Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage Seanad Éireann — 2026-04-15 ============================================================ Mark Daly (CC), Administrative Panel 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. You are most welcome to the Seanad Chamber today as guests of Senator Ollie Crowe and Deputy John Connolly. Thanks for coming and thanks for your work in Galway as mayor. The debate will follow the normal pattern, with the Minister to speak for ten minutes, group spokespersons to speak for eight minutes and all other Senators for five minutes. --- 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/2026-04-15/debate/main Retrieved: 2026-08-14T04:54:48+00:00 Sitting date: 2026-04-15