Seanad debates

Tuesday, 14 November 2023

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach i gceannas ar 13:00
• Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (1 speech)
  I have received notice from the following Senators that they propose to raise the following matters: Senator Aidan Davitt - The need for the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability,...
• Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters (0 speeches)
  • International Protection (6 speeches)
    I submitted this Commencement Matter because I was curious about this issue when we were going through budgets, expenditure details and so forth. I thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting this...
  • Disability Services (4 speeches)
    I too welcome the Minister of State to the House and thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting this very important matter. It was in February of this year that I raised this matter previously with...
  • Agriculture Schemes (4 speeches)
    The Minister of State is more than welcome. I am raising the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme, TAMS, and the issue we have with time-sensitive applications and delays in the system....
  • Departmental Schemes (4 speeches)
    I am very grateful to the Cathaoirleach for selecting this Commencement matter. As a member of a Government party, I should be able to be out in the constituency of Dublin South-Central lauding...
  • Invasive Species Policy (5 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Collins, and thank him for taking time out of his very busy schedule to deal with this issue on behalf of the Minister of State at the Department of...
  • Sport and Recreational Development (4 speeches)
    Last Sunday was an amazing day for Irish football with a record attendance of 44,000 people at the FAI cup final in the Aviva.Again, however, what was a momentous day for Irish football was...
• Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (1 speech)
  Before I call on the Acting Leader to outline the Order of Business for today it is my sad duty to inform Members of the death over the weekend of our former councillor, Deputy, Senator,...
• An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (37 speeches)
  On a positive and celebratory note, today marks the centenary of the awarding of the Nobel Prize for literature to William Butler Yeats. It was on this day in 1923 through a telephone message...
• Death of Former Member: Motion (2 speeches)
  I move: That Seanad Éireann – - expresses its deep sadness on the death of Louis J. Belton; - conveys its sincere condolences to his family; and - expresses its gratitude for...
• Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That Seanad Éireann resolves that the period of operation of sections 1 to 7 and 9 of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021 (No. 14 of 2021) be extended for a further...
• Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Second Stage (38 speeches)
  Question proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."