Seanad debates

Tuesday, 17 February 2009

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach i gceannas ar 2.30 p.m.
• Business of Seanad (1 speech)
  I have received notice from Senator Brendan Ryan that, on the motion for the Adjournment of the House today, he wishes to raise the following matter: The need for the Tánaiste and Minister for...
• Order of Business (135 speeches)
  The Order of Business is No. 1, motion re draft Planning and Development (Regional Planning Guidelines) Regulations 2009, to be referred to committee, without debate at the conclusion of the...
• Planning and Development Regulations: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That the proposal that Seanad Éireann approves the following regulations in draft: The Planning and Development (Regional Planning Guidelines) Regulations 2009, copies of which were laid...
• Adoption Bill 2009: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
  Bill entitled an Act to provide for the dissolution of An Bord Uchtála and the establishment of a body to be known in the Irish language as Údarás Uchtála na hÉireann or in the English...
• Adoption Bill 2009: Second Stage (25 speeches)
  Question proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Message from Dáil (1 speech)
  The House has received the following message from the Dáil. Dáil Éireann has agreed, on 11 February 2009, to amendments Nos. 1 to 70, inclusive, and amendments Nos. 72 to 83, inclusive, made...
• Charities Bill 2007: Motion (21 speeches)
  On 11 December 2008, the Seanad returned the Charities Bill 2007 to the Dáil with 83 amendments, to which the agreement of the Dáil was sought. The Dáil considered those amendments on 11...
• Adjournment Matters (0 speeches)
• Company Closures (6 speeches)
  I wish to share one minute with Senator Dominic Hannigan.
• Planning Issues (2 speeches)
  I want to discuss the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government's adopted Policy Statement on Development Management and Access to National Roads, which concerns both national...
• Special Educational Needs (18 speeches)
  I wish to share time with Senator Fidelma Healy Eames. The decision by the Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe, to destroy the futures of hundreds of the most vulnerable...