Results 1-3 of 3 for standing order motion in 'Seanad debates' speaker:Alice-Mary Higgins

Seanad: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (16 Dec 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: ...be one of those nominating and supporting Senator Mark Daly as candidate for Leas-Chathaoirleach. It was almost in my first week in the Seanad that Mark somehow had me in his office explaining the Standing Orders to me, outlining how we write them ourselves and that it is important to remember that we make our own rules in the Seanad. That was important. When we arrive into a space, the...

Seanad: Special Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Motion (20 Jun 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 1:In paragraph (ii), to delete "the provisions of Standing Order 81 shall not apply to the Committee" and substitute "the provisions of Standing Order 81(1) shall apply to the Committee save that only one member and no other member may act as a substitute for an absent member: Provided that the name of such substitute be notified in writing by the relevant member of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jun 2016)

Alice-Mary Higgins: ...today for a debate on sustainable full employment. I express the hope that we will also hear during that debate about proposed legislative measures to reflect the recently agreed Labour Party motion in the Dáil on employment issues such as if-and-when contracts, protection in cases of insolvencies and, crucially - given the process of development of our public procurement policies in...