Seanad debates

Wednesday, 10 November 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 Denis O'Donovan that, on the motion for the Adjournment of the House today, he proposes to raise the following matter: The need for the Minister for...
• Order of Business (106 speeches)
  The Order of Business is No. 1, statements on the effects of recession on mental health, to be taken at the conclusion of the Order of Business and conclude not later than 2 p.m., if not...
• Visit of United Kingdom Delegation (1 speech)
  I am sure Members of the House will wish to join with me in welcoming Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, Member of the House of Lords. On my behalf and on behalf of my colleagues in Seanad...
• Order of Business (Resumed) (2 speeches)
  Senator Fitzgerald moved an amendment to the Order of Business: "That a debate with the Minister for Health and Children on the report of the Ombudsman on nursing home care be taken today." Is...
• Effects of Recession on Mental Health: Statements (15 speeches)
  I thank Members for the invitation to the House to discuss the effects the recession is having on the population in terms of mental health. I propose to deal with this under three headings. One...
• EU Directive on Temporary Agency Work: Statements (13 speeches)
  I thank the Members of the House for the invitation to address them on the EU directive on temporary agency work. This coincides with the recent initiation by my Department of a public...
• National Housing Development Survey: Motion (37 speeches)
  I move: That Seanad Éireann notes the recent publication of the National Housing Development Survey and is concerned that: ---many completed houses are unoccupied despite a huge demand for...
• Adjournment Matters (0 speeches)
• Fisheries Protection (2 speeches)
  I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Connick, for taking this matter. To synopsise it in a nutshell, Garnish is a little fishing hamlet in the Beara Peninsula, about 15 miles west of...
• Sports Policy (3 speeches)
  I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Áine Brady, for her attendance. To declare an interest, I am president of the Youth and Sports Committee of the Council of Europe and I ask why a country...
• Flood Relief (3 speeches)
  Gabhaim buíochas don Chathaoirleach mar gur thóg sé cead dom an rún seo a chur roimh an Teach, agus cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit, an Teachta Áine Brady. The motion calls on the...