Seanad debates

Wednesday, 8 February 2006

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Business of Seanad. (1 speech)
  I have received notice from Senator Finucane that, on the motion for the Adjournment of the House today, he proposes to raise the following matter: The need for the Minister for Education and...
• Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy. (7 speeches)
  Members of the House were saddened to learn last week of the death of Mr. Ruairí Brugha. I will speak on behalf of my party this morning. All Members knew or knew of Ruairí Brugha. I have an...
• Order of Business. (67 speeches)
  The Order of Business is Nos. 1, 2 and 20, motion 25. No. 1, statements on a strategy for men's health, resumed, to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business and to conclude not later...
• Strategy for Men's Health: Statements (Resumed). (8 speeches)
  I welcome the Minister of State back to the House. It is somewhat confusing as I have been spread out like Marmite over the past few days. I was talking about prostate cancer, which is a serious...
• Third Level Education: Statements. (15 speeches)
  I thank the House for this invitation to address it on the subject of the Government's commitment to funding for third level education and the reform of medical education. There have been...
• Road Network: Motion. (72 speeches)
  I move: That Seanad Éireann: —condemns the Government for its failure to provide any solution to the appalling problem of congestion on the M50, until 2008 at the earliest; —expresses its...
• Adjournment Matters. (0 speeches)
  School Transport.
  • School Transport. (2 speeches)
    On 23 May 2005, a fatal bus crash occurred at Kentstown, near Navan, in which five school children tragically died when the bus toppled over. There was an understandable public outcry and the...
  • County Boundaries. (3 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister of State to the House to discuss what I believe to be a critical issue, not just for County Clare, but in its principle to many counties bordering expanding towns and...
  • Mental Health Services. (2 speeches)
    The mental health services have been neglected and underfunded in recent years. Funding dropped from 11% of the total health budget in 1997 to 6.6% in 2003, but the WHO recommends that 14% of a...