Seanad debates

Wednesday, 31 March 2004

  • Prelude (0 speeches)
    Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
  • Business of Seanad. (1 speech)
    I have notice from Senator Kitt that, on the motion for the Adjournment of the House today, he proposes to raise the following matter: The need for the Minister for Health and Children to provide...
  • Order of Business. (100 speeches)
    The Order of Business is No. 1, Private Security Services Bill 2001 — Committee Stage to be taken at the conclusion of the Order of Business until 1 p.m.; No. 2, Maritime Security Bill 2004 —...
  • Private Security Services Bill 2001: Committee Stage. (34 speeches)
    Section 1 agreed to.
  • Maritime Security Bill 2004: Order for Second Stage. (1 speech)
    Bill entitled an Act to give effect to the United Nations Convention for the suppression of unlawful acts against the safety of maritime navigation, done at Rome on 10 March 1988, and to the...
  • Maritime Security Bill 2004: Second Stage. (6 speeches)
    Question proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
  • Aer Lingus Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (12 speeches)
    I remind Senators that a Senator may speak only once on Report Stage except in the case of a proposer of an amendment who may reply to the discussion on it. Each amendment must be seconded on...
  • Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003: Order for Second Stage. (1 speech)
    Bill entitled an Act to give effect to Article 2 of the Additional Protocol to the Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons done at Strasbourg on 18 December 1997 and Chapter 5 of Title...
  • Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003: Second Stage. (12 speeches)
    Question proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
  • Smoking Ban: Motion (46 speeches)
    I move: "That Seanad Éireann: —notes the role of cigarettes as one of this country's greatest killers and that heart disease, cancer and any number of other illnesses can be directly traced to...
  • Adjournment Matters. (0 speeches)
  • Ambulance Service. (4 speeches)
    I thank you, a Chathaoirligh, for the opportunity to raise the important issue of an ambulance base in Tuam, County Galway. As the Minister of State knows, for many years the Bons Secours Sisters...
  • Harbours and Piers. (4 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Browne, to the House. He is well aware of the safety needs of the seafaring people in Buncrana because he has received questions and representations...
  • Inland Fisheries. (2 speeches)
    I am grateful for the opportunity to raise this issue which has continued in my area for the past 30 or 40 years over which time we have tried to have the river drained, then cleaned to make it...