Seanad debates

Thursday, 19 June 2014

  • Prelude (0 speeches)
    Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach i gceannas ar 10:30:00
  • 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...
  • Order of Business (22 speeches)
    The Order of Business is No. 1, address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Catherine McGuinness on children's rights in Ireland, to be taken at 11.45 a.m. in accordance with the arrangements set out in...
  • Health Insurance (Reform) Bill 2014: First Stage (6 speeches)
    I move: That leave the granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to reform the regulation of the health insurance sector and for that purpose to vest responsibility for the management of the...
  • Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Catherine McGuinness (39 speeches)
    On behalf of Members of Seanad Éireann, I welcome Ms Catherine McGuinness who has been invited to address the Seanad on the topic of children's rights in Ireland. As chair of the external...
  • Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (15 speeches)
    I move: That Seanad Éireann resolves that sections 2 to 4, 6 to 12, 14 and 17 of the Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 (No. 39 of 1998) shall continue in operation for the...
  • Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motion (42 speeches)
    I move: That Seanad Éireann resolves that section 8 of the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009 (No. 32 of 2009) shall continue in operation for the period beginning on 30 June, 2014 and...
  • Adjournment Matters (0 speeches)
    • One-Parent Family Payments (10 speeches)
      I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Kathleen Lynch.
    • Medicinal Products Availability (15 speeches)
      I am raising this issue because the figures relating to it were brought to my attention yesterday by the Union of Students in Ireland. As Fine Gael's spokesperson on health in the Seanad, I...