Seanad debates

Wednesday, 16 December 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 Fiona O’Loughlin that, on the motion for the Commencement of the House today, she proposes to raise the following matter: The need for the Minister...
• Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters (0 speeches)
  • Medicinal Products (4 speeches)
    The issue I want to raise before the House, and it is not the first time that I have spoken about it here, is the area of hereditary amyloidosis. Like many Members, I would not have heard about...
  • Employment Rights (4 speeches)
    I wish to raise a serious issue today, namely, the work of social media content moderators. These people carry out a new form of work which is horrific in nature but regrettably is essential....
  • National Planning Framework (10 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke. Has it been communicated to him that someone else will ask Senator McGahon's question?
• An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 speeches)
  The Order of Business is No. 1, motion regarding arrangements for the sitting of the House on Thursday, 17 December 2020, to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business, without debate;...
• Sitting Arrangements: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Standing Orders relative to Public Business: (1) The Seanad shall meet in the Dáil Chamber at 12.30 p.m. on Thursday, 17th December, 2020,...
• Report on Supreme Court Judgments: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That Seanad Éireann takes note of the Joint Report on the Response of the Houses of the Oireachtas to the Judgments of the Supreme Court in the KerinsCase (laid before Seanad...
• Social Welfare Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (33 speeches)
  SECTION 1
• Finance Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (29 speeches)
  Before we commence, I remind Senators that a Senator may speak only once on Report Stage, except the proposer of a recommendation who may reply to the discussion on the recommendation. Also on...
• Finance Bill 2020: Motion for Earlier Signature (1 speech)
  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 Finance...