Seanad debates
Wednesday, 6 December 2023
- 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: Senator Martin Conway - The need for the Minister for Health to make a statement on the need...
- Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters (0 speeches)
- Disease Management (5 speeches)
I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Butler.
- Waste Management (4 speeches)
I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House. The results of the EPA report on the circular economy and waste statistics that were published last week very much threw into sharp light...
- School Transport (5 speeches)
I am delighted to have the Minister of State in the Seanad. I am fed up, as no doubt every other politician is, with the state of school transport in this country. It is an absolute outrage, to...
- Hospital Services (5 speeches)
I thank the Minister of State for taking this Commencement matter this morning. The need to expand cardiac services at University Hospital Waterford is a topic that we are both very passionate...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (38 speeches)
Before I ask the Acting Leader to outline the Order of Business, I welcome Saara Heinola - apologies for getting the pronunciation desperately wrong - who is the chargé d'affaires at the...
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second and Subsequent Stages (13 speeches)
Question proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
- Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (12 speeches)
I do not believe I have ever done this before, but I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, back to the House after a gap of perhaps two minutes.
- Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (48 speeches)
I welcome the Minister to the House.
- Local Government Matters and City and County Councillors: Motion [Private Members] (33 speeches)
The Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, is very welcome to the House. This is a Private Members' motion in the name of the Seanad Independent Group. The combined speeches for the proposer and...
- Sex Offenders (Amendment) (Coercive Control) Bill 2023: Second Stage (16 speeches)
Question proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."