Seanad debates

Thursday, 8 May 2025

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Chathaoirleach i gceannas ar 9:30:00
• 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 Teresa Costello - The need for the Minister for Transport to make a statement on...
• Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters (0 speeches)
  • Road Projects (5 speeches)
    The Minister of State, Deputy Brophy, is very welcome. We move to Senator Teresa Costello.
  • Rail Network (4 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister of State to the House. As the Fine Gael spokesperson on transport in the Seanad and a member of the newly formed Oireachtas committee on transport, I bring to the Minister...
  • Control of Firearms (4 speeches)
    I raise the establishment of a new stakeholder forum for licensed firearms holders. Licensed firearms, namely, shotguns and rifles, have an important place in rural Ireland. Farmers and hunters...
  • Insurance Industry (4 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House. I hope that he and the Minister, Jim O'Callaghan, hear what I have to say. Yesterday, the Central Bank showed that motor insurance...
  • EU Budgets (4 speeches)
    Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit as teacht chuig an Teach ar maidin. Déanaim comhghairdeas leis. As this is my first formal engagement with the Minister of State, I...
  • Suicide Prevention (4 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State for coming in. I appreciate that she took the time. Your day really is not all that different. You leave the house and go to work. It is the same as it is...
• An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (32 speeches)
  The Order of Business is No. 1, motion regarding the First Report of the Committee on Parliamentary Privileges and Oversight on Orders of Reference and Establishment of Committees, to be taken on...
• Public Health (Restriction on Sale of Stimulant Drinks to Children) Bill 2025: First Stage (4 speeches)
  I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to regulate the sale, advertisement or promotion of the use of stimulant drinks to children, to prohibit the sale of stimulant...
• First Report of the Committee on Parliamentary Privileges and Oversight: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders— (1) the Select Committees as contained in the report of the Committee on Parliamentary Privileges and Oversight entitled...
• EU Regulations: Motion (15 speeches)
  The Minister, Deputy O'Callaghan, is most welcome to Seanad Éireann for the debate on the motion regarding the proposed approval by Seanad Éireann of a regulation of the European...