Seanad debates

Wednesday, 13 December 2017

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach i gceannas ar 10:30:00
• Business of Seanad (1 speech)
  I have received notice from Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill 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)
  • Road Projects (5 speeches)
    I am glad to raise the issue of the A5 road project, which is an extension of the N2 project linking Derry and Letterkenny to Dublin. It has been in the pipeline for well over a decade and I am...
  • Electric Vehicles (11 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister, Deputy Naughten. Senator Kieran O'Donnell has four minutes to outline his case.
  • Speech Therapist Services (9 speeches)
    I remind Members that they have four minutes. The Minister of State, Deputy Daly, has been waiting impatiently to go into action. If I do not see the Minister of State before then, I wish him...
  • Work Permit Applications (8 speeches)
    Tá fáilte romhat, a Aire. I welcome the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Heather Humphreys, to the House. I call Senator Maria Byrne and she has four minutes....
• Order of Business (60 speeches)
  The Order of Business is No.1, motion re orders of reference of the Seanad Special Select Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, to be taken without debate at...
• Seanad Special Select Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Motion (1 speech)
  I move:That, in accordance with the recommendation of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges, that the Order of the Seanad of 23rd February, 2017, as amended by the Orders of 13th April, 2017...
• Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (111 speeches)
  Sections 1 to 15 agreed to.
• Special Needs Assistants: Motion (14 speeches)
  I move:“That Seanad Éireann: - recognises the vital role that special needs assistants (SNAs) play in Ireland's education system, providing essential support for some of the most...
• Permanent Structured Cooperation: Statements (67 speeches)
  We will now move on to statements on Permanent Structured Cooperation, PESCO. I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Defence, Deputy Paul Kehoe, to the House and invite him to make...