Seanad debates

Wednesday, 15 April 2026

• 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 on the commencement of Seanad Éireann today: Senator Seán Kyne - The need for the...
• Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters (0 speeches)
  • Family Resource Centres (5 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Frankie Feighan, to the House. Anois, tosóidh muid leis an Seanadóir Seán Kyne. Tá ceithre nóiméad aige.
  • Vacant Properties (6 speeches)
    We spoke here before during the introduction of our vacancy and dereliction Bill, and thankfully, some of the measures - quite a lot of the measures - outlined in our cross-party Bill have been...
  • Energy Infrastructure (4 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Feighan, to the floor this morning. We are living through an energy emergency not in theory but in reality, and the State knows it. Two years ago, the...
  • Health Services (5 speeches)
    I want to raise the issue of obtaining an ankle-foot orthosis, AFO, brace for a child with cerebral palsy in Cavan. I was contacted by the mother of a four-year-old child who has cerebral palsy....
• An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 speeches)
  Before I ask the Leader to outline the Order of Business, I welcome interns of Deputy Cormac Devlin to the Gallery; Conor Eyre, Sam Casey, Paddy English, Eoin Fallon and John McCann.
• Proceeds of Crime and Related Matters Bill 2025: Second Stage (18 speeches)
  Question proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (14 speeches)
  I welcome the Minister of State and his officials to the House. Before I call on the Minister of State, I welcome the former mayor of Galway, Mr. Val Hanley, and his wife Eileen to the House....
• Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (5 speeches)
  We are due to commence No. 3 but as the Dáil is having a vote I will ask for a suspension until after the Dáil vote. While we are in session, I welcome the delegation from Ukraine....
• Homelessness: Statements (21 speeches)
  As the vote in the Dáil has now concluded, we are back to statements on homelessness. The Minister of State is most welcome to Seanad Éireann. The debate will take the normal pattern....
• Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (3 speeches)
  I call the Acting Leader.
• Investment in Youth Work: Motion (30 speeches)
  The combined speeches of the proposer and seconder shall not exceed 16 minutes and all other Senators will have six minutes. I welcome the Minister for Education and Youth, Deputy Naughton, to...