Seanad debates

Friday, 18 December 2009

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Business of Seanad (1 speech)
  I have notice from Senator John Paul Phelan that, on the motion for the Adjournment of the House today, he proposes to raise the following matter: The need for the Minister for Finance to outline...
• Order of Business (93 speeches)
  The Order of Business is No. 1, Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] - Report Stage, to be taken at the conclusion of the Order of...
• Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (3 speeches)
  This is a Seanad Bill which has been amended by the Dáil. In accordance with Standing Order 113, it is deemed to have passed its First, Second and Third Stages in the Seanad and is placed on...
• Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2009: Motion for Earlier Signature (1 speech)
  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 Houses of the...
• Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill Amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (19 speeches)
  This is a Seanad Bill which has been amended by the Dáil. In accordance with Standing Order 113, it is deemed to have passed its First, Second and Third Stages in the Seanad and is placed on...
• Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (55 speeches)
  I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Mansergh, back again to the House. He is probably the Minister who has most often visited this House. SECTION 1.
• Business of Seanad (3 speeches)
  If it is in order, the Opposition has proposed that the Order of Business be amended to allow the House to complete section 2 before the sos. I am willing to accommodate the proposal.
• Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (38 speeches)
  SECTION 2.
• Business of Seanad (3 speeches)
  As a further amendment has been tabled for Report Stage of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009, and it was submitted on time, I will have to suspend the...
• Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (19 speeches)
  Senators: Before we commence I remind Senators that a Senator may speak only once on Report Stage, except for the proposer of an amendment, who may reply to the discussion on the amendment....
• Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Motion for Early Signature (8 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 Financial Emergency...
• Adjournment Matters (0 speeches)
• National Monuments (7 speeches)
  It is appropriate that the Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Deputy Mansergh, responds to this matter. We spoke about this in the Seanad ante-room earlier. It concerns Knockroe...
• Garda Stations (6 speeches)
  I thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting this matter and the Minister of State for handling the debate on behalf of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform. I have raised it due to the...