Seanad debates

Wednesday, 5 May 2010

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach i gceannas ar 14.30.
• Business of Seanad. (1 speech)
  I have received notice from Senator Fidelma Healy Eames that, on the motion for the Adjournment of the House today, she proposes to raise the following matter: The need for the Minister for...
• Order of Business. (116 speeches, 1 comment)
  I extend our deepest sympathy to the family and friends of the late Gerry Ryan who was an outstanding broadcaster and a man of the people. The Order of Business is No. 1, motion re implementation...
• Treaty of Lisbon: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, the Resolution of Seanad Éireann of 10 December, 2009 in relation to the Implementation of new powers of National Parliaments under the...
• Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (31 speeches)
  I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy John Moloney, to the House. I remind Members that a Senator may speak only once on Report Stage, except for the proposer of an amendment who may reply to...
• Ministerial Pensions: Motion (63 speeches)
  I move: That Seanad Éireann calls on the Government to introduce legislation to cause, with immediate effect, the cessation of the payment of Ministerial pensions to members of both Houses of...
• Adjournment Matters (0 speeches)
• Inter-Country Adoptions (4 speeches)
  I wish the Minister of State, Deputy Finneran, a good evening. In light of the current block on Russian adoptions there is a need for the Minister to give a timeline by which the block can be...
• Library Projects (6 speeches)
  I raise this matter to urge the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to sanction the immediate opening of the new state-of-the-art library located in the converted 19th...
• Crop Damage Compensation (5 speeches)
  I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Finneran. I raise this issue with regard to the nursery growers of Ireland. I visited one of these nurseries - Kelly's nursery in Streamstown - two weeks...