Seanad debates

Thursday, 7 July 2016

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach i gceannas ar 10:30:00
• Business of Seanad (1 speech)
  I have received notice from Senator Kieran O’Donnell that, on the motion for the Commencement of the House today, he proposes to raise the following matter:The need for the Minister for...
• Commencement Matters (0 speeches)
  • Schools Building Projects (11 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister, Deputy Bruton, to the House.
  • Disablement Benefit (4 speeches)
    I wish to establish how many Arigna miners who suffered work-related illness have received compensation to date and how many of those who have applied have yet to receive compensation. In 2010...
  • Medicinal Products Availability (4 speeches)
    I appreciate the attendance of the Minister of State, Deputy Helen McEntee, to answer my queries. The issue has been raised previously through a Dáil parliamentary question. The person in...
  • Mental Health Services Provision (8 speeches)
    In the 1950s Ireland held the world record for the number of people detained in psychiatric institutions. Thankfully, the majority of the older style Victorian hospitals are now closed and the...
• Order of Business (54 speeches)
  The Order of Business is No. 1, motion re appointments to the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission, to be taken without debate at the conclusion of the Order of Business; No. 10, non-Government...
• Membership of Houses of the Oireachtas Commission: Motion (1 speech)
  I move:That Seanad Éireann, in accordance with section 8(3)(b) of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Acts 2003 to 2015, appoints the ordinary members of the Commission as...
• Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (2 speeches)
  I move:That Seanad Éireann:- notes that Ibrahim Halawa, an Irish citizen, has been detained without due process in Egypt for three years since being arrested as a child of 17 years-of-age;...
• Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (33 speeches)
  Section 1 agreed to.