Seanad debates

Tuesday, 25 October 2005

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach i gceannas ar 2.30 p.m.
• Business of Seanad. (1 speech)
  I have received notice from Senator Browne 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...
• Message from Dáil. (1 speech)
  Dáil Éireann has passed the Land Bill 2004 without amendment.
• Order of Business. (66 speeches)
  The Order of Business is No. 1, a motion, to be taken without debate, which refers the Social Welfare Consolidation Bill 2005 to the Standing Joint Committee on Consolidation Bills, and which...
• Social Welfare Consolidation Bill 2005: Motion. (1 speech)
  I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders— (a) the Social Welfare Consolidation Bill 2005 be referred to the Standing Joint Committee on Consolidation Bills; (b) the first...
• Salmon Fisheries Report: Statements (Resumed). (43 speeches)
  I will help myself and others recap. In welcoming the report, I was rebutting an outrageous attack by Senator Ross on the Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural...
• Adoptive Leave Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill Amended by Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (20 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)
• Hospital Services. (2 speeches)
  I welcome the Minister of State to the House. Last July, after many months of waiting, the capital programme for major hospitals in the country was announced. For some unknown reason, St. Luke's...
• Health Service Reform. (6 speeches)
  I welcome the Minister of State to the House for this Adjournment matter. As he is aware, there is a major democratic deficit in the delivery of health services in local areas since the abolition...
• Security of the Elderly. (4 speeches)
  The easiest way to table this issue is to read from a letter that describes a situation very eloquently: I am a voluntary worker for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. I am writing regarding the...