Seanad debates

Thursday, 2 April 2009

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Business of Seanad (1 speech)
  I have received notice from Senator Joe O'Reilly that, on the motion for the Adjournment of the House today, he wishes to raise the following matter: The need for the Minister for Education and...
• Order of Business (114 speeches)
  The Order of Business is No. 1, motion re time for Order of Business, to be taken without debate at the conclusion of the Order of Business; No, 2, motion re Joint Committee on the Constitutional...
• Business of Seanad: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That, in each sitting until the adjournment of the Seanad for the Easter recess, the Leader of the House be called to reply to the Order of Business no later than 55 minutes after the...
• Orders of Seanad Éireann: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That the Order of Seanad Éireann of 25 November, 2008 in relation to the Joint Committee on the Constitutional Amendment on Children be amended by the deletion of '9 April 2009' and the...
• EU Regulations: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That Seanad Éireann approves, in accordance with Article 29.4.6° of Bunreacht na hÉireann, the exercise by the State of the option, provided by Article 3 of the fourth Protocol set...
• EU 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...
• EU Regulations: 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...
• Adoption Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (40 speeches)
  Amendments Nos. 52 and 53 not moved.
• Adjournment Matters (0 speeches)
  Special Educational Needs.
  • Special Educational Needs. (3 speeches)
    Cuirim fáilte roimh an tAire Stáit. This matter relates to the proposed removal of a special class from St. Anne's primary school, Bailieborough, County Cavan. Up to now, 14 children have...
  • Alcohol Abuse. (4 speeches)
    I want to address the need for the Minister for Health and Children to contact her counterparts in the North and the Scottish Parliament to exchange ideas on how to curb the abuse of alcohol with...