Seanad debates

Thursday, 26 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 Martin Conway that, on the motion for the Commencement of the House today, he proposes to raise the following matter: The need for the Minister for Housing,...
• Teachtaireacht ón Dáil - Message from Dáil (1 speech)
  Dáil Éireann has passed the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020 on 25 November 2020, to which the agreement of Seanad...
• Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters (0 speeches)
  • Water and Sewerage Schemes (4 speeches)
    The Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, is welcome to the House to deal with this important matter of sewerage schemes in critical villages in County Clare. There are four in particular,...
  • Local Authority Rates (4 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister of State back to the House today. One of the greatest challenges for us is how we attract people into public life. When it comes to councillors there are two real...
  • School Accommodation (4 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister of State. I raise the issue of an application for additional school accommodation by St. Mel's College, Longford, a school I attended a number of years ago. The college...
  • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (4 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House. For decades this country placed children behind bars, the vast majority for reasons of poverty and class. Father Flanagan of the boy's...
• An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (53 speeches)
  The Order of Business is No. 1, motion regarding the arrangements for the sitting of the House on Monday, 30 November, Tuesday, 1 December, Wednesday, 2 December and Thursday, 3 December 2020, to...
• Sitting Arrangements: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Standing Orders relative to Public Business, the following arrangements shall apply in relation to the sittings of the Seanad on 30th November and...
• Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 speeches)
  Section 1 agreed to.
• Reopening Ireland (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment): Statements (68 speeches)
  I welcome my neighbour and friend, Deputy English, to the House and congratulate him on his recent appointment. I do not think I ever got that opportunity in public until now.
• Reopening Ireland (Department of Health): Statements (23 speeches)
  I thank the Cathaoirleach for the opportunity to update the House on the Government's response to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and to the approach to reopening Ireland. As Senators will be...