Results 1-20 of 427 for standing order motion in 'Seanad debates'

Seanad: Smartphone and Social Media Use: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Joe O'Reilly: ...and, as others have done, to commend the work she has done in this sphere and her commitment to reform in this area. I congratulate my colleague, Senator Seery Kearney, and her assistant with the motion, Senator Dolan, on the work they did to prepare it. I thank them for it. I am not sufficiently narcissistic to claim that I might even have submitted the amendment or that I would have...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: The Order of Business is No. 1, motion regarding report of the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach under Seanad Standing Order 116 on a proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing harmonised requirements in the Internal Market on transparency of interest representation carried out on behalf of third countries and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Feb 2024)

Lisa Chambers: The Order of Business is No. 1, motion re report of the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach under Seanad Standing Order 116 on a proposal for a Council directive on Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT), COM (2023) 532 - reasoned opinion, to be taken on conclusion of the Order of Business, without debate; No. 2, motion re proposed...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2024)

Lisa Chambers: ...concluded, be brought to a conclusion after one hour by the putting of one question from the Chair which shall, in relation to amendments, include only those set down or accepted by Government; No. 2, motion regarding the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023, instruction to committee, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, to be taken without...

Seanad: Defence Forces Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (30 Jan 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...to examine dignity and equality issues in the Defence Forces. The contents of the report were shocking and stark. The group's analysis and assessment of the current culture in the Defence Forces show deep long-standing issues around unacceptable behaviours, including sexual misconduct, sexual harassment, bullying and harassment, a complaints handling system that is not fit for purpose,...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Lynn Ruane: I have the right to put the motion. I have the right to put the motion under Standing Order 55.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Nov 2023)

Lisa Chambers: ...to be given no fewer than ten minutes to reply to the debate; No. 3, Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023 – Committee Stage to be taken at 5.30 p.m.; and No. 123, motion 7, motion regarding restoration of the Oireachtas Library and Reading Room, to be taken at 6.45 p.m. or on conclusion of No. 3, whichever is the later, and, notwithstanding...

Seanad: Restoration of Oireachtas Library and Reading Room: Motion (28 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Michael McDowell: This motion speaks for itself but I want to put the background to it on the record. The Houses of the Oireachtas Commission has not decided anything on the closure of the Members' reading room. The Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform has received a submission but has not approved it. The submission would mean the existing reading room, which is the shared facility of Senators...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Lisa Chambers: The Order of Business is motion No. 127(7) regarding the situation in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, to be taken on conclusion of the Order of Business and to conclude after 35 minutes, if not previously concluded, with the debate confined to contributions from group spokespersons not exceeding five minutes in each case, time may be shared, and notwithstanding Standing Order...

Seanad: Sitting Arrangements: Motion (17 Oct 2023)

Lisa Chambers: I move: (1) That, notwithstanding anything in the Standing Orders relative to Public Business, the Seanad on its rising on Wednesday, 18th October, 2023, shall adjourn until 9 a.m. on Thursday, 19th October, 2023, and the following arrangements shall apply: (a) Commencement matters shall be taken at 9 a.m.; (b) Standing Order 30 shall stand suspended; (c) There shall be no Order of...

Seanad: Final Report of the Independent Scoping Exercise into the Circumstances Surrounding the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell: Statements (17 Oct 2023)

Robbie Gallagher: ...in the Visitors Gallery and lives the life that they are living. That is what this is all about and that is what we strive for. That is why the Members of this House and the Lower House passed a motion five years ago, in 2018, calling for an independent public inquiry to shine a light on exactly what happened that night, when Zigimantas Gridziuska, a man with 42 previous convictions and...

Seanad: Crime and Policing: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Michael McDowell: I entirely support everything that is in the motion tabled by the Fianna Fáil Senators here today. I want to say at the outset, however, that I have full confidence in the Commissioner of An Garda Síochána. This House should respect him and support him because he is bringing about effective change in a force which I, as a former Minister for Justice, know needs reform and...

Seanad: Sitting Arrangements: Motion (26 Sep 2023)

Lisa Chambers: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Standing Orders relative to Public Business, unless otherwise ordered, the following arrangements shall apply in relation to the sittings of the Seanad on Wednesday and Thursday, 27th and 28th September, 2023: (1) The Seanad on its rising on Tuesday, 26th September, 2023, shall adjourn until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, 27th September, 2023, and the...

Seanad: EU Migration: Motion [Private Members] (27 Jun 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Frances Black: I am proud to be here alongside my Civil Engagement Group colleagues and I am pleased to second this important and timely motion. Senator Ruane has already outlined many of the devastating facts about this crisis and the ways that the EU institutions are complicit in human rights abuses suffered by refugees. I want to speak about the lethal practice of pushing back refugee boats and my...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Jun 2023)

Victor Boyhan: ...of "hatred" on its website. Somehow the UN can have a definition of "hatred", "incitement to hatred" and crime but we are falling short in this legislation. At the outset, I co-signed a motion with my colleague, Senator McDowell, who is a former Attorney General, former Minister for Justice, senior counsel and a strong legal and parliamentary advocate with a lot of experience in this...

Seanad: Non-Fatal Offences against the Person (Amendment) (Spiking) Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 May 2023)

Michael McDowell: ...'s Department - I am aware I am using the phrase "Deputy Harris's Department" in a temporary sense - has before this House a Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill. By simply proposing a Standing Orders motion, this provision could easily be introduced to it as an additional section. It could be done properly, I would say with the consent of all Members of this House, within a...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 May 2023)

Lisa Chambers: ...previously concluded; No. 2, Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022 – Committee Stage, resumed, to be taken at 3 p.m. and to adjourn at 5 p.m., if not previously concluded; No. 125, motion 10, Private Members' business, regarding the naming of the new national children's hospital after Dr. Kathleen Lynn, to be taken at 5 p.m. and to adjourn at 6.30 p.m., if not...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2023)

Lisa Chambers: The Order of Business is No. 1, motion regarding arrangements for the address to Seanad Éireann by Mr. Bertie Ahern, former Taoiseach, on Tuesday, 23 May 2023, to be taken without debate on the conclusion of the Order of Business; No. 2, motion regarding the Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. Y) Regulations 2023, back from committee, to be taken without debate...

Seanad: Independent Review of the Handling of Past Complaints of Abuse in St John Ambulance Ireland: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

Jerry Buttimer: We are now dealing with the motion regarding the Independent Review of the Handling of Past Complaints of Abuse in St John Ambulance Service. I inform Members of the House that, as they are aware, under the new procedure approved by the House, the combined speeches of the proposer and seconder of the motion should not exceed 16 minutes and all other Senators have six minutes. I wish to...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Report Stage (28 Mar 2023)

Michael McDowell: ...for the aforementioned matters having regard to the recommendation of the Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) that the system of selection, recommendation and promotion of judges target the appointments to the most qualified and suitable candidates in a transparent way, and having regard to Recommendation CM/Rec(2010)12 of the Committee of Ministers to...