Seanad debates

Wednesday, 2 March 2005

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Business of Seanad. (1 speech)
  I have received notice from Senator Ulick Burke that, on the motion for the Adjournment of the House today, he proposes to raise the following matter: The need for the Minister for Finance to...
• Order of Business. (71 speeches)
  It has been brought to my attention that some Members are using mobile telephones while in the Chamber. I remind Members that the use of mobile telephones is not permitted in any circumstances in...
• Diseases of Animals Act: Motion. (1 speech)
  I move: That Seanad Éireann resolves that section 17A (inserted by section 2(1) of the Diseases of Animals (Amendment) Act 2001, (No. 3 of 2001) of the Diseases of Animals Act 1966, (No. 6 of...
• Waste Management: Statements. (57 speeches)
  I am pleased to have this opportunity of setting out for the House the Government's approach to waste management, one of the most wilfully misunderstood of policy areas. I also look forward to...
• Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2005: Second Stage. (4 speeches)
  Question proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Visit of Hungarian Delegation. (1 speech)
  Members will wish to join me in welcoming a parliamentary delegation from Hungary, led by the Chairman of the Committee on Constitutional and Judicial Affairs, Dr. Pál Vastagh, who are in the...
• Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (32 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Totalisator (Amendment) Bill 2005: Order for Second Stage. (1 speech)
  Bill entitled an Act to increase the age limit below which persons may not place bets with the Totalisator and also to increase the penalties for offences and for that purpose to amend the...
• Totalisator (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (94 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." In June 2000 an interdepartmental group reported on the Gaming and Lotteries Acts 1956 to 1986. It recommended that an age limit of 18 years...
• Adjournment Matters. (0 speeches)
• Disabled Drivers. (7 speeches)
  I wish to share my time with Senator Coonan.
• Road Network. (11 speeches)
  I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I am receiving many telephone calls about the same Minister of State complaining of his stance on the sugar factory in Carlow and rail depots. I will...
• Schools Building Projects. (2 speeches)
  I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Education and Science, Deputy de Valera, to the House. The matter I raise refers to land at Beechpark Avenue, Castleknock, a site well known...