Seanad debates

Wednesday, 19 January 2022

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach i gceannas ar 14:30:00
• Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (1 speech)
  I have notice from Senators Lisa Chambers, Erin McGreehan, Fiona O'Loughlin and Catherine Ardagh that, on the motion for the Commencement of the House today, they propose to raise the following...
• Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters (0 speeches)
  • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (9 speeches)
    It is vitally important that at the first opportunity in this Chamber we rise to our feet and raise with the Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Deputy Browne, the recent horrific and...
  • Data Protection (4 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House to speak to this matter. He might recall we discussed it in September 2020, when I raised concerns around the capacity of the office of the...
  • Brexit Issues (5 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister, Deputy McConalogue, to the House.
  • Housing Provision (4 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House. As he knows, there is an ongoing housing emergency throughout the State. I want to focus in particular on Limerick city and county. I...
  • Flood Risk Management (4 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State for being here to take my Commencement debate. The fact that he, as the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works, is here shows his...
  • State Examinations (4 speeches)
    I thank the Minister, Deputy Foley, for coming to the Seanad to listen to my request that the same compassionate model be afforded to students who will undertake the leaving certificate this year...
• An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 speeches)
  The Order of Business is No. 1, motion regarding the Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) Order 2022, referral to committee, to be taken on the conclusion of the Order...
• Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) Order 2022: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That the proposal that Seanad Éireann approves the following Order in draft: Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 36)(Appointed Day) Order 2022, copies of which have...
• The Impact of Covid-19 on Primary and Secondary Education: Motion (26 speeches)
  I welcome the Minister for Education, Deputy Foley. I also welcome the Chair of the Joint Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Deputy Kehoe. I...