Results 281-300 of 11,861 for speaker:Brian Hayes

Seanad: Iraq Crisis: Statements. (6 Feb 2003)

Brian Hayes: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Iraq Crisis: Statements. (6 Feb 2003)

Brian Hayes: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and the opportunity to debate this important issue. I encourage people to speak their minds in this debate. There has, over the last month or so, been a reluctance on the part of people who hold different opinions to speak out because of a significant weight of media pressure and media opinion which takes a very anti-American position on this...

Seanad: Iraq Crisis: Statements. (6 Feb 2003)

Brian Hayes: I respect Senator Norris's right to speak and he should permit me to do so also. We must speak about tolerance and respect it in what we say. There is an unfortunate prejudice, not just in the area of policy, against the President of the United States. There is something near racial in the comments I have heard in recent times against the American people and their President. The debate on...

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Feb 2003)

Brian Hayes: The Cathaoirleach has been put in his place.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Feb 2003)

Brian Hayes: I am being mischievous. Five years ago the Government, with support from other parties, supported the establishment of drugs task forces in Dublin, Cork and other urban areas. The then Minister of State, Chris Flood, was solely responsible for the issue of drugs during the lifetime of the previous Government. The current Minister of State, Deputy Noel Ahern, and colleagues from two other...

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Feb 2003)

Brian Hayes: A distinguished former Minister.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Feb 2003)

Brian Hayes: That is close marking.

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Feb 2003)

Brian Hayes: Will the Leader explain the reason the Government has ordered Second Stage and Committee Stage of the Unclaimed Life Assurance Policies Bill 2002 to be taken on the same day? I am sure she will agree precedent has been that Second Stage is taken on one day, with Committee and Report Stages taken on other days.

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Feb 2003)

Brian Hayes: I will leave the subversion issue for the Leader as she is well able to deal with it. I ask the Leader to obtain answers to two questions from her colleagues in Government. The Official Secrets Act 1963 has, to a greater extent than any other Act, embraced the culture of secrecy in our public administration. In 1997 a select committee of the other House, chaired by a former colleague of mine,...

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Feb 2003)

Brian Hayes: That is very revealing.

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Feb 2003)

Brian Hayes: On a point of order, it is a precedent of the House that people who are not Members are not referred to. That is a precedent the Leader should observe.

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Feb 2003)

Brian Hayes: Citizens have rights.

Seanad: Private Business. - The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (Charters Amendment) Bill 2002: Second Stage. (12 Feb 2003)

Brian Hayes: I have always wanted to address my colleague, the Leas-Chathaoirleach, Senator Paddy Burke, as Minister. This debate and the Committee and Report Stages of the Bill provide an opportunity to do so. I hope he will be sufficiently remunerated for the task he is undertaking.

Seanad: Private Business. - The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (Charters Amendment) Bill 2002: Second Stage. (12 Feb 2003)

Brian Hayes: This is an historic occasion and a unique opportunity. It is the first time in the lifetime of this Seanad that Members have had an opportunity to debate legislation introduced under a unique parliamentary and legislative device, the Private Bill. When I attempted to discover the distinction between a Private Bill and a public Bill, I was informed that a public Bill involves the population at...

Seanad: Private Business. - The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (Charters Amendment) Bill 2002: Second Stage. (12 Feb 2003)

Brian Hayes: It happened in the twilight of his political career.

Seanad: Private Business. - The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (Charters Amendment) Bill 2002: Second Stage. (12 Feb 2003)

Brian Hayes: Such as the Government.

Seanad: Private Business. - The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (Charters Amendment) Bill 2002: Second Stage. (12 Feb 2003)

Brian Hayes: "The Royalettes".

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Feb 2003)

Brian Hayes: I join other Senators who yesterday called for a debate on Northern Ireland at some stage over the next week or so. The two Governments have clearly taken a joint position in trying to persuade the pro-Agreement parties to move forward in order that the remaining parts of the Agreement can be implemented. A seismic shift is required on the part of one of the parties, in particular, to ensure...

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Feb 2003)

Brian Hayes: It will be in year five if we are lucky. (Interruptions).

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Feb 2003)

Brian Hayes: Without farmers.