Seanad debates

Wednesday, 10 December 2008

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Business of Seanad (1 speech)
  I have received notice from Senator David Norris 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...
• Order of Business (140 speeches)
  The Order of Business is No. 1, motion re Eurojust, which is back from the committee; No. 2, the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008 — Report Stage; No. 3, Statements on the recall of...
• European Council Decisions: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That Seanad Éireann 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 the following...
• Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (177 speeches)
  Before we commence I remind the House that a Senator may speak only once on Report Stage, except for the proposer of an amendment who may reply to the discussion of the amendment. Each amendment...
• Recall of Irish Pork and Bacon Products: Statements (46 speeches)
  Tá áthas orm deis a fháil labhairt sa Seanad ar an t-ábhar tábhachtach tráthúil seo. I am pleased to have the opportunity to make a comprehensive statement on the circumstances that led...
• Criminal Law (Admissibility of Evidence) Bill 2008: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
  Bill entitled an Act to revise in part the law of evidence in criminal proceedings and for that purpose to abolish the exclusionary rule and to amend the Garda Síochána Act 2005.
• Criminal Law (Admissibility of Evidence) Bill 2008: Second Stage (80 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I welcome the Minister to the House and I appreciate his presence. This is a Bill to refine the law of evidence. I preface my introduction of...
• Adjournment Matters (0 speeches)
  Pharmaceutical Sector.
  • Pharmaceutical Sector. (5 speeches)
    This matter relates to the registration fee being imposed on the pharmaceutical sector. Three elements in the new regulation cause concern. The first is the extraordinarily high level at which...
  • Higher Education Grants. (4 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Barry Andrews, for taking this issue on the Adjournment tonight. I am raising the proposal to increase fees in the Northern third level institutions and the...
• Schools Building Projects (6 speeches)
  I thank the Chair for accepting this motion on the Adjournment. I also welcome the Minister of State. The reason I raise the motion is to make the case for two vocational schools in north...