Seanad debates

Tuesday, 28 June 2016

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Chathaoirleach i gceannas ar 14:30
• Business of Seanad (1 speech)
  I have received notice from Senator Maria Byrne that, on the motion for the Commencement of the House today, she proposes to raise the following matter:The need for the Minister for Transport,...
• Commencement Matters (0 speeches)
  • Regional Airports (3 speeches)
    I am delighted to see that there has been a substantial increase in tourism over recent years. In 2015, 29.8 million passengers passed through Irish airports. Of these, more than 24 million or...
  • Special Educational Needs Service Provision (20 speeches)
    I will give the Minister of State a brief synopsis of this matter. The Holy Angels Day Care Centre opened in Carlow in 1978 in the basement of Carlow's old district hospital by a Presentation...
  • Home Care Packages Provision (4 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Helen McEntee, to the House. She has been a staunch supporter of the Alzheimer Society of Ireland, both locally and...
  • Primary Care Centres Provision (4 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State for attending. I raised this matter previously in the House. In 2012, the Fine Gael-Labour Party Government made an announcement about the provision of 35 primary...
• Order of Business (156 speeches)
  The Order of Business is No. 1, motion re reinstatement of the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2016 to the Order Paper, to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business, without debate and;...
• Registration of Wills Bill 2016: First Stage (8 speeches)
  I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the extension of the civil registration service to the registration of certain information regarding wills and for...
• Competition (Amendment) Bill 2016: Restoration to Order Paper (1 speech)
  I move:That, in pursuance of Standing Order No. 158 of the Standing Orders relative to public business, the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2016, which had reached Committee Stage prior to the...
• United Kingdom Referendum on European Union Membership: Statements (51 speeches)
  I welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Charles Flanagan.