Seanad debates

Thursday, 25 January 2018

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach i gceannas ar 10:30:00
• Business of Seanad (1 speech)
  I have notice from Senator Catherine Noone that, on the motion for the Commencement of the House today, she proposes to raise the following matter:The need for the Minister for Communications,...
• Commencement Matters (0 speeches)
  • Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (4 speeches)
    I have raised the issue several times in the past of how Carlow County Council has one of the lowest income thresholds for people seeking inclusion on its housing list. As the Minister of State...
  • Seaweed Harvesting Licences (8 speeches)
    Senator Ó Clochartaigh is always swift and efficient.
  • Television Licence Fee (12 speeches)
    I apologise to the Minister of State for keeping him waiting earlier. It was not my intention but I was delayed in traffic. I left it tight but the reality is that the traffic is much worse on...
  • Schools Building Projects Status (5 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister.
• Message from Dáil (1 speech)
  Dáil Éireann has passed the Technological Universities Bill 2015.
• Order of Business (24 speeches)
  The Order of Business is No. 1, motion re Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulation 2018, back from committee; No. 2, motion re Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations...
• Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2018: Motion (1 speech)
  I move:That Seanad Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2018, copies of which were laid in draft form before Seanad...
• Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018: Motion (1 speech)
  I move:That Seanad Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018, copies of which were laid in draft form before Seanad...
• Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2018: Motion (1 speech)
  I move:That Seanad Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2018, copies of which were laid in draft form before Seanad...
• Mandatory Reporting: Statements (10 speeches)
  I welcome the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Katherine Zappone, to the House.
• British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (Committee D) Report on Childhood Obesity: Statements (64 speeches)
  I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Catherine Byrne, to the House. We will discuss No. 5, statements on the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly committee D...