Seanad debates

Tuesday, 28 June 2022

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Chathaoirleach i gceannas ar 12:00:00
• Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (1 speech)
  Good morning colleagues and welcome to the debate on Commencement matters. I begin by welcoming the pupils and their teacher in the Visitors Gallery. It is wonderful to have them here observing...
• Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters (0 speeches)
  • Dental Services (5 speeches)
    It is my pleasure to welcome my colleague and somebody I was proud to serve with in the Seanad, the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Frankie Feighan. Appropriately enough,...
  • Hospital Services (4 speeches)
    In the film, "A Few Good Men", there is a famous courtroom scene at the end where Tom Cruise questions Jack Nicholson, who plays the character, Colonel Jessup. He tells him that he ordered...
  • Greenways Provision (4 speeches)
    The word "opportunity" is often overused in politics, but not when it comes to the impact that greenways have had on our tourism market and on recreation. In Dublin, the Royal Canal and Grand...
  • School Accommodation (7 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State for being here. I am disappointed that we do not have the Minister for Education or her Minister of State. I appreciate that the Minister of State may not have the...
  • Energy Infrastructure (5 speeches)
    It is my pleasure to welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Ossian Smyth, to the House.
  • Special Educational Needs (6 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State for coming in today to discuss this issue. It is certainly an important issue for me and more important, for the community of the Cooley Peninsula in north Louth....
• An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 speeches)
  Before Senator Doherty announces the Order of Business, I welcome our guests in the Visitors Gallery. It is lovely to have them here.
• Opt-in to Add Violation of EU Restrictive Measures (Sanctions) to List of EU Crimes: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That Seanad Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of...
• Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (119 speeches)
  Section 1 agreed to.
• Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Second Stage (41 speeches)
  Question proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (58 speeches)
  I remind Senators that a Senator may only speak once on Report Stage, except the proposer of an amendment, who may reply to the discussion on the amendment. Also on Report Stage, each...