Seanad debates

Tuesday, 31 March 2015

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Chathaoirleach i gceannas ar 14:30:00
• Business of Seanad (1 speech)
  I have received notice from Senator Kathryn Reilly that, on the motion for the Commencement of the House today, she proposes to raise the following matter: The need for the Minister for...
• Commencement Matters (0 speeches)
  • Local Improvement Scheme Funding (2 speeches)
    I thank the Minister for being in the Chamber to take this matter. I appreciate his attendance and taking the time from his busy schedule. The issue in hand is the local improvement scheme...
  • Sale of Aer Lingus (4 speeches)
    I welcome our good friend, the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport. He and I discussed issues of aviation economics many times when he was my student in Trinity College Dublin. My concern...
  • Nursing Staff Recruitment (7 speeches)
    I thank the Minister for coming into the House to deal with this matter. The issue I raise concerns the training courses available for nurses who have trained abroad but who now wish to return...
  • Drug Treatment Programmes Availability (5 speeches)
    I, too, would like to welcome the Minister to the House and thank him for coming in to discuss a very serious issue concerning the HSE drugs counselling services and programmes for those under 18...
• Order of Business (114 speeches)
  The Order of Business is Nos. 1 and 2, motions regarding Freedom of Information Act 2014 - Referral to Committee, to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business without debate; and No. 3,...
• Freedom of Information Act 2014 Orders: Referral to Joint Committee (2 speeches)
  I move: That the proposal that Seanad Éireann approves the following Order in draft:Freedom of Information Act 2014 (Effective Date for Certain Bodies) Order 2015,copies of which Order in...
• An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Aois Intofachta chun Oifig an Uachtaráin) 2015: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Age of Eligibility for Election to the Office of President) Bill 2015: Second Stage (36 speeches)
  We will now take Second Stage of the Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Age of Eligibility for Election to the Office of President) Bill 2015. No. 4, a motion pursuant to section 23 of...