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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2017-07-05/12/
5 Jul 2017 - Declaration of Independence Day Bill 2017: Second Stage
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2017-05-10/9/
10 May 2017 - Declaration of Independence Day Bill 2017: First Stage
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-04-17/17/
17 Apr 2018 - Declaration of Independence Day Bill 2017: Committee Stage
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-07-05/28/
5 Jul 2018 - Declaration of Independence Day Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2017-07-05/14/
5 Jul 2017 - Declaration of Independence Day Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed)
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2017-07-19/10/
19 Jul 2017 - Independent Reporting Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2017-07-06/26/
6 Jul 2017 - Independent Reporting Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2017-05-10/9/
10 May 2017 - and to provide for a “Declaration of Independence Day” to be held on 21 January annually and to provide for related matters. ... to recognise the meeting of the First Dáil and the Declaration of Independence made on 21 January 1919... Senator Keith Swanick I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-04-17/17/
17 Apr 2018 - as Declaration of Independence Day, and that it will be celebrated annually, irrespective of the day on which... and the Declaration of Independence. Section 2 does not propose to make the day a public holiday, as is understood... Humphreys, spoke about in her contribution in July 2017 on this Bill. ... Senator Keith Swanick Section 2 of the Bill specifies that 21 January will be known... it falls. This is an important aspect of the Bill because if we are to give the recognition
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Debate: Joint Committee On Culture, Heritage And The Gaeltacht
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_culture_heritage_and_the_gaeltacht/2018-11-28/4/
28 Nov 2018 - National Famine Commemoration Day Bill 2017: Discussion
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2017-07-06/27/
6 Jul 2017 - Independent Reporting Commission Bill 2017: Referral to Select Committee
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2017-07-14/4/
14 Jul 2017 - Independent Reporting Commission Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2017-07-19/35/
19 Jul 2017 - Independent Reporting Commission Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2017-07-06/25/
6 Jul 2017 - Independent Reporting Commission Bill 2017: Order for Second Stage
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-07-05/28/
5 Jul 2018 - as our independence day. It is positive that the Bill does not propose that the day be declared... ensure that recognising an independence day will not have a significant economic impact on the State... Senator Maura Hopkins I thank Senator Swanick for his work on this Bill. As he said, what.... The Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht has given extensive consideration to the Bill
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2017-02-21/28/
21 Feb 2017 - National Famine Commemoration Day Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members]
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2017-07-05/12/
5 Jul 2017 - on the Declaration of Independence Day Bill 2017. I compliment my colleague, Senator Swanick, on putting... formal recognition to 21 January 1919. The Declaration of Independence Day Bill seeks to do just... a provisional constitution and approved a Declaration of Independence. By doing so, the Dáil asserted... that. As outlined by my colleague, Senator Swanick, in his contribution, independence days... of the most popular of these holidays, namely, Independence Day in the United States, which
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-04-17/17/
17 Apr 2018 - of Independence Day. It is also positive because the public holiday would not have an economic impact but would... Senator Maura Hopkins Certainly the date 21 January 1919 was very much a pivotal day in modern... Irish history. I thank Senator Swanick for his work on this Bill. As we approach the centenary... of this important event, it is fitting that we recognise the date of 21 January as Declaration
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-07-05/28/
5 Jul 2018 - . After he accepted the nomination he recited the Declaration of Independence in Irish, followed by Deputy... neighbours across the world. Yesterday, being 4 July, the US celebrated its Independence Day, Bastille Day... will be celebrated in France and around the world on 14 July and Belgium's day of independence..., no one party should attempt to claim ownership of the First Dáil or the Declaration of Independence... and thank her for taking Report and Final Stages of this Bill prior to the summer recess. I also
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-04-17/17/
17 Apr 2018 - believe it is now time to commemorate the Declaration of Independence and the meeting of the First Dáil... this section, "Declaration of Independence" means the formal Declaration of Independence issued... Senator Keith Swanick Section 1 of the Bill deals with the various definitions contained within... the Bill. Ar dtús cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta, agus Gaeltachta, an Teachta... on 21 January 1919. As I said, section 1 deals with the definitions used in the Bill. First, as per
