Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad Seanad Éireann — 2026-04-16 ============================================================ Mark Daly (FF), Administrative Panel I have received notice from the following Senators that they propose to raise the following matters: Senator Ollie Crowe - The need for the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to make a statement on the level of administration involved for families in accessing student grants, in particular for the self-employed. Senator Mary Fitzpatrick - The need for the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to make a statement on plans to legislate to give local authorities greater revenue raising powers, including the introduction of a visitor tax. Senator Joe Conway - The need for the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to make a statement on a remote declaration-based process to replace citizenship ceremonies. Senator Chris Andrews - The need for the Minister for Education and Youth to make a statement on maintenance supports for schools in south Dublin city. The matters raised by the Senators are suitable for discussion and they will be taken now. --- Source: Houses of the Oireachtas. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The Official Report is revised after first publication; the fetch timestamp below identifies the version quoted. Record URI: https://data.oireachtas.ie/akn/ie/debateRecord/seanad/2026-04-16/debate/main Retrieved: 2026-08-14T04:54:49+00:00 Sitting date: 2026-04-16