Seanad debates

Tuesday, 27 June 2023

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach i gceannas ar 12:30:00
• Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (1 speech)
  I have received notice from the following Senators that they propose to raise the following matters:
• Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters (0 speeches)
  • Culture Policy (5 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy James Browne, to the House and call on Senator Warfield.
  • Social Welfare Eligibility (4 speeches)
    I thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting this Commencement matter and the Minister of State for taking it on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, who is unavoidably at an event in Wexford....
  • Local Authorities (5 speeches)
    The Minister of State is very welcome to the House.
  • Climate Change Policy (4 speeches)
    Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. We have had the two Malcolms mixed up and referred to as each other in the past. I will raise a question regarding what, in the past, might have...
• An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 speeches)
  I ask the Acting Leader to outline the Order of Business for today.
• Report of the Dublin Citizens’ Assembly: Referral to Joint Committee (1 speech)
  I move: That Seanad Éireann, in accordance with the Resolution of the Seanad of 23rd February, 2022, agrees that the report of the Dublin Citizens’ Assembly, copies of which were...
• Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss: Referral to Joint Committee (1 speech)
  I move: That Seanad Éireann, in accordance with the Resolution of the Seanad of 23rd February, 2022, agrees that the report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss, copies of...
• Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 44F) (Appointed Day) Order 2023: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That Seanad Éireann approves the following Order in draft: Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 44F) (Appointed Day) Order 2023, copies of which have been laid in draft...
• Address to Seanad Éireann by H.E. Maura Healey, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (22 speeches)
  Governor Healey; the ambassador, H.E. Claire Cronin; and the mother of the Governor of Massachusetts, Ms Tracy Healey-Beattie, are welcome. I am glad the governor's mum is here. I welcome the...
• Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (18 speeches)
  We will now deal with No. 5, motion regarding the continuance of the Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and No. 6, motion regarding the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009. Both...
• EU Migration: Motion [Private Members] (28 speeches)
  I move: “That Seanad Éireann: recognises that: - seeking asylum is a fundamental right under the 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967...