Seanad debates

Thursday, 24 March 2005

  • Prelude (0 speeches)
    Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
  • Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy. (6 speeches)
    On behalf of my party and as Leader of the Seanad, I pay tribute to a former Member of the House, the late Pól Ó Foighil. He was a former Fine Gael Senator but also ran for election as an...
  • Business of Seanad. (1 speech)
    I have received notice from Senator John Paul Phelan that, on the motion for the Adjournment of the House today, he proposes to raise the following matter: The need for the Minister for...
  • Order of Business. (35 speeches)
    The Order of Business is No. 1, a motion regarding the All-Party Committee on the Constitution, which is currently examining family rights issues. The committee was established to hold public...
  • Establishment of Joint Committee on the Constitution: Motion. (3 speeches)
    Molaim an rún: "D'ainneoin aon ní sna Buan-Orduithe, de bhrí go bhfuil Coiste Uile-Pháirtí an Oireachtais ar an mBunreacht ag gabháil d'athbhreithniú iomlán ar an mBunreacht ar bhonn...
  • Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion. (68 speeches)
    I move: That Seanad Éireann: —noting that following agreement reached between the British and Irish Governments at Weston Park in 2001, retired Canadian Supreme Court Judge Mr. Peter Cory was...
  • Adjournment Matters. (0 speeches)
  • Company Closures. (3 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment. I was present on 12 December 2002 at a meeting in the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. The meeting was attended by all...
  • Asylum Applications. (2 speeches)
    On my question to give compassionate consideration to Olukunle Elukanlo, the student from Palmerstown, which would allow him to return to complete his leaving certificate studies, obviously the...
  • School Accommodation. (2 speeches)
    I thank the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for taking the motion. He is probably not familiar with Castaheany, a new town on the outskirts of the city in Dublin 15. Some 4,000...