Seanad debates

Wednesday, 14 September 2022

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach i gceannas ar 14:30:00
• Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (1 speech)
  Dia dhaoibh, a chairde. I welcome everyone back. I have received notice from the following Senators that they propose to raise the following matters on the Commencement: Senator Lynn Boylan: ...
• Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters (0 speeches)
  • Energy Usage (4 speeches)
    I thank the Cathaoirleach and welcome the Minister of State. I will speak today about energy. While many people are terrified at the thought of their energy bills landing on the doormat,...
  • Education Policy (7 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House. I know he was in the RDS earlier at the Worldskills event for apprenticeships, an area in which he is doing considerable work. I thank him...
  • Community Care (4 speeches)
    I appreciate the Minister of State taking this matter at short notice. CityWide Drugs Crisis Campaign has highlighted in advance of budget 2023 that drug and alcohol task force community...
  • Abortion Services (4 speeches)
    Not for the first time I raise the issue of safe access zones with the Minister of State. It has been four years since the historic vote to repeal the eighth amendment to the Constitution....
  • Dental Services (5 speeches)
    I would like to thank the Cathaoirleach’s office for selecting this Commencement matter. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Feighan, to the Chamber. On 5 August, Oranmore...
  • School Transport (13 speeches)
    The Minister is very welcome to the House this afternoon. This is one of the biggest issues, if not the biggest issue apart from housing, that I have received representations on in my office...
• Nóiméad Ciúnais i gCuimhne Bhanríon Eilís II - Minute's Silence for Queen Elizabeth II (1 speech)
  Before proceeding with the Order of Business and in the presence of ambassador Paul Johnston, I propose that Senators now rise in their places for a minute's silence to mark the sad passing of...
• An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 speeches)
  Notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, or the Order of the House of Tuesday, 12 July 2022, the address to the Seanad by Mr. Marty Walsh, US Secretary of Labor, shall not be taken today, and...
• Energy: Motion (20 speeches)
  I move: That Seanad Éireann: agrees that: -while Ireland rebounded strongly from the challenges of the pandemic, in recent months it has become increasingly clear that the increase in...