Seanad debates

Wednesday, 24 September 2025

• 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 Teresa Costello - The need for the Minister for Health to provide an update on the...
• Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters (0 speeches)
  • Medicinal Products (5 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Grealish, to the House. He is most welcome.
  • Job Losses (7 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister of State and thank him for coming in. Across County Limerick and the wider region, we have seen a steady erosion of jobs, from Andersen Ireland a decade ago to Irish...
  • Health Services (4 speeches)
    I raise the ongoing issue of the absence of a community worker for MS services in counties Sligo and Leitrim. The north west has the highest instance of MS in the country, but alarmingly there...
  • Family Reunification (5 speeches)
    Today, I find this Commencement matter a little difficult to think about. Before I came into the Chamber, I got word that one of the families I reference in this have not heard from their three...
• Visit of Maltese Delegation (2 speeches)
  Before I call on the Leader to outline the Order of Business, I welcome to the Distinguished Visitors Gallery the ambassador from Malta, H.E. Fiona-Jayne Formosa. Ambassador, you are most...
• An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 speeches)
  Before I call on the Leader to outline the Order of Business, I welcome Ballyhaunis Community School to the Gallery as guests of Deputy Paul Lawless. I met some people earlier and they mentioned...
• Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That Seanad Éireann, noting that the Government agreed on 10th September, 2025 to propose, for the approval of Seanad Éireann, the appointment or reappointment, as the case...
• Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation: Statements (21 speeches)
  The Minister has ten minutes for his opening statement.
• Mental Health Bill 2024: Second Stage (31 speeches)
  Question proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."