Seanad debates

Wednesday, 14 July 2010

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Business of Seanad (1 speech)
  I have received notice from Senator Brendan Ryan that, on the motion for the adjournment of the House today, he proposes to raise the following matter: The need for the Minister for the...
• Order of Business (53 speeches)
  The Order of Business is tributes to a former Member, the late Joe Doyle, to be taken at the conclusion of the Order of Business and conclude within 30 minutes, when leaders may speak for three...
• Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (24 speeches)
  It was with great sadness that we learned of the death of a former Deputy, Senator and Lord Mayor of Dublin, our former Senator, Joe Doyle, who passed away on 8 August 2009. I wish to express my...
• Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (124 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 has been placed...
• Message from Dáil (1 speech)
  Dáil Éireann has passed the Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2010 without amendment.
• Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (177 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...
• Business of Seanad (2 speeches)
  I advise the House that there may be further business to be taken this evening. I, therefore, propose that we suspend the sitting until 8 p.m., at which time I will advise the House of the...
• Business of Seanad (8 speeches)
  I propose an amendment to the Order of Business, that we suspend the sitting until 9 p.m., at which time No. 2a on the Supplementary Order Paper circulated to all Members will be taken, to...
• Suspension of Member: Motion (8 speeches)
  I move: That, having regard to the Report of the Committee on Members' Interests of the results of an investigation into a complaint concerning Senator Ivor Callely, which report was laid before...
• Adjournment Matters (0 speeches)
• Local Authority Funding (5 speeches)
  I welcome the Minister of State and thank him for taking time to take this matter. The decision by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy John Gormley, to place...
• Semi-State Bodies (9 speeches)
  I welcome the Minister of State. The matter I wish to raise is one with which he will have some familiarity because he was a member of the Joint Committee on Transport in a former life. The...
• Supported Care Home Standards (5 speeches)
  I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Cuffe. It is not a personal attack on him, but when I put down an Adjournment motion and there is not a Minister from the relevant Department present, I...