Seanad debates

Wednesday, 20 October 2021

• 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 John Cummins 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,...
• Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters (0 speeches)
  • Planning Issues (5 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Burke, to the House. Page 112 of the Housing For All document talks about extending planning exemptions to 2025 to complement Town Centre First...
  • National Monuments (4 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House to take this Commencement matter. I am looking for an update on when works will commence on the 1916 commemorative centre in Moore Street...
  • Renewable Energy Generation (4 speeches)
    Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Across the country, homes, schools, community buildings, farms and businesses are crying out to generate their own solar energy but, unfortunately,...
  • Agriculture Schemes (5 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I am sharing time on this with Senator Kyne, who comes from the same type of area as I do, as does the Cathaoirleach. There was a huge fire in...
• Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (1 speech)
  Independence Day in the Czech Republic will be next week. An independent Czechoslovakia was declared in Prague on 28 October 1918, just a year before the first sitting of Dáil Éireann...
• An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (38 speeches)
  The Order of Business is No. 1, the Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021 – Report and Final Stages, to be taken at 1 p.m. and to adjourn at 2 p.m. if not previously concluded;...
• Protection of the Native Irish Honey Bee Bill 2021: First Stage (4 speeches)
  I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to ban the importation of non-native honey bees with the aim of reducing the threat to and adverse impact upon biodiversity and...
• Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (89 speeches)
  Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit, na Seanadóirí agus gach duine eile. Before we commence, I remind Members that a Senator may speak only once on Report Stage, except the...
• EU Regulations: Motion (10 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...
• Defence (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (69 speeches)
  Section 1 agreed to.
• Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (18 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am sharing time with Senator Sherlock.