Seanad debates

Tuesday, 1 May 2018

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Chathaoirleach i gceannas ar 14:30:00
• Business of Seanad (1 speech)
  I have received notice from Senator Frank Feighan that, on the motion for the Commencement of the House today, he proposes to raise the following matter:The need for the Tánaiste and...
• Commencement Matters (2 speeches)
  If the House wishes to take Senator Dolan's Commencement matter first, I have no problem with that.
  • UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (6 speeches)
    I welcome to the House the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath. People with disabilities do not have confidence that the optional protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of...
  • Commonwealth of Nations (4 speeches)
    As many Senators will be aware, I have spoken publicly on this issue many times. In this era of Brexit, my call to explore the potential benefits of rejoining the Commonwealth of Nations...
  • Environmental Protection Agency Licences (5 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Kyne, to the House.
  • Institutes of Technology (4 speeches)
    Cuirim fáilte leis an Aire Stáit, atá tagtha anseo chun eolais a thabhairt dúinn maidir le GMIT. I want to talk to the Minister about the implementation of the report of the...
• Message from Dáil (1 speech)
  Dáil Éireann has passed the Domestic Violence Bill 2017, considered by virtue of Article 20.2.2° of the Constitution as a Bill initiated in Dáil Éireann, to which the...
• Election of Members (1 speech)
  I have to announce that the following Members have been elected to fill the casual vacancies in the membership of the Seanad to which the resolution of Seanad Éireann on 5 December 2017 and...
• Order of Business (139 speeches)
  It is good to see the Seanad back to its full complement of 60. The new Senators are very welcome. They will have an opportunity shortly to say a few words.
• Local Government Accountability Bill 2018: First Stage (5 speeches)
  I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for better replies and response times from local authority officials to local representative queries. I thank the...
• Seventh Report of Committee of Selection: Motion (1 speech)
  The Committee of Selection reports that it has discharged Senator Máire Devine from membership of the Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs at her own request and has appointed...
• Joint Meeting of Three Joint Committees: Motion (1 speech)
  I move:That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, the Joint Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection, the Joint Committee on Education and Skills and the Joint Committee on...
• Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (27 speeches)
  I welcome the Tánaiste.
• Defence Forces: Statements (18 speeches)
  I welcome the Minister of State at the Departments of the Taoiseach and Defence, Deputy Kehoe. We will have contributions from group spokespersons of up to eight minutes, all other Senators up...