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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/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/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/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/2017-05-10/9/
10 May 2017 -
Senator Keith Swanick I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to recognise...the meeting of the First Dáil and the Declaration of Independence made on 21 January 1919 and to provide...for a “Declaration of Independence Day” to be held on 21 January annually and to provide for related
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-04-17/17/
17 Apr 2018 -
Senator Keith Swanick Section 2 of the Bill specifies that 21 January will be known as Declaration...of Independence Day, and that it will be celebrated annually, irrespective of the day on which it falls...of the First Dáil and the Declaration of Independence....something that the previous Minister, Deputy Heather Humphreys, spoke about in her contribution in July 2017...on this Bill.
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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: 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/2017-07-06/25/
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/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/2017-07-14/4/
14 Jul 2017 -
Independent Reporting Commission Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages
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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: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-07-05/28/
5 Jul 2018 -
Senator Maura Hopkins I thank Senator Swanick for his work on this Bill....21 January 1919 shaped this country and, therefore, it is fitting that the date is designated as our independence...day....It is positive that the Bill does not propose that the day be declared a public holiday as this will...The measure will also ensure that recognising an independence day will not have a significant economic
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2017-07-05/12/
5 Jul 2017 -
I am honoured to second the proposal on the Declaration of Independence Day Bill 2017....The Members present adopted a provisional constitution and approved a Declaration of Independence....The Declaration of Independence Day Bill seeks to do just that....If passed, this Bill would see 21 January designated as Declaration of Independence Day, a right and...This Bill takes it one step further and enshrines this date in law as a national day of independence.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-04-17/17/
17 Apr 2018 -
Senator Maura Hopkins Certainly the date 21 January 1919 was very much a pivotal day in modern Irish...I thank Senator Swanick for his work on this Bill....approach the centenary of this important event, it is fitting that we recognise the date of 21 January as Declaration...of Independence Day.
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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 -
us from reflecting on the revolutionary era, the First Dáil and the Declaration of Independence, and...The 1919 Declaration of Independence was a watershed event, as was the 1916 Rising and the Tan war which...followed on foot of the independence declaration....To this day, all of us in this Chamber and outside it, admittedly in different forms, continue to wrestle...This Bill gives us the opportunity to pay homage to and connect the Declaration of Independence in 1919
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-04-17/17/
17 Apr 2018 -
Senator Keith Swanick Section 1 of the Bill deals with the various definitions contained within the...Bill....I believe it is now time to commemorate the Declaration of Independence and the meeting of the First...As I said, section 1 deals with the definitions used in the Bill....First, as per this section, "Declaration of Independence" means the formal Declaration of Independence
