Seanad debates

Wednesday, 12 May 2004

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Business of Seanad. (1 speech)
  I have received notice from Senator Mooney that, on the motion for the Adjournment of the House today, he proposes to raise the following matter: The need for the Minister for Foreign Affairs to...
• Order of Business. (96 speeches)
  The Order of Business is No. 1, statements on the development co-operation objectives of the Irish Presidency of the European Union, to be taken at the conclusion of the Order of Business and to...
• Development Co-operation Objectives of Irish Presidency: Statements. (30 speeches)
  I am delighted to have this opportunity to discuss the development co-operation objectives of the Irish Presidency. We have had the privilege of leading the EU during an exciting and historic...
• Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (34 speeches)
  Before commencing Report Stage, I remind Members that they may speak only once on Report Stage, except the proposer of an amendment, who may reply to the debate on an amendment. Each amendment...
• Business of Seanad. (2 speeches)
  Would it be possible for the Chair to arrange a meeting of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges to discuss the breakdown in e-voting?
• Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages (Resumed). (58 speeches)
  Amendment No. 4 is consequential on amendment No. 12 and both will be taken together by agreement.
• Public Finances: Motion. (282 speeches)
  I move: That Seanad Éireann commends the Government for its prudent handling of the public finances and reaffirms that it is a key objective of An Agreed Programme for Government to sustain a...
• Adjournment Matters. (0 speeches)
• Grant Payments. (2 speeches)
  There can be few people in the country today who have not heard of the national spatial strategy and the drive to decentralise the development of the country from Dublin. The arguments in the...
• Aquaculture Licences. (3 speeches)
  I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Browne, to the House. While I have raised a general matter concerning the Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board, ALAB, an autonomous body established by the...
• Common Foreign and Security Policy. (2 speeches)
  I thank the Minister of State for taking this matter. As the inhabitants of a small State with a colonial past, it is inevitable that we tend to empathise with people in other parts of the world...