Seanad debates

Friday, 12 March 2021

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach i gceannas ar 10:30:00
• Teachtaireacht ón Dáil - Message from Dáil (1 speech)
  Dáil Éireann has passed the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2020 on 11 March 2021, without amendment. Dáil Éireann has agreed on 11 March 2021 to...
• Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (1 speech)
  I have received notice from Senator Mary Seery Kearney that, on the motion for the Commencement of the House today, she proposes to raise the following matter: The need for the Minister for...
• Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters (0 speeches)
  • Health Services Reform (5 speeches)
    Ba mhaith liom i bharr fáilte a chur roimh an t-Aire go dtí an Teach inniu. That is my little bit for Seachtain na Gaeilge. I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House...
  • Health Services Funding (6 speeches)
    Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach faoi dhó agus fearaim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit agus míle buíochas di as a bheith inár measc agus guím Lá...
  • Disability Services Provision (4 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, for coming to the House and for making herself available for this important question. As the Minister of State knows only too well, the HSE is...
  • Vaccination Programme (4 speeches)
    As the Minister of State well knows, family carers are an invaluable but undervalued element of the healthcare service in Ireland. Over 350,000 carers provide essential care on a daily basis to...
  • Higher Education Institutions (4 speeches)
    Cuirim fáilte roimh mo chara, an tAire Stáit, an Teachta Rabbitte. Gabhaim buíochas léi as an ábhar seo a ghlacadh ar son an Aire Oideachais. I endorse the remarks of...
  • School Accommodation (4 speeches)
    Tá fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit go dtí an Teach. As this is my first time addressing the Minister of State in the House, I wholeheartedly congratulate her on her appointment....
• An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 speeches)
  I want to wish everyone on the Emerald Isle and, of course, the over 70 million people of Irish heritage living abroad a happy St. Patrick's Day. Article 2 of the Constitution states that the...
• Extension of Reporting Deadline for Seanad Committee on Public Petitions: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That, in relation to the review by the Joint Committee on Public Petitions of its Orders of Reference, the instruction agreed by Order of the Seanad of 25th September, 2020, is amended...
• Seanad Special Select Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That, in accordance with the recommendation of the Committee on Parliamentary Privileges and Oversight, the Order of the Seanad of 16th October, 2020, as amended on 18th November, 2020,...
• Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Restoration to Order Paper (1 speech)
  I move: That, in pursuance of Standing Order No. 169 of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business, the Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016, which had reached Committee Stage...
• Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2020: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
  
• Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (19 speeches)
  Question proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Family Leave Bill 2021: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
  
• Family Leave Bill 2021: Second Stage (23 speeches)
  Question proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."