Seanad debates

Tuesday, 30 March 2010

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach i gceannas ar 14.30 p.m.
• Business of Seanad. (1 speech)
  I have received notice from Senator Jerry Buttimer that, on the motion for the Adjournment of the House today, he proposes to raise the following matter: The need for the Minister for Arts, Sport...
• Appointment of Ministers and Ministers of State. (1 speech)
  I have to inform the House that I have received a letter dated 23 March 2010 from the Secretary General to the Government regarding the resignation, appointment and reassignment of members of the...
• Order of Business. (90 speeches)
  The Order of Business is No. 1, motion re agreement between the European Union, Iceland and Norway on mutual assistance in criminal matters; No. 2, motion re agreement between the European Union,...
• International Agreements: Motions. (4 speeches)
  I move: That Seanad Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of...
• Defamation Act 2009 (Press Council) Order 2010: Referral to Joint Committee. (1 speech)
  I move: That the proposal that Seanad Éireann approves the following Order in draft: Defamation Act 2009 (Press Council) Order 2010, copies of which have been laid in draft form before Seanad...
• Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2010 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (55 speeches)
  I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Mary White, to the Seanad. I congratulate her on her appointment and wish her well. This is a Seanad Bill which has been amended by the Dáil. In...
• Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2010: 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 Petroleum...
• Domestic Violence: Statements. (33 speeches)
  I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy Mary White. As it is her first visit to the House, I congratulate her on her appointment and wish...
• Message from Dáil. (1 speech)
  Dáil Éireann has agreed on this date, 30 March 2010, to the recommendation made by Seanad Éireann to the Finance Bill 2010 and, in consequence, made an amendment to the Bill.
• Finance Bill 2010: Motion for Earlier Signature. (3 speeches)
  I move: That pursuant to subsection 2o of section 2 of Article 25 of the Constitution, Seanad Éireann concurs with the Government in a request to the President to sign the Finance Bill 2010 on a...
• Adjournment Matters. (0 speeches)
• Sports Capital Programme. (22 speeches)
  This Adjournment Matter relates to the important area of sport and, in particular, the need to reopen the sports capital programme. In the Sunday Independent last weekend Alan Ruddock stated,...
• Job Losses (14 speeches)
  Like others, I wish the Minister of State well in her new position. She has been tasked with high responsibility. Many people are depending on the decisions made by her and the Government. The...
• Registration of Deaths. (11 speeches)
  Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. I asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to handle this motion, but the Minister for Social and Family Affairs is doing so instead. He might...