Seanad debates

Monday, 26 April 2021

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach i gceannas ar 10:30:00
• Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (1 speech)
  Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I have received notice from Senator Aisling Dolan that, on the motion for the Commencement of the House today, she proposes to raise the following...
• Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters (0 speeches)
  • DEIS Scheme (4 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Madigan, for coming here this morning to deal with this matter. No schools have been assessed to be included for extra supports under the DEIS scheme since...
  • School Staff (4 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Madigan, for coming to the House to discuss this issue. Clooney National School is a small school in a rural setting outside Ennis, in the greater east...
  • Housing Issues (4 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State for taking this matter on behalf of the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien. North Wexford is one of the fastest growing...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic (4 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House today. Some 20,000 people in Ireland have type 1 diabetes. The latest data from across the globe show and the HSE advice states that people...
  • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (4 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Feighan. I am delighted to see somebody from the west here as this topic relates to hospital services in the west, in particular the Galway region. The...
  • Stardust Fire (5 speeches)
    I mean no disrespect to the Minister of State, Deputy Feighan, but I am deeply disappointed that no Minister from the Department of Justice is here today, given the seriousness of the matter that...
• An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (36 speeches)
  Koningsdag, or King's Day, is the national holiday in the Netherlands, celebrating the birth of King Willem-Alexander. On Koningsdag the Dutch turn their country orange in the same way we turn...
• National Lottery (Amendment) Bill 2021: First Stage (4 speeches)
  I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the National Lottery Act 2013 to prohibit the use of the National Lottery or its products in betting offers by...
• Sitting Arrangements: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Standing Orders relative to Public Business, the Seanad on its rising on Monday, 26th April, 2021, shall adjourn until 10 a.m. on Friday, 30th...
• EU Regulations (Europol): Motion (9 speeches)
  I move: That Seanad Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of...
• Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Committee Stage (56 speeches)
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• Post Office Network: Motion (33 speeches)
  I move: That Seanad Éireann: recognises that: - post offices are at the heart of local communities, playing a unique and important role in both rural and urban areas; - post offices...