Seanad debates

Tuesday, 9 April 2019

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Chathaoirleach i gceannas ar 14:30:00
• Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (1 speech)
  I have received notice from Senator Maria Byrne that, on the motion for the Commencement of the House today, she proposes to raise the following matter:The need for the Minister for Health to...
• Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters (0 speeches)
  • Hospital Accommodation Provision (4 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister of State to the House to discuss the 120 replacement beds that are needed at St. John's Hospital, Limerick. In 2017 the Minister, Deputy Harris, visited St. John's and...
  • UN Conventions Ratification (4 speeches)
    I raise the optional protocol to the convention against torture, OPCAT, a very important international treaty that governs Ireland's obligations to protect its citizens from all forms of torture...
  • Schools Building Projects Status (12 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister for Education and Skills to the House and thank him for taking this Commencement matter. I am raising with him once again the schools building project status of St....
  • Special Educational Needs Service Provision (4 speeches)
    I thank the Minister for being here in person to discuss this matter with me. It is greatly appreciated. I rise to speak on behalf of four boys from Dublin's north side whose parents do not...
• An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (91 speeches)
  The Order of Business is No. 1, motion re Electoral (Supplement to the Register of Electors) Regulations 2019, to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business, without debate; No. 2,...
• Electoral (Supplement to the Register of Electors) Regulations 2019: Motion (1 speech)
  I move:That Seanad Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Electoral (Supplement to the Register of Electors) Regulations 2019, a copy of which has been laid in draft form...
• Position of the UK and Ireland in Respect of Area of Freedom, Security and Justice: Referral to Joint Committee (1 speech)
  I move:That the proposals that Seanad Éireann approves: (a) the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in...
• Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (96 speeches)
  SECTION 4
• An Bille um an Ochtú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Scaoileadh ar Phósadh) 2016: An Dara Céim - Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Dissolution of Marriage) Bill 2016: Second Stage (37 speeches)
  Tairgeadh an cheist: "Go léifear an Bille an Dara hUair anois."