Seanad debates

Wednesday, 4 May 2022

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach i gceannas ar 14:00:00
• Teachtaireacht ón Dáil - Message from Dáil (1 speech)
  I have received the following message from Dáil Éireann. Dáil Éireann has passed the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022 on 27 April 2022, to which the agreement of...
• Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (1 speech)
  I have received notice from Senator Lynn Boylan that, on the motion for the Commencement of the House today, she proposes to raise the following matter: The need for the Minister of State with...
• Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters (0 speeches)
  • Office of Public Works Staff (4 speeches)
    I wish to raise the continued use of non-established industrial grade employment contracts within the OPW. It does not just affect the OPW but I am specifically concerned with reports I have...
  • Special Educational Needs (4 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House. I raised the issue of summer provision last week on the Order of Business and I tabled the Commencement matter on Friday. Thankfully,...
  • Defence Forces (4 speeches)
    Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. We are all looking forward to debating the report of the Commission on the Future of the Defence Forces. I welcome the indications by the Minister...
  • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (4 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister to the House. This Commencement Matter relates to the Government's mother and baby institutions payment scheme. I acknowledge the Minister's commitment since coming into...
  • Health Services (4 speeches)
    I thank the Cathaoirleach's office for choosing this Commencement matter for debate. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, to the Chamber. I have raised this topic on a number of...
  • Fire Service (5 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, to the Chamber. This Commencement matter is on the provision of a new fire station in Ballymahon, County Longford, an area with which the...
• An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 speeches)
  The Order of Business is No. 1, motion regarding membership of the Committee of Selection, to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business, without debate; No. 2, motion regarding draft...
• Report of Committee of Selection: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That Senator Gerard Craughwell be discharged from membership of the Committee of Selection and Senator Victor Boyhan be appointed in substitution for him.
• Planning and Development (Street Furniture Fees) Regulations 2022: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That the proposal that Seanad Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Planning and Development (Street Furniture Fees) Regulations 2022, a copy of which has been...
• Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (124 speeches)
  I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I am sure he was welcomed earlier, but not on my watch, as Ronald Reagan might have said.