Seanad debates

Tuesday, 1 July 2003

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach i gceannas ar 2.30 p.m.
• Business of Seanad. (1 speech)
  I have received notice from Senator McHugh that, on the motion for the Adjournment of the House today, he proposes to raise the following matter: The need for the Minister for Enterprise, Trade...
• Order of Business. (76 speeches)
  The Order of Business is No. 1, motion re establishment of the all-party committee on the Constitution as a joint committee of both Houses of the Oireachtas to enable the committee, which has...
• All-Party Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution: Motion. (1 speech)
  I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, whereas the All-Party Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution has been involved in a full review of the Constitution on an All-Party...
• Taxi Regulation Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (35 speeches)
  Sections 1 to 8, inclusive, agreed to.
• Business of Seanad. (20 speeches)
  If the House agrees, I propose a change to the Order of Business to extend the debate to 4.30 p.m. to enable us to deal with Report and Final Stages of the Taxi Regulation Bill as well as...
• Taxi Regulation Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (25 speeches)
  SECTION 38.
• Taxi Regulation Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (12 speeches)
  I move amendment No. 1: In page 8, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: "(2) In addition to its principal function set out in subsection (1), the Commission shall have the function...
• Digital Hub Development Agency Bill 2002 [ Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil ] : Report and Final Stages. (7 speeches)
  This is a Seanad Bill which has been amended by the Dáil. In accordance with Standing Order 103, it is deemed to have passed First, Second and Third Stages in the Seanad and is placed on the...
• Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Bill 2002: Committee Stage. (105 speeches)
  Section 1 agreed to.
• Adjournment Matters. - Foreign Conflicts. (3 speeches)
  I welcome the Minister of State to the House and praise the initiative by the Department of Foreign Affairs, who, with Ireland Aid, Trócaire and Burma Action Ireland, organised a 12-day visit to...
• Adjournment Matters. - Special Educational Needs. (2 speeches)
  I thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing me to raise this important matter on the Adjournment. Ronan Jordan was born on 1 June 1998 and lives at 9 Fenian Road, Ballina, County Mayo. Individual...