Seanad debates

Tuesday, 16 December 2008

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach i gceannas ar 2.30 p.m.
• Business of Seanad (1 speech)
  I have notice from Senator Denis O'Donovan that, on the motion for the Adjournment of the House today, he proposes to raise the following matter: The need for the Minister for the Environment,...
• Order of Business (127 speeches)
  The Order of Business is No. 1, motion re European evidence warrant; No. 2, motion re judgments in absentia, to be taken without debate at the conclusion of the Order of Business; No. 3, Social...
• European Council Decisions: Motion (2 speeches)
  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...
• Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Committee and Remaining Stages (114 speeches)
  Section 1 agreed to.
• Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Motion for Earlier Signature (3 speeches)
  I move: That pursuant to subsection 2° of section 2 of Article 25 of the Constitution, Seanad Éireann concurs with the Government in a request to the President to sign the Social Welfare...
• Adjournment Matters (0 speeches)
• Road Safety (2 speeches)
  I thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing me to raise this matter this evening. I wish to speak about two separate but related issues on road safety. In the run-up to Christmas and with the dark...
• Water and Sewerage Schemes (3 speeches)
  I thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing me to raise the ongoing saga of the Castletownbere sewerage scheme and treatment plant. I became a member of Cork County Council in 1985, which seems a...
• Juvenile Offenders (2 speeches)
  I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Barry Andrews, for coming to the Chamber to respond to this Adjournment matter. Given the amount of coverage and discussion already given to the particular...