Seanad debates

Thursday, 18 December 2008

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Business of Seanad. (1 speech)
  I have notice from Senator Cecilia Keaveney that, on the Adjournment of the House today, she proposes to raise the following matter: The need for the Minister for Health and Children to ensure...
• Order of Business (118 speeches)
  The Order of Business today is No. 1, motion re Friday sitting, to be taken without debate at the conclusion of the Order of Business; No. 2, Appropriation Bill 2008 — All Stages; No. 3,...
• Order of Business: Motion. (4 speeches)
  I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, the House shall sit at 10 a.m. on Friday 19th December, 2008 and the Leader of the House will be called on to reply to the Order of...
• Appropriation Bill 2008: All Stages (1 speech)
  In accordance with the order of the House today I am required to put the following question: "That the Bill is hereby read a Second Time, that sections 1 to 4, inclusive, Schedules 1 and 2 and...
• Gun Crime: Statements (20 speeches)
  I thank the House for the opportunity to speak on the important subject of gun crime. Senators will appreciate that I am very constrained in what I can say about a specific recent tragic...
• Adjournment Matters (0 speeches)
• National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 speeches)
  I thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting this matter for discussion on the Adjournment. I also thank him for his forbearance during this session and accommodating many of the important issues I...
• Banking Sector Regulation (7 speeches)
  I thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing me to raise this important matter, namely, the need for the Minister for Finance to outline the plans he has, if any, to put pressure on banks to make more...