Seanad debates

Wednesday, 1 June 2011

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach i gceannas ar 2.30 p.m.
• 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...
• Business of Seanad. (1 speech)
  For the information of Members of the House, the 24th Seanad was up and running in four weeks, only four days after the Taoiseach's nominees were announced. This compares with eight weeks in...
• Order of Business. (95 speeches, 1 comment)
  The Order of Business is Nos. 1 to 7, inclusive, and No. 10, motion 1. We will deal with No. 1, the election of a Leas-Chathaoirleach, in 15 minutes. Nos. 2 to 6, inclusive - which involve the...
• Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (14 speeches)
  I move: "That Senator Denis O'Donovan be elected Leas-Chathaoirleach." It is a great honour and pleasure to propose Senator Denis O'Donovan for election to the post of Leas-Chathaoirleach. Not...
• Criminal Justice (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill 2011: Restoration to Order Paper (1 speech)
  I move: That, in pursuance of Standing order No. 138 of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business, the Criminal Justice (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill 2011, which had reached Order for...
• Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2008: Restoration to Order Paper (1 speech)
  I move: That, in pursuance of Standing order No. 138 of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business, the Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2008, which had reached Second Stage prior to the Seanad...
• Coroners Bill 2007: Restoration to Order Paper (1 speech)
  I move: That, in pursuance of Standing order No. 138 of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business, the Coroners Bill 2007, which had reached Committee Stage prior to the Seanad General...
• Jurisdiction of Courts and Enforcement of Judgments (Amendment) Bill 2011: Restoration to Order Paper (1 speech)
  I move: That, in pursuance of Standing order No. 138 of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business, the Jurisdiction of Courts and Enforcement of Judgments (Amendment) Bill 2011, which had...
• Privacy Bill 2006: Restoration to Order Paper (1 speech)
  I move: That, in pursuance of Standing order No. 138 of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business, the Privacy Bill 2006, which had reached Order for Second Stage prior to the Seanad...
• Smithwick Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (21 speeches)
  I move: That Seanad Éireann resolves that the terms of reference contained in the Resolution passed by Dáil Éireann on 23 March, 2005 and by Seanad Éireann on 24 March, 2005, pursuant to the...
• Tourism Sector: Motion (59 speeches)
  I welcome the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport and congratulate him on his appointment.
• Adjournment Matters (0 speeches)
• Health Service Staff (6 speeches)
  I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Shane McEntee, congratulate him and wish him well in his portfolio in the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
• Constitutional Amendment on Children (3 speeches)
  I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Shane McEntee. From my experience of being in Departments and taking many Adjournment debates I appreciate that the new Minister for Children may have...
• Environmental Policy (4 speeches)
  I wish to raise the matter of the gorse fires which swept across County Donegal and other counties in the midlands and the west in the period over the May bank holiday weekend from the end of...