Seanad debates

Thursday, 3 March 2022

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach i gceannas ar 10:30:00
• Teachtaireachtaí ón Dáil - Messages from Dáil (1 speech)
  Dáil Éireann agreed, on 2 March 2022, to the amendments made by Seanad Éireann to the Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Bill 2022. Dáil...
• Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (1 speech)
  I have received notice from Senator Sharon Keogan that, on the motion for the Commencement of the House today, she proposes to raise the following matter: The need for the Minister for Defence...
• Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters (0 speeches)
  • Defence Forces Properties (7 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Feighan, to the House.
  • Medical Aids and Appliances (4 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State for attending the Chamber. This is an issue for many people around the country. As he will be aware, hair loss is not an uncommon thing in men and women. It can...
  • Presidential Elections (8 speeches)
    Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Tá a fhios agam gur ábhar é seo ina bhfuil spéis aige. Tá a fhios aige gur ábhar é atáimse ag ardú le...
  • International Programmes (5 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Feighan, for taking this matter. He will be aware that the European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, was established in 1954 as an international...
• Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (5 speeches)
  I thank Senator Sherlock for standing up when I entered the room. That only happens when I go home and at the start of the day on Commencement matters.
• An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 speeches)
  Bualadh bos. The ambassador, Ms Karadjova, is very welcome. I thank her for visiting. I wish her, all the citizens of Bulgaria and all the Bulgarian Irish citizens who are part of our...
• Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Bill 2022: Motion for Earlier Signature (1 speech)
  I move: That, pursuant to subsection 2° of section 2 of Article 25 of the Constitution, Seanad Éireann concurs with the Government in a request to the President to sign the...
• First Meetings of Joint Committee on Autism and Joint Committee on International Surrogacy: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That— (a) the Joint Committee on Autism, and (b) the Joint Committee on International Surrogacy, may meet, notwithstanding the fact that in advance of the first meetings of...
• Support for Ukraine: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: “That Seanad Éireann: recalls: - that in the first Article of Bunreacht na hÉireann the Irish nation affirmed its inalienable, indefeasible, and sovereign right to...
• Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Linda Ervine to mark Seachtain na Gaeilge (29 speeches)
  Dia dhaoibh, a chairde. I welcome our distinguished visitors to the Gallery and welcome back former Senator Labhrás Ó Murchú. For the benefit of those who are Cultural and...
• Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (45 speeches)
  SECTION 4