Ban on Hare Coursing) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members]

The reality inherent in hare coursing is injuries to hares and some hares getting killed. There is illegal hare coursing in Britain, but there is much less illegal hare coursing than there was legal coursing be…

2026-07-01 · Dail · 1 speaker · 356 words
Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters

Deputy Thomas Gould - To discuss the number of schools in Cork currently at stage 2A for a prolonged period of time who desperately need new accommodation Deputy Danny Healy-Rae - To discuss plans to review the…

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