Seanad debates

Thursday, 15 September 2022

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach i gceannas ar 10:30:00
• Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (1 speech)
  I have received notice from the following Senators that they propose to raise the following matters on the Commencement: Senator Fiona O'Loughlin: The need for the Minister for Education to...
• Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters (0 speeches)
  • School Accommodation (5 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, to the House.
  • Building Regulations (5 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, for taking this Commencement matter at very short notice this morning. I appreciate that. He is well aware of the issues arising for homeowners in...
  • Energy Policy (7 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister of State. This Commencement matter concerns the need to reopen Lough Ree power station. That is the issues I wish to discuss. Lough Ree power station in Lanesborough,...
  • Health Services (5 speeches)
    I welcome the students from Denmark in the Visitors Gallery. It is wonderful to have them here. They are from a very beautiful country that is a great friend of Ireland. There are great...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic (6 speeches)
    The Minister of State is very welcome to the House. I know she has a very busy day ahead of her. Covid-19 has dominated our lives for the last two and a half to three years and has cost...
  • Wage-setting Mechanisms (6 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State for coming into the House. On 3 August the Minister of State promised to sign the employment regulation order, ERO, for the security sector into law by the end of...
• An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 speeches)
  The Order of Business is No. 1, motion re the arrangements for the address to the Seanad on Tuesday, 20 September 2022 by MEPs representing the European Parliament Dublin constituency, to be...
• Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That, in accordance with Standing Order 57(1) and the approval of the Committee on Parliamentary Privileges and Oversight, Seanad Éireann agrees that, in respect of the European...
• Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (11 speeches)
  Question proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Report of the Future of Media Commission: Statements (11 speeches)
  I welcome the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Deputy Martin, to the House. Even though she is based in Dublin, I still describe her as my neighbour from home,...