Seanad debates

Friday, 1 July 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 Bradford that, on the Adjournment of the House today, he proposes to raise the following matter: The need for the Minister for Agriculture and Food to...
• Messages from Dáil. (1 speech)
  Dáil Éireann has agreed to the amendments made by Seanad Éireann to the Grangegorman Development Agency Bill 2004. Dáil Éireann has agreed to the amendments made by Seanad Éireann to the...
• Order of Business. (37 speeches)
  Before I begin may I say how refreshing it is to hear that the Dáil has agreed to amendments from the Seanad? It makes a change and I am delighted to hear they are sending us messages about it....
• Tributes to Head Usher of the Houses of the Oireachtas. (17 speeches)
  Before I call the Leader to reply on the Order of Business, I remind Senators that the Head Usher of the Houses of the Oireachtas, Mr. Ray Hesse, who is in the Distinguished Visitors Gallery,...
• Order of Business (Resumed). (27 speeches)
  Senator Brian Hayes raised the matter of 14 year old Brian Rossiter, who died in Clonmel. He wondered why the Minister, when speaking on an amendment to the 1924 Act in this House, did not say he...
• Treaty of Amsterdam: Motions. (4 speeches)
  I move: That Seanad Eireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion provided by Article 1.11 of the Treaty of Amsterdam to take part in the adoption of a proposal for an EU...
• Veterinary Practice Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (18 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 its First, Second and Third Stages in the Seanad and is placed on the...
• Adjournment Matters. (0 speeches)
• Sugar Beet Industry. (3 speeches)
  I wish to share my time with Senator Callanan. I thank the Chair for affording me an opportunity to speak on the crisis facing the Irish sugar beet industry, and the need for the Minister and her...
• Special Educational Needs. (5 speeches)
  Will the Minister for Education and Science be here to respond to the matter I wish to raise?
• Child Care Services. (4 speeches)
  Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. My Adjournment matter is simple. The recent announcement to allocate €45 million to child care sounds like a lot of money but, by the time it is divided up around...