Seanad debates

Tuesday, 15 June 2021

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach i gceannas ar 9:00:00
• Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (1 speech)
  I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Browne, who is taking this morning's Commencement matters as many of the senior Ministers are preparing for the Cabinet meeting this morning. I have notice...
• Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters (0 speeches)
  • Rights of Way (4 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister of State and thank him for taking time out of his busy schedule to be here. I wish to raise the registration of rights of way and the coming deadline of November. I...
  • Aviation Industry (6 speeches)
    As the Minister of State knows, the aviation sector has been decimated by Covid-19. While the roll-out of the vaccine is making wonderful progress and, for most people, the end of the pandemic...
  • Driver Test (4 speeches)
    This matter is exercising the minds of many people, particularly young people. I accept that because of a Cabinet meeting this morning, the Minister of State is filling in for various Ministers....
  • Personal Injuries Assessment Board (8 speeches)
    Having listened to the contribution made by Senator Eugene Murphy, with which I agree, and the response made by the Minister of State, I was reminded of a line that may have been incorrectly...
  • Employment Support Services (4 speeches)
    I want to talk to the Minister of State about the newly found localism that Covid has brought about. It is a positive move. Owing to the travel restrictions, people were forced to stay within a...
  • EU Directives (6 speeches)
    The final Commencement matter comes from Senator O'Donovan who was in the Chair when many of my own Commencement matters were discussed. I think I might have had more selected when he was...
• An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 speeches)
  The Order of Business is No.1, motion regarding the arrangements for the sitting of the House on Friday, 18 June 2021, to be taken on conclusion of the Order of Business, without debate; and No....
• Sitting Arrangements: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: (1) That, notwithstanding anything in the Standing Orders relative to Public Business, the Seanad on its rising on Tuesday, 15th June, 2021, shall adjourn until 9.30 a.m. on Friday,...
• Conference on the Future of Europe: Oireachtas Delegation Members (4 speeches)
  For the information of the House, the following Oireachtas Members have been selected as representatives of the Houses of the Oireachtas to the Conference on the Future of Europe: Deputy John...
• Criminal Justice (Perjury and Related Offences) Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (95 speeches)
  I welcome the Minister of State. I acknowledge that our esteemed former colleague, former Senator Pádraig Ó Céidigh initiated this legislation in the previous Seanad. This is a...