Seanad debates

Thursday, 21 October 2021

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Chathaoirleach i gceannas ar 10:30:00
• Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (1 speech)
  I have received notice from Senator Seán Kyne that, on the motion for the Commencement of the House today, he proposes to raise the following matter: The need for the Minister for...
• Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters (0 speeches)
  • Wind Energy Generation (5 speeches)
    I am delighted to welcome my friend and colleague, the Minister of State, Senator Hackett, to her own Chamber.
  • Gambling Sector (4 speeches)
    I welcome my good friend and colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Feighan, to the House, of which he is a former Member. I am delighted he is back here in his ministerial capacity at the...
  • Planning Issues (4 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister of State who has responsibility for public health, well-being and the national drugs strategy but I had hoped a Minister from the Department of Housing, Local Government...
  • Employment Support Services (4 speeches)
    I know that the Acting Chairperson and the Minister of State, who hails from the same county as me, will have an interest in this matter. In recent times, this issue has been raised in the...
• Death of Sir David Amess MP: Expressions of Sympathy (1 speech)
  I did not have an opportunity to join with the Cathaoirleach in expressing my personal sympathy, and I know I speak for all Members, with the wife and family of the Sir David Amess MP in the UK....
• An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 speeches)
  The Order of Business today is No. 1, motion regarding the arrangements for the address to Seanad Éireann by MEPs representing the European Parliament, Dublin constituency on Tuesday, 2...
• Social Welfare (Surviving Cohabitant’s Pension) Bill 2021: First Stage (4 speeches)
  I move: That leave be given to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 to entitle surviving cohabitants to a contributory pension; and to provide for...
• Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That, in accordance with Standing Order 57(1) and the approval of the Committee on Parliamentary Privileges and Oversight, Seanad Éireann agrees that, in respect of the European...
• Finance (European Stability Mechanism and Single Resolution Fund) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (20 speeches)
  I welcome the Minister for Finance, Deputy Paschal Donohoe, back to the House, exactly a week since he was last here.