Seanad debates

Thursday, 15 October 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 Shane Ross that he proposes to raise the following matter on the Adjournment: The need for the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to...
• Order of Business (91 speeches)
  The Order of Business is No. 1, motion re vacancy on the administrative panel; No. 2, motion re vacancy on the agricultural panel; No. 3, motion re Joint Committee on the Constitutional Amendment...
• Issue of Writ: Motions (2 speeches)
  I move: That the Clerk of Seanad Éireann do send to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government notice of a vacancy in the membership of Seanad Éireann occasioned by the...
• Joint Committee on the Constitutional Amendment on Children: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That the Order of Seanad Éireann of 2 April 2009 in relation to the Joint Committee on the Constitutional Amendment on Children be amended by the deletion of "16 October 2009" and the...
• Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (56 speeches)
  I welcome the Minister for Transport, Deputy Noel Dempsey. Before we commence, I remind Senators that on Report Stage a Senator may speak only once, except the proposer of an amendment who may...
• Adjournment Matters (0 speeches)
• Strategic Development Zones (6 speeches)
  I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Barry Andrews, to the House. I am used to bellyaching here about getting the wrong Minister on a subject and not getting the Minister for the Environment,...
• Long-Term Illness Scheme (4 speeches)
  I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Andrews. My Adjournment matter is self-explanatory. My knowledge of fibromyalgia stems from the fact that a very good friend in Kilkenny suffers from...