Seanad debates

Tuesday, 6 December 2011

  • Prelude (0 speeches)
    Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach i gceannas ar 12.30 p.m.
  • Business of Seanad (1 speech)
    I have notice from the Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh that, on the motion for the Adjournment of the House today, he proposes to raise the following matter: Chun iarraidh ar an tAire...
  • Order of Business (210 speeches)
    The Order of Business is No. 1, motion regarding the appointment of a new Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission - referral to Joint Committee on Justice, Equality and Defence, without debate; No....
  • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Referral to Joint Committee (1 speech)
    I move: That the proposal that Seanad Éireann, noting that the Government on 1st December, 2011 nominated Mr. Simon O'Brien, Mr. Kieran Fitzgerald and Ms. Carmel Foley for appointment by the...
  • Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
    Bill entitled an Act to require the owners of certain residential properties to pay an annual household charge in respect of each such property to the local authority in whose functional area the...
  • Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Second Stage (51 speeches)
    Question proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
  • Budget 2012: Statements (158 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brian Hayes, to the House for statements on budget 2012. The Minister of State will commence...
  • Adjournment Matters (0 speeches)
  • Tionscal na hIascaireachta (5 speeches)
    Cuirim céad fáilte arís roimh an Aire Stáit don dara huair inniu. Tá a fhios agam go bhfuil neart eile ar siúl inniu. Iarradh orm ceist a ardú maidir le tionscal atá fíor tábhachtach i...
  • Local Authority Housing (4 speeches)
    It is not often I have the Chamber to myself and the Minister of State. The issue I wish to raise is one about which I have been concerned for a long time, namely, local authority tenants having...