• Q1+ Child Poverty — Jennifer Murnane O'Connor FF
• Q7+ Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements — Alan Farrell FG
• Q10+ An Garda Síochána — Alan Dillon FG

Before I call the Leader to outline the Order of Business, I know we were all deeply saddened to hear of the death of Tras Honan, a former Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann. Ms Honan was first elected in 1977 and…

I echo the expressions of sympathy to the Honan family on the loss of Tras Honan. Like others, I want to express my sympathies and condolences to the family of Tras Honan. Senator Joe O'Reilly spoke very passio…

The Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023 implements the budget 2024 income tax package, which increases a number of income tax credits, such as the personal, employee PAYE and earned income credits. On income tax, I know …

Over 400 members of An Garda Síochána were deployed in Dublin city centre, including over 220 public order gardaí, and 34 people were immediately arrested. More than 400 members of An Garda Síochána were deploy…

This motion calls for the Government to enshrine neutrality in the Constitution, to refer any proposed changes on neutrality, including the triple lock, to the people in a referendum and most important, to adeq…

A pack of 20 cigarettes costs €16.75 but a pack of 33 cigarettes costs €25.60. Amendment No. 4, my second amendment, is to ban the sale of big boxes of cigarettes, that is, packs of 20. This is on the basis tha…

• Q25 National Development Plan — Rose Conway-Walsh SF
• Q26 Budget 2024 — Rose Conway-Walsh SF
• Q27 Flood Risk Management — Catherine Connolly IND
• Q28 Flood Risk Management — Carol Nolan IND

• Q29 National Development Plan — Cathal Crowe FF
• Q30 National Development Plan — Bernard Durkan FG
• Q31 Environmental Policy — Marc Ó Cathasaigh GP
• Q32+ Flood Risk Management — Mairéad Farrell SF
• Q34 Flood Risk Management — Rose Conway-Walsh SF
• Q35 Civil Service — Rose Conway-Walsh SF
• and 2 more

I move: “That Seanad Éireann: notes: - that a majority of members of the Oireachtas have expressed their support for the full restoration of the Oireachtas Library and Reading Room on the ground floor of Leinst…

• School Enrolments — Jennifer Whitmore SD
• Disease Management — Colm Burke FG
• Bus Services — John Lahart FF
• Water Supply — Rose Conway-Walsh SF

• Q1 Employment Rights — Louise O'Reilly SF
• Q2+ Business Supports — Ged Nash LAB
• Q5 Industrial Relations — Louise O'Reilly SF

• Q12 Information and Communications Technology — Louise O'Reilly SF
• Q10 Industrial Development — Brendan Griffin FG
• Q13 Trade Relations — Ruairí Ó Murchú SF
• Q14 Renewable Energy Generation — Denis Naughten IND

• Q15 Ukraine War — Ged Nash LAB
• Q17 Work Permits — Catherine Connolly IND
• Q18 Regional Development — Catherine Connolly IND
• Q23 Departmental Schemes — Ged Nash LAB

• Q79 National Treasury Management Agency — Pearse Doherty SF
• Q80 Vehicle Registration Tax — Denis Naughten IND
• Q81 Tax Code — Pearse Doherty SF
• Q82 Housing Schemes — Catherine Connolly IND
• Q83+ Economic Data — Cormac Devlin FF

• Q84+ Universal Social Charge — John McGuinness FF
• Q86+ Tax Code — Emer Higgins FG
• Q87 Banking Sector — Pearse Doherty SF
• Q88+ Primary Medical Certificates — Denis Naughten IND

Instead of addressing these problems the Tánaiste wants to abandon decades of Irish foreign policy of military neutrality by abolishing the triple lock, an intention he made clear to the Dáil last night. The tr…

I urge the Tánaiste, as a first step, to reinstate the no-fault eviction ban to ensure that no other child ends up in homelessness accommodation this Christmas. The discolouration comes from rust and sediment t…

Section 16 is a technical amendment to replace references to "old age (contributory) pension" with "State pension (contributory)". There will be five rates of payment for State pension, dependent on the age a p…

• Flood Risk Management — Chris Andrews SF
• Disability Services — John McGuinness FF
• Flood Relief Schemes — Pat Buckley SF