Speeches
Senator Alice-Mary Higgins speeches in the Seanad
2024
07/11/2024
Air Navigation Orders
06/11/2024
Finance Bill 2024
06/11/2024
Finance Bill 2024
05/11/2024
Employment Rights
05/11/2024
COP29
24/10/2024
Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment
23/10/2024
Amendment to Seanad Standing Orders
23/10/2024
Address to Seanad Éireann by Mr. Kazumi Matsui, Mayor of Hiroshima
22/10/2024
Engagement with Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications on COP29
22/10/2024
Social Welfare Bill 2024
16/10/2024
Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2024
16/10/2024
Protection of the Native Irish Honey Bee Bill 2021
16/10/2024
Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022
15/10/2024
Update on the Public Sector Climate Action Mandate
10/10/2024
Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2024
09/10/2024
Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland
08/10/2024
The Role of Media in Climate Action
08/10/2024
Progress on Sustainable Development Goals
26/09/2024
Gambling Regulation Bill 2022
25/09/2024
Planning and Development Bill 2023
24/09/2024
Planning and Development Bill 2023
19/09/2024
Review of the Climate Action Plan
18/09/2024
General Scheme of the Conclusion of IBRC Special Liquidation and Dissolution of NAMA Bill
17/07/2024
Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024
17/07/2024
Planning and Development Bill 2023
17/07/2024
Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs
16/07/2024
Planning and Development Bill 2023
15/07/2024
Planning and Development Bill 2023
09/07/2024
Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024
09/07/2024
Circular Economy as it relates to Waste Sector
02/07/2024
Circular Economy as it relates to Construction Sector
02/07/2024
Digital Services (Levy) Bill 2024
27/06/2024
The Future of Local Democracy
25/06/2024
Long-Duration Energy Storage
25/06/2024
Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals
19/06/2024
International Protection, Asylum and Migration
19/06/2024
Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024
19/06/2024
Public Private Partnerships
18/06/2024
Circular Economy as it relates to Consumer Durables
12/06/2024
Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024
12/06/2024
Address to Seanad Éireann by Former President Mary Robinson
29/05/2024
Air Navigation and Transport (Arms Embargo) Bill 2024
29/05/2024
Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024
28/05/2024
Employment Permits Bill 2022
23/05/2024
Protection of Private Residencies (Against Targeted Picketing) Bill 2021
23/05/2024
Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs
22/05/2024
Scrutiny of EU Proposals
21/05/2024
Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024
21/05/2024
Research and Innovation Bill 2024
15/05/2024
Revenue Commissioners
15/05/2024
Research and Innovation Bill 2024
14/05/2024
Foreign Affairs Council, UN Matters and Individually Tailored Partnership Programme with NATO
14/05/2024
Draft National Energy and Climate Plan
09/05/2024
Europe Day
08/05/2024
Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023
08/05/2024
Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage
30/04/2024
Research and Innovation Bill 2024
23/04/2024
Research and Innovation Bill 2024
23/04/2024
Ireland's Climate Change Assessment Report
23/04/2024
Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals
17/04/2024
Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023
10/04/2024
Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023
21/03/2024
Forty-first Amendment of the Constitution (Agreement on a Unified Patent Court) Bill 2024
20/03/2024
Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023
06/03/2024
Seachtain na Gaeilge
06/03/2024
International Women's Day
05/03/2024
Energy Policy
28/02/2024
Air Navigation and Transport (Arms Embargo) Bill 2024
21/02/2024
Situation in Palestine
20/02/2024
Situation in the Middle East
15/02/2024
Review of Climate Action Plan 2023
14/02/2024
Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland
14/02/2024
Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023
13/02/2024
Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023
08/02/2024
Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023
08/02/2024
Digital Services Bill 2023
07/02/2024
Death of Former Taoiseach
31/01/2024
Family Carers
31/01/2024
Digital Services Bill 2023
30/01/2024
Third Level Fees
30/01/2024
General Oversight of EirGrid
24/01/2024
Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023
23/01/2024
Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023
23/01/2024
Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023
23/01/2024
Large Energy Users Rebalancing Subvention
22/01/2024
Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023
22/01/2024
Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023
2023
21/11/2023
Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss
24/05/2023
Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021
24/05/2023
Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022
24/05/2023
Academic Precarity
23/05/2023
Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022
23/05/2023
Energy Poverty
16/05/2023
Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022
16/05/2023
Climate Action and Biodiversity (Mandates of Certain Organisations) Bill 2023
16/05/2023
General Scheme of the Research and Innovation Bill 2023
11/05/2023
Climate Action and Biodiversity (Mandates of Certain Organisations) Bill 2023
10/05/2023
Electoral Reform (Amendment) and Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023
10/05/2023
Examination of EU Fiscal Rules
09/05/2023
Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Mairead McGuinness, European Commissioner
09/05/2023
Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities
04/05/2023
Finance Bill 2023
03/05/2023
Electoral Reform (Amendment) and Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023
03/05/2023
Reykjavik Summit of the Council of Europe
03/05/2023
Examination of EU Fiscal Rules
26/04/2023
EU Regulations
26/04/2023
Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022
26/04/2023
Public Water Connection Charges
19/04/2023
Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022
18/04/2023
Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023
18/04/2023
Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed)
29/03/2023
Electoral Reform (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023
28/03/2023
Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023
28/03/2023
Nature Restoration Law and Land Use Review
23/03/2023
Climate Action Plan 2023
22/03/2023
Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023
21/03/2023
Sustainable Development Goals
09/03/2023
Environmental Protection Agency (Emergency Electricity Generation) (Amendment) Bill 2023
09/03/2023
Environmental Protection Agency (Emergency Electricity Generation) (Amendment) Bill 2023
02/03/2023
Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine
16/02/2023
Climate Action Plan 2023
15/02/2023
Work-Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022
14/02/2023
Oil Emergency Contingency and Transfer of Renewable Transport Fuels Functions Bill 2023
14/02/2023
Communications Regulation and Digital Hub Development Agency (Amendment) Bill 2022
14/02/2023
Building Reform Regulations: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
09/02/2023
Oil Emergency Contingency and Transfer of Renewable Transport Fuels Functions Bill 2023
09/02/2023
Disaster Response
02/02/2023
Family Courts Bill 2023
02/02/2023
Address by H.E. Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament
01/02/2023
Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021
31/01/2023
Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities
31/01/2023
Work-Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022
25/01/2023
Wind Energy
25/01/2023
Economic Issues: Engagement with Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland
18/01/2023
General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022
2022
16/12/2022
Election of Cathaoirleach
16/12/2022
Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach
15/12/2022
Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022
14/12/2022
Appointment of Ordinary Members of An Coimisiún Toghcháin
14/12/2022
Tailte Éireann Bill 2022
14/12/2022
Animal Health and Welfare (Dogs) Bill 2022
14/12/2022
Mother and Baby Homes
13/12/2022
Finance Bill 2022
13/12/2022
Finance Bill 2022
13/12/2022
Social Welfare Bill 2022
13/12/2022
Quality in Public Procurement (Contract Preparation and Award Criteria) Bill 2021
13/12/2022
The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change
12/12/2022
Commemoration of the Centenary of the First Sitting of Seanad Éireann – 11 December 1922
08/12/2022
Statements on COP27
08/12/2022
Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022
07/12/2022
Finance Bill 2022
06/12/2022
The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change
01/12/2022
Address by H.E. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission
30/11/2022
Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2022
30/11/2022
EU Directives
29/11/2022
Role of Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change
23/11/2022
Ireland's Military Neutrality
08/11/2022
Protection of the Native Irish Honey Bee Bill 2021
08/11/2022
Irish Experience of Community-led Climate Action: Public Participation Networks
27/10/2022
Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens Assembly on Gender Equality
26/10/2022
Social Welfare (Surviving Cohabitant’s Pension) Bill 2021
25/10/2022
COP27
25/10/2022
Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022
21/10/2022
Youth Perspectives on the Circular Economy and COP27, including Climate Justice and Energy
20/10/2022
Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality
19/10/2022
Poverty and Social Exclusion
18/10/2022
Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022
12/10/2022
Breastfeeding
06/10/2022
Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality
22/09/2022
Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality
21/09/2022
Higher Education Authority Bill 2022
20/09/2022
Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities
20/09/2022
Higher Education Authority Bill 2022
15/09/2022
Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality
14/09/2022
Banking Issues
30/08/2022
Energy Supply and Security
14/07/2022
Planning and Development, Maritime and Valuation (Amendment) Bill 2022
13/07/2022
Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022
13/07/2022
Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Bill 2022
13/07/2022
Night-time Economy
12/07/2022
Higher Education Authority Bill 2022
12/07/2022
Report of the Joint Committee on Key Issues Affecting the Traveller Community
12/07/2022
Higher Education Authority Bill 2022
11/07/2022
Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022
11/07/2022
Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022
07/07/2022
Electoral Reform Bill 2022
07/07/2022
Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022
07/07/2022
Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022
06/07/2022
Electoral Reform Bill 2022
06/07/2022
Higher Education Authority Bill 2022
06/07/2022
Higher Education Authority Bill 2022
06/07/2022
Employment Equality (Amendment) (Non-Disclosure Agreements) Bill 2021
23/06/2022
Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022
23/06/2022
Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality
22/06/2022
Annual Transition Statement
22/06/2022
Public Service Performance Report: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
21/06/2022
Planning and Development (Built Heritage Protection) Bill 2022
16/06/2022
Planning and Development (Built Heritage Protection) Bill 2022
16/06/2022
Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality
15/06/2022
Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022
15/06/2022
Vaccination Programme
14/06/2022
Biodiversity: Engagement with Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
14/06/2022
Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022
14/06/2022
Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
14/06/2022
Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022
14/06/2022
Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022
14/06/2022
Biodiversity: Engagement with Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
03/06/2022
Youth Perspectives on Climate Challenges
02/06/2022
Protection of the Native Irish Honey Bee Bill 2021
02/06/2022
Engagement with the EU Commissioner for Energy
01/06/2022
National Maternity Hospital and Women's Health Action Plan
01/06/2022
Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022
01/06/2022
Use of Section 110 by Russian Firms: Dr. Jim Stewart
31/05/2022
Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022
31/05/2022
Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022
26/05/2022
Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022
26/05/2022
Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality
25/05/2022
Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022
25/05/2022
Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022
24/05/2022
Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022
19/05/2022
Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality
18/05/2022
Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022
18/05/2022
Quality in Public Procurement (Contract Preparation and Award Criteria) Bill 2021
16/05/2022
New National Maternity Hospital
12/05/2022
New National Maternity Hospital
12/05/2022
Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality
11/05/2022
New National Maternity Hospital
11/05/2022
Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
11/05/2022
Protocol No. 21 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
11/05/2022
Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022
11/05/2022
Northern Ireland
11/05/2022
New National Maternity Hospital
10/05/2022
Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022
05/05/2022
Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality
04/05/2022
Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022
04/05/2022
General Scheme of the Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021
28/04/2022
Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022
26/04/2022
Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022
26/04/2022
New Retrofitting Plan and the Built Environment
26/04/2022
Data Protection Act 2018 (Section 60(6)) (Office of the Ombudsman) Regulations 2022
05/04/2022
Carbon Budgets
05/04/2022
Implementation of the New National Retrofit Plan: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland
31/03/2022
Exploring Technologies and Opportunities to Reduce Emissions in the Agriculture Sector
31/03/2022
Recommendations of Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality
30/03/2022
Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland
30/03/2022
Support to Ukraine
29/03/2022
Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021
10/03/2022
Enabling Financial Independence for Women with Disabilities
10/03/2022
Recommendations of Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality
09/03/2022
International Women's Day 2022
08/03/2022
Energy - Ambition and Challenges
03/03/2022
Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Linda Ervine to mark Seachtain na Gaeilge
03/03/2022
Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021
03/03/2022
Recommendations of Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality
02/03/2022
Housing Policy
01/03/2022
Situation in the Middle East
01/03/2022
Situation in Ukraine
01/03/2022
Energy - Ambition and Challenges
23/02/2022
Citizens' Assemblies
23/02/2022
Coroners (Provision for Jury Selection) (Amendment) Bill 2022
23/02/2022
Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament
22/02/2022
Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022
16/02/2022
Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021
16/02/2022
Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers Scheme
15/02/2022
Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Bill 2022
15/02/2022
Report of Joint Committee on the Carbon Budget
15/02/2022
Commission for Regulation of Utilities Strategic Plan
10/02/2022
Safe Access to Termination of Pregnancy Services Bill 2021
03/02/2022
Child Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation Material (Amendment) Bill 2022
01/02/2022
Fisheries (Commercial Fishing Licences) (Alteration of Duties and Fees) Order 2022
20/01/2022
Organisation of Working Time (Reproductive Health Related Leave) Bill 2021
18/01/2022
Carbon Budgets
13/01/2022
Carbon Budgets
12/01/2022
Carbon Budgets
11/01/2022
Carbon Budgets
2021
17/12/2021
Social Welfare Bill 2021
17/12/2021
Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021
15/12/2021
TRIPS Waiver
14/12/2021
Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021
14/12/2021
Finance Bill 2021
09/12/2021
Houses of the Oireachtas (Amendment) Bill 2021
08/12/2021
Antarctic Treaty
02/12/2021
Covid-19 and the New Measures (Education)
30/11/2021
Horticultural Peat (Temporary Measures) Bill 2021
30/11/2021
National Development Plan 2021-2030
30/11/2021
Mother and Baby Homes Redress Scheme
24/11/2021
Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021
24/11/2021
Official Languages (Amendment) Bill 2019
24/11/2021
Companies (Emission Reporting) Bill 2021
18/11/2021
Address to Seanad Éireann by An Taoiseach
16/11/2021
Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2021
16/11/2021
Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021
11/11/2021
Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2021
04/11/2021
Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2021
04/11/2021
Finance (European Stability Mechanism and Single Resolution Fund) Bill 2021
04/11/2021
Aligning Disability Services with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
03/11/2021
Public Transport
03/11/2021
Defence (Amendment) Bill 2020
03/11/2021
General Scheme of the Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2021
02/11/2021
Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament
02/11/2021
Energy Security
20/10/2021
Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021
20/10/2021
Defence (Amendment) Bill 2020
14/10/2021
Finance (European Stability Mechanism and Single Resolution Fund) Bill 2021
14/10/2021
From Accessibility to Universal Design
14/10/2021
General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021
13/10/2021
General Scheme of the Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2020
13/10/2021
Budget 2022
13/10/2021
Peat Harvesting
12/10/2021
Budget 2022
07/10/2021
Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021
07/10/2021
General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021
07/10/2021
Participation of People with Disabilities in Political, Cultural, Community and Public Life
06/10/2021
Registration of Wills Bill 2021
06/10/2021
General Scheme of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2021
05/10/2021
Situation in Belarus
05/10/2021
Energy Charter Treaty, Energy Security, Liquefied Natural Gas and Data Centres
30/09/2021
Participation of People with Disabilities in Political, Cultural, Community and Public Life
29/09/2021
Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021
29/09/2021
Housing For All - a New Housing Plan for Ireland
29/09/2021
Legislative Measures
29/09/2021
General Scheme of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2021
28/09/2021
Defence (Amendment) Bill 2020
28/09/2021
Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Amendment) Bill 2021
28/09/2021
Energy Charter Treaty, Energy Security, Liquefied Natural Gas and Data Centres
16/07/2021
Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021
16/07/2021
Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021
16/07/2021
Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021
16/07/2021
Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021
15/07/2021
Land Development Agency Bill 2021
15/07/2021
Report of Independent Review Group Jadotville
13/07/2021
Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021
13/07/2021
Companies (Rescue Process for Small and Micro Companies) Bill 2021
12/07/2021
Land Development Agency Bill 2021
09/07/2021
Land Development Agency Bill 2021
09/07/2021
Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021
06/07/2021
Reduction of Carbon Emissions of 51% by 2030
05/07/2021
Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021
02/07/2021
Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021
02/07/2021
National Maternity Hospital
02/07/2021
Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021
30/06/2021
General Banking Matters: AIB
29/06/2021
Reduction of Carbon Emissions of 51% by 2030
28/06/2021
Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021
28/06/2021
Criminal Justice (Rehabilitative Periods) Bill 2018
21/06/2021
Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021
21/06/2021
Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019
18/06/2021
Affordable Housing Bill 2021
17/06/2021
UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Ratification of Optional Protocol
16/06/2021
General Banking Matters
14/06/2021
Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2021
14/06/2021
Employment Equality (Amendment) (Non-Disclosure Agreements) Bill 2021
04/06/2021
Right to Housing
04/06/2021
Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021
04/06/2021
Affordable Housing Bill 2021
02/06/2021
Remuneration of Senior Civil Servants
01/06/2021
Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021
31/05/2021
Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021
31/05/2021
Health (Amendment) Act 2021
31/05/2021
Statement: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme
31/05/2021
Affordable Housing Bill 2021
31/05/2021
Civil Legal Aid (Exclusion of Value of Free or Partly Free Board) (Amendment) Bill 2021
28/05/2021
Affordable Housing Bill 2021
27/05/2021
Protected Disclosure Legislation
26/05/2021
Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
25/05/2021
Reduction of Carbon Emissions of 51% by 2030
25/05/2021
Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021
24/05/2021
Loan Guarantee Schemes Agreements (Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland) Bill 2021
24/05/2021
Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021
24/05/2021
Planning and Development, Heritage and Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2021
24/05/2021
Organisation of Working Time (Reproductive Health Related Leave) Bill 2021
18/05/2021
Reduction of Carbon Emissions of 51% by 2030
17/05/2021
Statement: Situation in Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel
17/05/2021
Affordable Housing Bill 2021
04/05/2021
Reduction of Carbon Emissions of 51% by 2030
27/04/2021
Increasing Wind Power on the National Grid
23/04/2021
Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2020
23/04/2021
Future of Gambling Regulation
23/04/2021
Covid-19 Pandemic
20/04/2021
National Disability Inclusion Strategy
13/04/2021
Impact of the Comprehensive Trade and Economic Agreement on Irish-Canadian Trade and Relations
06/04/2021
Comprehensive and Economic Trade Agreement
30/03/2021
Engagement on the Comprehensive and Economic Trade Agreement
30/03/2021
Housing Policy and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
29/03/2021
Statement: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme
29/03/2021
Residential Tenancies Bill 2021
26/03/2021
Quality in Public Procurement (Contract Preparation and Award Criteria) Bill 2021
23/03/2021
Banking Sector: Engagement with Bank of Ireland
23/03/2021
Decarbonising Transport
22/03/2021
Statement: National Development Plan
22/03/2021
Family Leave Bill 2021
09/03/2021
Nothing About Us Without Us - Achieving Equal Rights and Equity for Women with Disabilities
09/03/2021
Central Bank of Ireland
09/03/2021
Decarbonising Transport
08/03/2021
Quality in Public Procurement (Contract Preparation and Award Criteria) Bill 2021
08/03/2021
Private Rental Sector
08/03/2021
National Maternity Hospital
01/03/2021
Health (Amendment) Bill 2021
01/03/2021
Children (Amendment) Bill 2020
23/02/2021
Banking Matters
23/02/2021
Decarbonising Transport
16/02/2021
Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes
15/02/2021
Children (Amendment) Bill 2020
15/02/2021
Remote Working Strategy
09/02/2021
Engagement with Chairperson Designate of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland
09/02/2021
Engagement with Chairperson Designate of the ESB
26/01/2021
Statement: Report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation
2020
16/12/2020
Social Welfare Bill 2020
16/12/2020
Finance Bill 2020
15/12/2020
Access to Contraception
11/12/2020
Finance Bill 2020
09/12/2020
Deportation Moratorium (Covid-19) Bill 2020
08/12/2020
Financial Services Union
03/12/2020
Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020
03/12/2020
Why Disability Matters
02/12/2020
Planning and Development Bill 2020
01/12/2020
Deportation Orders
30/11/2020
Planning and Development Bill 2020
25/11/2020
Planning and Development Bill 2020
25/11/2020
Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2020
25/11/2020
Inquiry into the Murder of Mr. Patrick Finucane
24/11/2020
Statement: Combating Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
18/11/2020
UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
18/11/2020
Seanad Bill 2020
11/11/2020
Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals
11/11/2020
National Disability Inclusion Strategy
10/11/2020
Statement: Living with Covid-19 Restrictions
10/11/2020
Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2020
06/11/2020
Data Protection Regulations
06/11/2020
Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2020
06/11/2020
Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Act 2020
05/11/2020
Biodiversity
04/11/2020
General Scheme of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020
04/11/2020
National Disability Inclusion Strategy
29/10/2020
General Scheme of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020
28/10/2020
General Scheme of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020
27/10/2020
General Scheme of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020
23/10/2020
Health (Amendment) Bill 2020
23/10/2020
Residential Tenancies Bill 2020
22/10/2020
Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2020
22/10/2020
Electoral (Civil Society Freedom)(Amendment) Bill 2019
21/10/2020
General Scheme of the Climate Action and Low-Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020
15/10/2020
General Scheme of the Climate Action and Low-Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020
14/10/2020
General Scheme of the Climate Action and Low-Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020
14/10/2020
Statement: Budget 2021
08/10/2020
Ireland-China Relations
07/10/2020
Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2020
07/10/2020
HSE Winter Plan
07/10/2020
Statutory Right to Sick Leave Pay
30/09/2020
Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2020
30/09/2020
National Screening Advisory Committee Bill 2020
25/09/2020
Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020
24/09/2020
School Transport, Leaving Certificate 2020 and Reopening of Schools
23/09/2020
Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020
10/09/2020
Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Bill 2020
31/07/2020
Residential Tenancies and Valuation Bill 2020
30/07/2020
Skellig Star Direct Provision Centre and the Future of Direct Provision
30/07/2020
Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020
29/07/2020
Social Welfare (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2020
24/07/2020
Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2020
23/07/2020
Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2020
17/07/2020
National Oil Reserves Agency (Amendment) and Provision of Central Treasury Services Bill 2020
16/07/2020
Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020
09/07/2020
Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2020
29/06/2020
Election of Cathaoirleach
29/06/2020
Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009
27/03/2020
Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Bill 2020
20/03/2020
Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Bill 2020
2019
18/12/2019
Road Safety
17/12/2019
Microbeads (Prohibition) Bill 2019
11/12/2019
Joint Committee on Climate Action: Forestry and Climate Change
05/12/2019
Joint Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment
04/12/2019
Joint Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas
04/12/2019
Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Bill 2019
03/12/2019
Finance Bill 2019
27/11/2019
Industrial Relations (Joint Labour Committees) Bill 2019
27/11/2019
Statement: Provision of Accommodation and Ancillary Services to Applicants for International Protection
26/11/2019
Finance Bill 2019
20/11/2019
Discussion: Cycling Policy
20/11/2019
Discussion: Supporting a Just Transition
19/11/2019
Discussion: Digital Adult Literacy
19/11/2019
Discussion: Adult Literacy
07/11/2019
Session 3: The State of Play in Regulation
07/11/2019
Session 1: The Evidence
06/11/2019
Discussion: Conference of the Parties, COP, 25
06/11/2019
Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016
05/11/2019
Statement: Climate Action
24/10/2019
Discussion: Bogus Self-Employment
23/10/2019
Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy
22/10/2019
Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016
16/10/2019
Traveller Culture and History in Education Bill 2018
16/10/2019
Climate Change Advisory Council Annual Review 2019
16/10/2019
Statement: Sustainable Tourism
16/10/2019
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report on Climate Change and Land Use
15/10/2019
Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016
10/10/2019
General Scheme of the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill 2019
09/10/2019
Free Education (Prohibition of Fees and Charges) Bill 2018
09/10/2019
Social Welfare Bill 2019
08/10/2019
Statement: Budget 2020
02/10/2019
Social Welfare Bill 2019
02/10/2019
Discussion: Citizen and Community Measures
01/10/2019
Statement: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union
01/10/2019
Environmental Schemes
25/09/2019
Discussion: Carbon Tax
25/09/2019
Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016
25/09/2019
Blasphemy (Abolition of Offences and Related Matters) Bill 2019
24/09/2019
Social Welfare Bill 2019
11/07/2019
CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019
10/07/2019
Motion: Genetic Testing
10/07/2019
Local Government Rates and Other Matters Bill 2018
10/07/2019
Discussion: Housing and Retrofitting
09/07/2019
Statement: Defence Matters
03/07/2019
Redress for Women Resident in Certain Residential Institutions (Amendment) Bill 2019
03/07/2019
Social Welfare Bill 2019
03/07/2019
Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018
03/07/2019
Statement: EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement
20/06/2019
Discussion: Bogus Self-Employment
19/06/2019
Statement: Adoption, Information and Tracing
19/06/2019
Community Participation (Disability) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019
12/06/2019
Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016
15/05/2019
Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016
15/05/2019
Civil Registration Bill 2019
09/05/2019
Climate Change
09/05/2019
Common Security and Defence Policy
08/05/2019
Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017
18/04/2019
Statement by the Taoiseach
11/04/2019
Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Dissolution of Marriage) Bill 2016
09/04/2019
Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016
04/04/2019
Statement: Transport Matters
03/04/2019
Public Authorities and Utility Undertakings (Contract Preparation and Award Criteria) Bill 2019
02/04/2019
Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016
27/03/2019
Protection of Employment (Measures to Counter False Self-Employment) Bill 2018
27/03/2019
Public Authorities and Utility Undertakings (Contract Preparation and Award Criteria) Bill 2019
27/03/2019
Motion: Period Poverty
27/03/2019
Discussion: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly
26/03/2019
Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016
06/03/2019
European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2019
05/03/2019
Statement: The Future of Europe and the Value of European Union Membership to Ireland
27/02/2019
Statement: Defence Matters
20/02/2019
National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017
14/02/2019
Discussion: Bogus Self-Employment
14/02/2019
Statement: Progress in Relation to Climate Change
13/02/2019
Criminal Justice (Rehabilitative Periods) Bill 2018
13/02/2019
Statement: Loneliness Task Force Report
12/02/2019
Statement of Strategy 2019-2021
06/02/2019
Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017
06/02/2019
Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018
06/02/2019
Statement: Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes
06/02/2019
Statement: Community and Rural Support Schemes
31/01/2019
Discussion: Bogus Self-Employment
29/01/2019
Address to Seanad Éireann by Mr. John Horan
24/01/2019
Statement: Climate Action
23/01/2019
Discussion: Why the Arts Matter
22/01/2019
Statement: Government's Brexit Preparedness
17/01/2019
Discussion: JobPath Programme
2018
20/12/2018
Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Bill 2018
20/12/2018
Finance (African Development (Bank and Fund) and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2018
19/12/2018
Motion: Conflict in Yemen
18/12/2018
Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2018
18/12/2018
Irish Film Board (Amendment) Bill 2018
18/12/2018
Criminal Law (Extraterritorial Jurisdiction) Bill 2018
18/12/2018
Finance (African Development (Bank and Fund) and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2018
13/12/2018
Centenary of 1918 General Election and Irish Women’s Right to Vote
13/12/2018
Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018
12/12/2018
Children's Digital Protection Bill 2018
10/12/2018
Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018
06/12/2018
Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2018
06/12/2018
Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018
05/12/2018
Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018
05/12/2018
Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018
05/12/2018
Finance Bill 2018
04/12/2018
Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017
29/11/2018
Greyhound Racing Bill 2018
28/11/2018
Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018
28/11/2018
Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017
27/11/2018
Finance Bill 2018
21/11/2018
Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Naturalisation of Minors Born in Ireland) Bill 2018
20/11/2018
Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017
15/11/2018
Greyhound Racing Bill 2018
14/11/2018
Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016
08/11/2018
Discussion: Bogus Self-Employment
08/11/2018
Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Deirdre Hargey, Lord Mayor of Belfast
25/10/2018
Semi-State Pensions
11/10/2018
Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System
03/10/2018
Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018
27/09/2018
Statement: Electoral Commission
25/09/2018
Pre-Budget Discussion with the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection
17/07/2018
Children and Family Relationships (Amendment) Bill 2018
12/07/2018
Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Bill 2018
11/07/2018
Statement: Situation in Palestine
11/07/2018
Traveller Culture and History in Education Bill 2018
10/07/2018
Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017
05/07/2018
Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2018
05/07/2018
National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017
04/07/2018
Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017
04/07/2018
Civil Liability (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2018
03/07/2018
Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018
03/07/2018
Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017
28/06/2018
Discussion: Crosscare Emigrant Support Service
26/06/2018
Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018
21/06/2018
Address by Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission
20/06/2018
Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017
14/06/2018
Discussion: State Pension Reform
13/06/2018
Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016
12/06/2018
Discussion: Supports for People with Disabilities
30/05/2018
Statement: Incorrect Birth Registrations
30/05/2018
Statement: Community Banking System
23/05/2018
Motions: Marine Protection
22/05/2018
Data Protection Bill 2018
16/05/2018
Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2017
10/05/2018
Statement: Europe Day 2018
02/05/2018
Domestic Violence Bill 2017
02/05/2018
Prohibition of Conversion Therapies Bill 2018
02/05/2018
Statement: Project Ireland 2040
19/04/2018
Statement: Public Service Broadcasting and Social Media Regulation
18/04/2018
Statement: Northern Ireland and 20th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement
28/03/2018
Data Protection Bill 2018
28/03/2018
Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018
27/03/2018
Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018
22/03/2018
Data Protection Bill 2018
08/03/2018
Technological Universities Bill 2015
07/03/2018
Statement: 100 Years of Women's Suffrage in Ireland
07/03/2018
Statement: Foreign Affairs
07/03/2018
International Protection (Family Reunification) (Amendment) Bill 2017
06/03/2018
Data Protection Bill 2018
28/02/2018
Protection of Employment (Measures to Counter False Self-Employment) Bill 2018
27/02/2018
Data Protection Bill 2018
21/02/2018
Technological Universities Bill 2015
20/02/2018
Statement: Housing
15/02/2018
Data Protection Bill 2018
08/02/2018
Data Protection Bill 2018
07/02/2018
Technological Universities Bill 2017
07/02/2018
Technological Universities Bill 2015
06/02/2018
Statements: Foreign Affairs
31/01/2018
Technological Universities Bill 2015
30/01/2018
Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018
25/01/2018
Statement: British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly Report on Childhood Obesity
24/01/2018
National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017
24/01/2018
Statement: Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture
17/01/2018
Statement: Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution
2017
15/12/2017
Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2017
15/12/2017
Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015
13/12/2017
Social Welfare Bill 2017
13/12/2017
Statement: Permanent Structured Cooperation
12/12/2017
Finance Bill 2017
12/12/2017
Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017
07/12/2017
Social Welfare Bill 2017
06/12/2017
Statement: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015
06/12/2017
Finance Bill 2017
05/12/2017
Statement: Diplomatic Relations (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017
21/11/2017European Security Strategy
15/11/2017
Motions: JobPath
08/11/2017
International Protection (Family Reunification) (Amendment) Bill 2017
08/11/2017
Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015
25/10/2017
Statement: Situation in Catalonia
25/10/2017
Statement: Report on Lone Parents in Ireland
25/10/2017
Statement: Driving Test Waiting Times
19/10/2017
Motions: Broadcasting Act 2009 (Designation of Major Events) Order 2017
18/10/2017
Statement: Child Care
17/10/2017
Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016
12/10/2017
Statement: Future of Europe
20/07/2017
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Bill 2017
19/07/2017
International Protection (Family Reunification) (Amendment) Bill 2017
19/07/2017
Mediation Bill 2017
19/07/2017
Statement: Minerals Development Bill 2015
18/07/2017
National Shared Services Office Bill 2016
13/07/2017
Statement: Naval Service Deployment
12/07/2017
Motions: Equality of Access to Education
11/07/2017
Motions: Srebrenica Massacre
04/07/2017
Domestic Violence Bill 2017
04/07/2017
Statement: Report on Dying, Death and Bereavement
28/06/2017
Motions: Home Care Services
28/06/2017
Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Prohibition of Onshore Hydraulic Fracturing) Bill 2016
20/06/2017
Motions: Special Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution
13/06/2017
Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016
31/05/2017
Domestic Violence Bill 2017
24/05/2017
Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap Information) Bill 2017
24/05/2017
Motions: Commission of Investigation (National Asset Management Agency) Order 2017
17/05/2017
Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016
16/05/2017
Statement: Migrant Integration Strategy
16/05/2017
Criminal Justice (Offences Relating to Information Systems) Bill 2016
10/05/2017
Gender Recognition (Amendment) Bill 2017
09/05/2017
Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016
13/04/2017
Heritage Bill 2016
12/04/2017
Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016
29/03/2017
Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016
29/03/2017
Heritage Bill 2016
28/03/2017
Health (Amendment) Bill 2017
28/03/2017
Statement: An Garda Síochána
22/03/2017
Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017
22/03/2017
Pensions (Equal Pension Treatment in Occupational Benefit Scheme) (Amendment) Bill 2016
21/03/2017
Death of Martin McGuinness: Expressions of Sympathy
21/03/2017
Statement: JobPath
09/03/2017 Statement: Commission of Investigation Announcement on Tuam Mother and Baby Home
08/03/2017
Motions: Tourism Industry
23/02/2017
Statement: The Diaspora
21/02/2017
Commencement Matters: Cycling Policy
16/02/2017
Motions: Establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry
15/02/2017
Annual National Transition Statement on Climate Action and Low Carbon Development
15/02/2017
Clarification on Statements made by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs
15/02/2017
Statement: Transport and Tourism
14/02/2017
Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015
08/02/2017
Derelict and Vacant Sites Bill 2017
01/02/2017
Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016
01/02/2017
Convictions for Certain Sexual Offences (Apology and Exoneration) Bill 2016
2016
20/12/2016
Courts Bill 2016
14/12/2016
Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016
14/12/2016
Registration of Wills Bill 2016
06/12/2016
Social Welfare Bill 2016
01/12/2016
Finance Bill 2016
30/11/2016
Motions: Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign
29/11/2016
Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Nicola Sturgeon
24/11/2016
Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016
23/11/2016
Micro-plastic and Micro-bead Pollution Prevention Bill 2016 (Second Stage)
16/11/2016
Protection of Employment (Uncertain Hours) Bill 2016
16/11/2016
Statement: Transport, Tourism and Sport
09/11/2016
Health (Amendment) (Professional Home Care) Bill 2016
27/10/2016
Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (Hague Convention) Bill 2016
26/10/2016
Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015
26/10/2016
Corporate Manslaughter (No. 2) Bill 2016
25/10/2016
Statement: Agricultural Prices and Decision by UK to Leave EU
19/10/2016
Motions: Judicial Council
19/10/2016
Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016
18/10/2016
Statement: Children and Youth Affairs
06/10/2016
Statement: Action Plan for Education
05/10/2016
Address to Seanad Éireann by Mr. Manus Cooney
05/10/2016
Motions: Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement
04/10/2016
Statement: European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple
29/09/2016
Address by An Taoiseach
28/09/2016
Motions: Issues Relating to Economic Growth
20/07/2016
Statement: Action Plan for Housing
20/07/2016
Statement: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016
19/07/2016
Commencement Matters: Issues relating to Trade Agreements
19/07/2016
Motions: Tax and social welfare codes
19/07/2016
Paternity Leave and Benefit Bill 2016
15/07/2016
Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016
15/07/2016
Motions: Citizens' Assembly
14/07/2016
Summer Economic Statement 2016
13/07/2016
Seanad Bill 2016 (Second Stage)
12/07/2016
Statement: Social Protection
12/07/2016
Statement: Public Procurement
06/07/2016
Competition (Amendment) Bill 2016
06/07/2016
Statement: Communications, Climate Action and the Environment
30/06/2016
Statement: Delivering Sustainable Full Employment
29/06/2016
Immigration (Reform) (Regularisation of Residency Status) Bill 2016
28/06/2016
Statement: United Kingdom Referendum on European Union Membership
22/06/2016
Statement: EU-UK Relations
21/06/2016
Death of Jo Cox, MP: Expressions of Sympathy
15/06/2016
Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach
15/06/2016
Motions: Poverty and Homelessness
08/06/2016
Election of Cathaoirleach
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