Seanad debates

Tuesday, 2 November 2021

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Chathaoirleach i gceannas ar 14:30:00
• Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (1 speech)
  Fáilte romhaibh ar ais a chomhghleacaithe, tar éis na saoire agus ar ndóigh tá fuinneamh nua agaibh go léir anois. Welcome back everybody. I have received notice from...
• Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters (0 speeches)
  • Tax Reliefs (4 speeches)
    The matter I raise relates to owner-occupiers who find themselves in what can only be termed desperately distressing circumstances where they face bills of up to €50,000 to address fire...
  • Foreign Birth Registration (6 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister of State. This is the first time I have had the opportunity to address him since his elevation, so I would like to congratulate him in that regard. He was a very decent...
  • Farm Costs (4 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister of State to the Chamber and thank him for taking this Commencement matter. Agriculture has been in the news for the past number of days, or even weeks at this stage. I...
  • Hospice Services (4 speeches)
    The Minister of State is very welcome to the Chamber. There is just one hospice bed for the whole of County Longford. I am raising this matter on behalf of all the people in our county and all...
• An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (42 speeches)
  Fearaim fíorfháilte romhaibh go léir ar ais tar éis na saoire agus is cosúil go bhfuil fuinneamh nua ag gach duine anois. Anois iarrfaidh mé ar an Ceannaire an tOrd...
• Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2021: Referral to Joint Committee (1 speech)
  I move: That the proposal that Seanad Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2021, copies of which were laid in draft form...
• Sectoral Employment Order (Construction Sector) 2021: Referral to Joint Committee (1 speech)
  I move: That the proposal that Seanad Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Sectoral Employment Order (Construction Sector) 2021, a copy of which has been laid in draft...
• EU Legislative Proposals: Motion (2 speeches)
  I move: That Seanad Éireann: (1) notes the agreed Report of the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications under Standing Order 116 on the following six proposals: - Proposal for...
• Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (75 speeches)
  I welcome my colleagues and our MEPs to the Chamber for this important session. I consider this an extremely important session in that the linkage between the Seanad and the European Parliament...
• Energy Security: Statements (19 speeches)
  The Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Deputy Eamon Ryan, is very welcome to the House. I invite him to make his opening statement.