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Leaders' Questions

Last week
16th March 2025 - 22nd March 2025
Taoiseach accused of 'spoofing' over housing after White House laughter discussed in the Dáil
This month
March 2025
Dáil speaking rights: The government really is chancing its arm with this proposed 'solution'
Cian O'Callaghan
Last month
February 2025
Government accused of treating public 'like idiots' following speaking rights row vote
'Tetchy' Taoiseach 'acting like a child' as Dáil erupts over Michael Lowry and 'Bik' McFarlane
Tensions were elevated in the Dáil today after members of the opposition were not pleased with the Taoiseach’s answers.
'I will not be intimidated by you': Taoiseach hits out at Opposition over speaking rights row
Watch: 'Name calling' and 'codswallop' accusations fly as Dáil gets heated over housing
Last year
2024
'My dad was a busman too' - Tánaiste and Bríd Smith still at loggerheads on her final day in Dáil
'All you do is slag me off': Taoiseach and Holly Cairns clash in Dáil over disability services
'That's bullshit': Accusations fly as Govt told it's 'kowtowing' to US on Occupied Territories Bill
Taskforce needed on teacher shortage ‘crisis’, Dáil told
Harris says he won't go into Govt with a party that wants to scrap Help-to-Buy and First Home schemes
Pressure on McDonald amid accusations of misleading Oireachtas on former senator's departure
McDonald also said that a complaint against Brian Stanley relates to his personal behaviour, which left the complainant “traumatised and distressed”.
Minister moves to defend record as TDs demand carers allowance means test be scrapped
'Send me an email': Snippy Dáil exchange on pre-Christmas 'bribery' social welfare payments
Chambers defends €9m phone pouch spend as opposition ask minister 'are you for real?'
Catherine Connolly accuses Govt of 'empty rhetoric' on Galway development due to no wastewater plant
Dáil hears debate over €800 payment to people housing Ukrainians which supports 'thousands'
'Profound embarrassment': Ceann Comhairle says public anger over bike shed 'entirely justified'
Doherty asks why quarries and block manufacturers weren't pursued over defective blocks
WATCH: Michael Healy-Rae rails against social media companies with passionate speech in Dáil
What counts as 'affordable' housing? Taoiseach and Mary Lou McDonald clash on meaning in Dáil
RTÉ criticised over 'privatisation' of Fair City and Late Late Show
'They aren’t living on the streets': Humphreys defends housing for some homeless families
Natasha O'Brien receives standing ovation as she watched from Dáil public gallery
Report exposing 'extreme risks' in National Ambulance Service 'kept under wraps', Dáil hears
'One always loses the will to live on this': Catherine Connolly slams Govt over trolley numbers
'You can't erect a tent wherever you want' - Taoiseach responds to 'cruelty' accusations
Tempers flare in Dáil over housing as 'Pearse' and 'Darragh' get on first-name terms
Major housing report criticises government for 'ineffective decision-making and risk aversion'
Tánaiste accuses Sinn Féin of 'Jekyll and Hyde' approach to housing during heated Dáil exchange
Ireland aims to recognise Palestinian State on 21 May as Tánaiste hopes more countries will come on board
Government blasted on housing as almost one in two say they've postponed buying a home
Tánaiste and PBP accuse each other of 'lies' during Dáil clash over Triple Lock
Opposition rounds on government 'incompetence' in row with UK over return of migrants
Dáil suspended after Mick Barry repeatedly raises DPP decision on George Nkencho case
Sparks fly in Dáil as Mary Lou McDonald raises hospital cancellations with Taoiseach
Abortion dominates Harris' first stint at Leaders' Questions amid calls to scrap 3-day wait
'Don't limp on': McDonald calls for general election in testy Dáil exchanges with Varadkar
Pledge made 7 years ago that children wouldn't wait on scoliosis surgery has been broken, Dáil hears
Long-delayed new mental health law to be brought forward before the summer