Seanad Eireann Speaker Index 2008 Apr
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Speakers
Ahern, Bertie
Good Friday Agreement and Lisbon Treaty: Statements
24
Ahern, Michael
Community Colleges
17
Company Closures
17
Kidnapping and Detention of Ms Ingrid Betancourt: Motion
10
Schools Building Projects
17
Ahern, Noel
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage
30
Bacik, Ivana
Kidnapping and Detention of Ms Ingrid Betancourt: Motion
10
Order of Business
8
, 10
, 17
, 22
, 30
Boyle, Dan
Address by President of the European Parliament
8
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage
30
Good Friday Agreement and Lisbon Treaty: Statements
24
Kidnapping and Detention of Ms Ingrid Betancourt: Motion
10
National Skills Strategy: Statements
22
Order of Business
8
, 10
, 17
, 22
, 23
, 24
, 30
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23
Tourism Industry: Statements
24
Bradford, Paul
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9 (V)
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage
30 (V)
Order of Business
8 (V)
, 10
, 23 (V)
, 24
, 30
Patient Safety: Statements
22
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23 (V)
Brady, Martin
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9 (V)
Order of Business
8 (V)
, 23 (V)
, 30 (V)
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23 (V)
Brennan, Seamus
Tourism Industry: Statements
24
Burke, Paddy
Address by President of the European Parliament
8
Business of Seanad
9
, 22
, 30
Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage
9
Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Bill 2005 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages
17
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9 (V)
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage
30
Good Friday Agreement and Lisbon Treaty: Statements
24
National Skills Strategy: Statements
22
Order of Business
8
, 23 (V)
, 30
Order of Business (Resumed)
17
, 22
Patient Safety: Statements
22
School Accommodation
24
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23
Tourism Industry: Statements
24
Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2007 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages
9
Butler, Larry
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9 (V)
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage
30 (V)
Order of Business
8 (V)
, 10
, 23 (V)
, 30
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23 (V)
Buttimer, Jerry
Accident and Emergency Services
23
Address by President of the European Parliament
8
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage
30
National Skills Strategy: Statements
22
Order of Business
8
, 9
, 10
, 22
, 23
, 30
Patient Safety: Statements
22
Patient Safety: Statements (Resumed)
22
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23
Tourism Industry: Statements
24
Callanan, Peter
Order of Business
22
, 23 (V)
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23 (V)
Callely, Ivor
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9 (V)
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage
30
Order of Business
8 (V)
, 9
, 10
, 24
, 30
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23 (V)
Cannon, Ciaran
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9 (V)
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage
30 (V)
Good Friday Agreement and Lisbon Treaty: Statements
24
Order of Business
8 (V)
, 23 (V)
, 30 (V)
Schools Building Projects
24
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23 (V)
Carey, Pat
Telecommunications Services
10
Carty, John
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9 (V)
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage
30 (V)
Order of Business
8 (V)
, 23
, 30 (V)
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23 (V)
Cassidy, Donie
Address by President of the European Parliament
8
Allocation of Time: Motion
8
Business of Seanad
8
, 22
Company Closures
17
Council Framework Decision: Referral to Joint Committee
22
Death of Former President: Expressions of Sympathy
15
Dublin Transport Authority Bill 2008: Order for Second Stage
23
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9
Good Friday Agreement and Lisbon Treaty: Statements
24
Joint Committee on European Affairs: Motion
8
Order of Business
8
, 9
, 10
, 17
, 22
, 23
, 24
Order of Business (Resumed)
17
, 22
Patient Safety: Statements (Resumed)
22
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23 (V)
Coffey, Paudie
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9 (V)
Order of Business
8 (V)
, 17
, 23
Order of Business (Resumed)
17
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23 (V)
Coghlan, Paul
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage
30 (V)
Order of Business
8
, 10
, 17
, 23
, 30
Order of Business (Resumed)
17
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23 (V)
Corrigan, Maria
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage
30 (V)
Mental Health Services
8
Order of Business
8
, 9
, 23
, 30 (V)
Patient Safety: Statements
22
Telecommunications Services
10
Cummins, Maurice
Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Bill 2005 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages
17
Dublin Transport Authority Bill 2008: Second Stage
23
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage
30 (V)
Lisbon Reform Treaty: Statements (Resumed)
23
Order of Business
10
, 17
, 22
, 23
, 30
Order of Business (Resumed)
17
, 22
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23 (V)
Tourism Industry: Statements
24
Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008: Second Stage
30
Daly, Mark
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9 (V)
Order of Business
8
, 23 (V)
, 24
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23 (V)
de Búrca, Déirdre
Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage
9
Death of Former President: Expressions of Sympathy
15
Dublin Transport Authority Bill 2008: Second Stage
23
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9 (V)
Lisbon Reform Treaty: Statements (Resumed)
8
Order of Business
8 (V)
, 9
, 22
, 23
, 24
, 30 (V)
Patient Safety: Statements
22
Pharmacy Services
22
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23 (V)
Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008: Second Stage
30
Dempsey, Noel
Dublin Transport Authority Bill 2008: Second Stage
23
Devins, Jimmy
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9
Doherty, Pearse
Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage
9
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage
30
Hospital Services
8
Kidnapping and Detention of Ms Ingrid Betancourt: Motion
10
Order of Business
8
, 23 (V)
, 24
, 30
Patient Safety: Statements
22
Donohoe, Paschal
Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage
9
Dublin Transport Authority Bill 2008: Second Stage
23
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage
30 (V)
Order of Business
8 (V)
, 9
, 10
, 17
, 23
, 24
, 30 (V)
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23 (V)
Ellis, John
Dublin Transport Authority Bill 2008: Second Stage
23
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9 (V)
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage
30 (V)
Order of Business
8
, 23 (V)
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23 (V)
Tourism Industry: Statements
24
Feeney, Geraldine
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9 (V)
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage
30 (V)
Kidnapping and Detention of Ms Ingrid Betancourt: Motion
10
Order of Business
8
, 23
, 30 (V)
Patient Safety: Statements
22
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23 (V)
Fitzgerald, Frances
Address by President of the European Parliament
8
Death of Former President: Expressions of Sympathy
15
Dublin Transport Authority Bill 2008: Second Stage
23
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage
30 (V)
Good Friday Agreement and Lisbon Treaty: Statements
24
Hospital-Acquired Infections
30
Kidnapping and Detention of Ms Ingrid Betancourt: Motion
10
Order of Business
8
, 9
, 22
, 23
, 24
, 30
Patient Safety: Statements
22
Patient Safety: Statements (Resumed)
22
Schools Building Projects
17
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23
Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2007 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages
9
Glynn, Camillus
Company Closures
17
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9 (V)
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage
30 (V)
Order of Business
8
, 10
, 17
, 23
, 30 (V)
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23 (V)
Water and Sewerage Schemes
30
Hanafin, John Gerard
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9 (V)
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage
30
Kidnapping and Detention of Ms Ingrid Betancourt: Motion
10
Order of Business
8
, 9
, 10
, 17
, 23 (V)
, 24
, 30
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23 (V)
Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008: Second Stage
30
Hanafin, Mary
School Accommodation
24
Schools Building Projects
24
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23
Hannigan, Dominic
Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Bill 2005 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages
17
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9 (V)
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Order for Second Stage
30
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage
30
Kidnapping and Detention of Ms Ingrid Betancourt: Motion
10
Lisbon Reform Treaty: Statements (Resumed)
23
Order of Business
8
, 9
, 10
, 17
, 22
, 23
, 30
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23
Harney, Mary
Patient Safety: Statements
22
Patient Safety: Statements (Resumed)
22
Harris, Eoghan
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage
30 (V)
Order of Business
22
, 23 (V)
, 30
Haughey, Seán
National Skills Strategy: Statements
22
Northern Ireland Issues
9
Pupil-Teacher Ratio
9
Schools Building Projects
9
Healy Eames, Fidelma
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9
Order of Business
8
, 9
, 23
, 24
Patient Safety: Statements
22
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23
Hoctor, Máire
Pharmacy Services
22
School Accommodation
22
Keaveney, Cecilia
Arts Funding
23
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9 (V)
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage
30 (V)
Northern Ireland Issues
9
Order of Business
8
, 9
, 22
, 23 (V)
, 24
, 30
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23
Kelly, Alan
Order of Business
8
, 23 (V)
, 24
Tourism Industry: Statements
24
Lenihan, Brian Joseph
Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Bill 2005 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages
17
Leyden, Terry
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9 (V)
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage
30 (V)
Lisbon Reform Treaty: Statements
8
Lisbon Reform Treaty: Statements (Resumed)
8
Order of Business
8
, 9
, 10
, 22
, 23 (V)
, 30 (V)
Patient Safety: Statements
22
Patient Safety: Statements (Resumed)
22
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23 (V)
MacSharry, Marc
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9 (V)
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage
30
Order of Business
8
, 23 (V)
, 30 (V)
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23 (V)
Tourism Industry: Statements
24
McCarthy, Michael
Order of Business
23
Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008: Second Stage
30
McDonald, Lisa
Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage
9
Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Bill 2005 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages
17
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9 (V)
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage
30 (V)
Order of Business
8 (V)
, 23 (V)
, 30 (V)
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23 (V)
McFadden, Nicky
Child Care Services
30
Community Colleges
17
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage
30 (V)
Good Friday Agreement and Lisbon Treaty: Statements
24
Order of Business
9
, 17
, 23
, 24
, 30 (V)
Order of Business (Resumed)
17
, 22
Patient Safety: Statements
22
Patient Safety: Statements (Resumed)
22
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23
Moylan, Pat
Address by President of the European Parliament
8
Business of Seanad
8
, 9
, 10
, 17
, 22
, 23
, 24
, 30
Consumer Protection (Amendment) Bill 2008: First Stage
10
Death of Former President: Expressions of Sympathy
15
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage
30
Good Friday Agreement and Lisbon Treaty: Statements
24
Hospital-Acquired Infections
30
Lisbon Reform Treaty: Statements
8
Order of Business
8
, 9
, 10
, 17
, 22
, 23
, 24
, 30
Order of Business (Resumed)
17
, 22
Patient Safety: Statements
22
Patient Safety: Statements (Resumed)
22
Personal Explanation by Member
24
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23
Visit of Delegation from the Czech Republic
17
Mullen, Ronan
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9 (V)
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage
30
Order of Business
10
, 22
, 23
, 24
, 30
Order of Business (Resumed)
17
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23
Norris, David P.B.
Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage
9
Dublin Transport Authority Bill 2008: Second Stage
23
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9 (V)
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage
30
Kidnapping and Detention of Ms Ingrid Betancourt: Motion
10
Order of Business
8
, 10
, 17
, 22
, 23
, 24
, 30
Order of Business (Resumed)
17
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23
Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008: Second Stage
30
Ó Cuív, Éamon
Calafoirt agus Céanna
8
Hospital Services
8
Mental Health Services
8
Ó Domhnaill, Brian
Calafoirt agus Céanna
8
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9 (V)
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage
30 (V)
Mine Disaster
23
National Skills Strategy: Statements
22
Order of Business
8 (V)
, 10
, 23
, 30 (V)
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23 (V)
Ó Murchú, Labhrás
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9 (V)
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage
30 (V)
Order of Business
8
, 9
, 10
, 23 (V)
, 24
, 30
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23 (V)
Tourism Industry: Statements
24
O'Brien, Francis
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage
30 (V)
Order of Business
8 (V)
, 30 (V)
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23 (V)
O'Donovan, Dennis
Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage
9
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9 (V)
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage
30 (V)
Order of Business
8 (V)
, 23
, 30 (V)
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23 (V)
O'Keeffe, Batt
Water and Sewerage Schemes
30
O'Malley, Fiona
Address by President of the European Parliament
8
Death of Former President: Expressions of Sympathy
15
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9 (V)
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage
30 (V)
Kidnapping and Detention of Ms Ingrid Betancourt: Motion
10
Order of Business
8
, 23 (V)
, 30 (V)
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23 (V)
O'Reilly, Joe
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9 (V)
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage
30 (V)
Order of Business
8
, 9
, 10
, 22
, 23 (V)
, 24
, 30
School Accommodation
24
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23
O'Sullivan, Ned
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9 (V)
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage
30 (V)
Order of Business
8 (V)
, 22
, 23 (V)
, 30
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23
O'Toole, Joe John
Death of Former President: Expressions of Sympathy
15
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage
30
Good Friday Agreement and Lisbon Treaty: Statements
24
Order of Business
8
, 9
, 10
, 17
, 22
, 23
, 24
, 30
Order of Business (Resumed)
22
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23
Ormonde, Ann
Dublin Transport Authority Bill 2008: Second Stage
23
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage
30 (V)
Kidnapping and Detention of Ms Ingrid Betancourt: Motion
10
Lisbon Reform Treaty: Statements (Resumed)
23
National Skills Strategy: Statements
22
Order of Business
8
, 10
, 23
, 30
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23
Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008: Second Stage
30
Phelan, John Paul
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage
30 (V)
Lisbon Reform Treaty: Statements (Resumed)
8
National Skills Strategy: Statements
22
Order of Business
8
, 22
, 23 (V)
, 24
, 30
Order of Business (Resumed)
22
Schools Building Projects
9
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23
Visit of Algerian Delegation
8
Phelan, Kieran
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9 (V)
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage
30 (V)
Order of Business
8 (V)
, 23 (V)
, 30
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23 (V)
Power, Seán
Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage
9
Prendergast, Phil
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage
30
Order of Business
8 (V)
, 9
, 23
, 30
Patient Safety: Statements
22
Patient Safety: Statements (Resumed)
22
Quinn, Fergal
Address by President of the European Parliament
8
Death of Former President: Expressions of Sympathy
15
Dublin Transport Authority Bill 2008: Second Stage
23
Lisbon Reform Treaty: Statements (Resumed)
8
Order of Business
8 (V)
, 9
, 22
, 23
Patient Safety: Statements
22
Regan, Eugene
Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage
9
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9 (V)
Lisbon Reform Treaty: Statements
8
Order of Business
8
, 10
, 22
, 23
, 30
Order of Business (Resumed)
22
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23 (V)
Roche, Dick
Lisbon Reform Treaty: Statements
8
Lisbon Reform Treaty: Statements (Resumed)
8
Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008: Second Stage
30
Ross, Shane Peter Nathaniel
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9 (V)
Order of Business
8
, 17
, 23 (V)
, 30
Order of Business (Resumed)
17
Pupil-Teacher Ratio
9
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23
Ryan, Brendan
Consumer Protection (Amendment) Bill 2008: First Stage
10
Dublin Transport Authority Bill 2008: Second Stage
23
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage
30 (V)
National Skills Strategy: Statements
22
Order of Business
8 (V)
, 10
, 23 (V)
, 30 (V)
Smith, Brendan
Accident and Emergency Services
23
Arts Funding
23
Child Care Services
30
Hospital-Acquired Infections
30
Mine Disaster
23
Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2007 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages
9
Twomey, Liam
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9 (V)
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage
30
Kidnapping and Detention of Ms Ingrid Betancourt: Motion
10
Order of Business
10
, 17
, 22
, 23
, 24
, 30
Order of Business (Resumed)
22
Patient Safety: Statements
22
Patient Safety: Statements (Resumed)
22
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23 (V)
Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008: Second Stage
30
Walsh, Jim
Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage
9
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9 (V)
Order of Business
9
, 17
, 22
, 23 (V)
, 24
Order of Business (Resumed)
17
, 22
Personal Explanation by Member
24
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23 (V)
White, Alex
Address by President of the European Parliament
8
Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage
9
Death of Former President: Expressions of Sympathy
15
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9 (V)
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage
30
Good Friday Agreement and Lisbon Treaty: Statements
24
Order of Business
8
, 9
, 22
, 23 (V)
, 30 (V)
School Accommodation
22
White, Mary M.
Address by President of the European Parliament
8
Business of Seanad
22
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage
30 (V)
Lisbon Reform Treaty: Statements
8
Order of Business
8 (V)
, 10
, 17
, 23
, 30 (V)
Patient Safety: Statements
22
Patient Safety: Statements (Resumed)
22
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23 (V)
Wilson, Diarmuid
Business of Seanad
9
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion
9 (V)
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage
30
Kidnapping and Detention of Ms Ingrid Betancourt: Motion
10
Order of Business
8 (V)
, 23 (V)
, 30 (V)
School Accommodation
24
Schools Building Projects: Motion
23 (V)
Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2007 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages
9