Seanad debates

Tuesday, 22 May 2018

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach i gceannas ar 14:30:00
• 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...
• Commencement Matters (0 speeches)
  • Post Office Network (2 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Seán Kyne, to the Chamber and ask Senator Máire Devine to outline her case.
• Visit of European Committee of the Regions (1 speech)
  Before I call on the Minister of State, I am sure that Members of the House will wish to join with me in welcoming a delegation from the European Committee of the Regions led by the President of...
• Commencement Matters (Resumed) (5 speeches)
  I thank Senator Devine for raising this important issue which I, as Minister of State in the Department, am taking on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Naughten. As Minister for Communications,...
  • Approved Housing Bodies (6 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister. I had the benefit of meeting with him in the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government, though I tabled this matter before that. In essence, I...
  • Fishing Industry (6 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister of State. The Joint Committee on Business, Enterprise and Innovation produced a report last December on the situation of non-EEA crew in the Irish fishing fleet under the...
  • Swimming Pool Programme (8 speeches)
    As the Minister probably knows, Fingal is the fastest growing county in Ireland and north Fingal is the fastest growing area within it. North Fingal includes Balbriggan, Balrothery, Skerries,...
• Order of Business (20 speeches)
  The Order of Business is No. 1, Data Protection Bill 2018 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] – Report and Final Stages, to be taken at the conclusion of the Order of Business, and No....
• Data Protection Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (91 speeches)
  In accordance with Standing Order 148, this Bill is deemed to have passed its First, Second and Third Stages in the Seanad and has been placed on the Order Paper for Report Stage. On the...
• Data Protection Bill 2018: Motion for Earlier Signature (3 speeches)
  I move:That pursuant to subsection 2° of section 2 of Article 25 of the Constitution, Seanad Éireann concurs with the Government in a request to the President to sign the Data...