Seanad debates

Tuesday, 3 December 2002

  • Prelude (0 speeches)
    Paidir.
  • Business of Seanad. (1 speech)
    I have received notice from Senator Glynn that, on the motion for the Adjournment of the House today, he proposes to raise the following matter: The need for the Minister for Environment and...
  • Order of Business. (18 speeches)
    The Order of Business today is No. 1, Bovine Diseases (Levies) Regulations, 2002 – motion re referral to the Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food, to be taken without debate; No. 2, Digital...
  • Bovine Diseases Regulations: Referral to Joint Committee. (1 speech)
    I move: That the proposal that Seanad Éireann approve the following Regulations in draft: Bovine Diseases (Levies) Regulations, 2002, copies of which were laid in draft before the House on the...
  • Digital Hub Development Agency Bill, 2002: Report and Final Stages. (139 speeches)
    Amendments Nos. 1 to 4, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together. Government amendment No. 1: In page 5, to delete lines 25 and 26 and substitute the following: "'digital content'...
  • National Tourism Development Authority Bill, 2002: Committee Stage. (116 speeches)
    Section 1 agreed to.
  • Adjournment Matters. - Water and Sewerage Schemes. (3 speeches)
    Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh an Aire Stáit go dtí an Teach. I thank the Cathaoirleach and the Minister for taking this matter for discussion. In Mullingar we have a serious problem in...
  • Adjournment Matters. - Appointments to State Boards. (8 speeches)
    Will the Minister for Transport outline the criteria used in appointing members of State boards under his aegis, particularly Aer Rianta? The reasons I bring up the issue are very obvious. It is...
  • Adjournment Matters. - Tourism Industry. (4 speeches)
    I am concerned, as the Minister is aware, by the blunt recent announcement that the Torc Great Southern Hotel in Killarney would not reopen and was on the market to be sold by public tender...