Seanad debates

Wednesday, 13 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 Máire Devine that, on the motion for the Commencement of the House today, she proposes to raise the following matter:The need for the Minister for Justice...
• Commencement Matters (0 speeches)
  • Irish Prison Service (3 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy English, for coming to the Seanad to address my nursing colleagues' extreme concern at...
  • Tenant Purchase Scheme (8 speeches)
    I wish to discuss the need for the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to amend the terms of qualification for the new tenant purchase scheme so that people on social...
  • Charities Regulation (4 speeches)
    In my home town of Athlone, a Console centre was opened this year. The community in the midlands rallied and Console was very quickly inundated with people's generosity. Vast numbers of people...
  • Mental Health Services Provision (3 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State for being here. I very much appreciate it in light of her responsibility for mental health. I know it is an individual case and that people in her position do not...
• Order of Business (40 speeches)
  The Order of Business is No. 1, Seanad Bill 2016 - Second Stage, which is Private Members' business being taken in Government time, to be taken at 12.45 p.m. and to adjourn not later than 4.15...
• Corporate Manslaughter (No. 2) Bill 2016: First Stage (6 speeches)
  I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to create the indictable offence of corporate manslaughter by an undertaking, to create the indictable offence of grossly...
• Seanad Bill 2016: Second Stage (116 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." This Bill was drafted by the working group on Seanad reform, chaired by the former Senator Maurice Manning, to embody the reforms proposed in...
• Housing for People with Disabilities: Motion (23 speeches)
  I move:That Seanad Éireann: accepting:- that the need for appropriate housing for persons with disabilities, as already recognised by the State is still outstanding:noting, in particular:-...