Seanad debates

Wednesday, 19 February 2014

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  
• Business of Seanad (1 speech)
  I have notice from Senator Tony Mulcahy 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 Environment,...
• Order of Business (94 speeches, 1 comment)
  The Order of Business is No. 1, statements on the operation of the Teaching Council of Ireland, to be taken at 11.45 a.m. and to conclude not later than 1.30 p.m., with the contributions of group...
• Teaching Council of Ireland: Statements (47 speeches)
  I welcome the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Quinn, to the House and ask him to proceed when he is ready.
• Address to Seanad Éireann by the Pope: Motion (29 speeches)
  I move: Seanad Éireann consequent upon the unanimous decision of the Committee on Procedures and Privileges to add the name of His Holiness Pope Francis the First to be included among the...
• Greyhound Racing Industry: Statements (16 speeches)
  I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Tom Hayes, to the House.
• Mental Health Services Provision: Motion (171 speeches)
  I move: That Seanad Éireann – notes:- that the mental health policy, A Vision for Change, published in 2006 was a landmark policy in advocating both for closure of the old psychiatric...
• Adjournment Matters (0 speeches)
  • Water and Sewerage Schemes Status (3 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister. The matter I wish to raise is self-explanatory. I am seeking an update on the Shannon water treatment plant. Difficulties have arisen because the plant has reached...
  • Local Authority Charges Review (4 speeches)
    This issue was raised by a councillor in the area but in a sense it is a national issue. The question for the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government is whether, given its...
  • Maternity Services (27 speeches)
    Following the Minister's statement in the Dáil yesterday and the real concerns of the people of the north west, I have some specific questions to which I would like specific answers. What...