Seanad debates

Friday, 17 December 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 James Carroll that, on the motion for the Adjournment of the House today, he proposes to raise the following matter: The need for the Minister for Social...
• Message from Dáil (1 speech)
  Dáil Éireann passed the Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2010 on 16 December 2010 without amendment.
• Order of Business (218 speeches)
  The Order of Business is No. 1, Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2010 - Committee and Remaining Stages, to be taken at the conclusion of the Order of Business, and No. 2, motion for earlier...
• Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (68 speeches)
  Before going through the sections I welcome the Minister and wish the Cathaoirleach, Members and staff of the Houses a very happy and safe Christmas. I thank everybody for their co-operation...
• Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2010: Motion for Earlier Signature (3 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 Social Welfare and...
• Adjournment Matters (0 speeches)
• Social Welfare Benefits (2 speeches)
  I start by wishing the Leas-Chathaoirleach a happy Christmas. I thank the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Ó Cuív, for taking his motion himself. It is a sad reality that jobseeker's...
• Industrial Development (2 speeches)
  This motion concerns the venture capital industry in Ireland which consists of private bodies that play a role in investing in local entrepreneurial companies and people looking to set up...
• School Staffing (5 speeches)
  I welcome the Minister. I am relieved to have made it to the House by the skin of my teeth. I was at an educational establishment, St. Patrick's Cathedral Choir and Grammar School, which dates...