Seanad debates

Wednesday, 18 November 2020

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach i gceannas ar 10:30:00
• Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (1 speech)
  I have received notice from Senator Tim Lombard that, on the motion for the Commencement of the House today, he proposes to raise the following matter: The need for the Minister for...
• Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters (0 speeches)
  • Agriculture Schemes (4 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy McConalogue, to the House to discuss the issue of the calf investment scheme. Last January, a calf investment scheme was...
  • School Accommodation (4 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister of State to the House. In 2019, the then Department of Education and Skills entered into an agreement with Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board to provide seven...
  • Special Educational Needs (7 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Education, Deputy Madigan, to the House, and I congratulate her on her new role. It is a pleasure to have her here. My Commencement matter...
  • Care of the Elderly (4 speeches)
    I thank the Acting Chairman and welcome the Minister of State to the House. It is good to see her back here again and I thank her for all of her work on the areas within her brief. I am aware...
  • Transport Infrastructure Provision (5 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State for his time. All three Government parties gave commitments in their manifestos to carrying out a feasibility study of metro south west. This was given on the back...
  • Public Procurement Contracts (4 speeches)
    Ar dtús by mhaith liom fáilte mhór a chur roimh an Aire Stáit chuig on Teach inniu. At the outset I welcome the Minister of State to the House and wish him every success in...
• An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (40 speeches)
  The Order of Business is No. 1, motion re the arrangements for the sitting of the House on Tuesday, 24 November, to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business, without debate; No. 2,...
• Minute's Silence to Mark 100th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday (1 speech)
  Before I go to the motions that were brought forward at CPP, Seanad Éireann has agreed to observe a minute's silence in remembrance of the 14 people who were killed in Croke Park by the...
• An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (1 speech)
  Senator McDowell has proposed an amendment to the Order of Business, "That No. 2, motion re the sixth report of the Seanad Committee on Procedure and Privileges on the amendment of Standing Order...
• Sitting Arrangements: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Standing Orders relative to Public Business: The Seanad on its rising on Wednesday, 18th November, 2020, shall adjourn until 10.30 a.m. on...
• Seanad Special Select Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That the Order of the Seanad of 16th October, 2020, relating to the Seanad Special Select Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, be amended in...
• Seanad Bill 2020: Second Stage (82 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."It is important, perhaps, to note that on 1 February 2018 the then Taoiseach, now Tánaiste and Minister, Deputy Varadkar, came to this House...
• Business of Seanad (2 speeches)
  I propose an amendment to the Order of Business that, notwithstanding the order of the Seanad today, No. 5 shall commence after a 15-minute sos for sanitation and conclude after 45 minutes and...
• Living with Covid-19 Restrictions: Statements (Resumed) (10 speeches)
  We will resume statements on living with Covid-19 and have an update on level 5 restrictions. I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Health to the House. The following people have...
• Flooding: Statements (29 speeches)
  I welcome the opportunity to address the Seanad on the issue of flooding. Only two weeks ago, I was pleased to have had the opportunity to hear from Dáil colleagues on flooding matters on...