Seanad Éireann Private Members Business
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Seanad Éireann Private Members Business - Wednesday 12 March 2014
That Seanad Éireann:- rejects the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources with the British government to export energy from renewable sources from Ireland;-acknowledges renewable energy sources are valuable natural resources that belong to the people of Ireland, and that the government has a duty to ensure that any benefit accruing from...
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February 2014
27 February 2014
Seanad Éireann Private Members Business - Wednesday 5 March 2014
That Seanad Éireann:- Recognises that childhood, as a time-specific and unique period in a person's development, is a distinct space from adulthood. - Appreciates the difficulties and pressures faced by children and parents as the distinct space between childhood and adulthood becomes increasingly blurred through media, advertising and popular culture. - Believes that every effort must be made to...
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25 February 2014
Seanad Éireann Private Members Business Tuesday 25 February 2014
Motion - That Seanad Eireann: - recognises that consideration should be given to the establishment of a Community Court in Dublin city centre on a pilot basis;- recognises that a Community Court could effectively deal with low-level offences, focusing primarily on criminal anti-social behaviour by responding to the underlying problems of offenders; - recognises that a Community Court may further .....
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14 February 2014
Seanad Éireann Private Members Business - Wednesday 19 February 2014
That Seanad Éireann: notes: — that the mental health policy, A Vision for Change, published in 2006 was a landmark policy in advocating both for closure of the old psychiatric hospitals and continued building up of community-based services as well as cultural change in the form of human rights-based and recovery-orientated services;— that A Vision for Change was also progressive in taking a whole of...
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07 February 2014
Seanad Éireann Private Members Business - Wednesday 12 February 2014
That Seanad Éireann:requests the Government to outline in detail its proposals and estimated time line for radical reform of the Irish political system including reform of Oireachtas procedures, Dáil reform, full proposals for reform of Seanad Éireann, reform of the nomination procedures for the Presidency and reform of the financing of political parties.Senators David Norris, Sean Barrett
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January 2014
31 January 2014
Seanad Éireann Private Members Business - Wednesday 5 February 2014
That Seanad Eireann: welcomes the commitment of this government to end long-term homelessness by 2016 and recognises that significant challenges are now emerging in relation to housing supply: .....
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23 January 2014
Seanad Éireann Private Members Business - Wednesday 29 January 2014
That Seanad Éireann:- conscious that the people of Ireland have recently rejected a constitutional amendment for its abolition- noting the clear terms of Article 6 of Bunreacht na h- Éireann which acknowledge that it is the “right” of the people “to designate the rulers of the State”,- noting that the terms of Bunreacht na h- Éireann at Article 18 provides for a “general...
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17 January 2014
Seanad Éireann - Private Members Business - Wednesday 22 January 2014
Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2013 - (Senators Mark Daly, Thomas Byrne, Labhras Ó Murchú)
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10 January 2014
Seanad Éireann Private Members Business - Thursday 16 January 2014
[Senators Paul Coughlan, Maurice Cummins and Michael Comiskey]
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