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Seanad: Sub-Committee of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges: Motion. (9 Oct 2002)

Brian Hayes: Yes, certainly. It is in the centre of the country. I am sure we should get a great welcome from the Leader. The electoral college for the vocational panels should be expanded to include all city and town councillors and MEPs. In the case where people are elected to councils and given a vote for the Seanad, all town councillors should be entitled to vote in such circumstances. Voting should...

Seanad: Sub-Committee of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges: Motion. (9 Oct 2002)

Brian Hayes: Other Members will have other views on that and no doubt we will debate this in further detail. Former Cabinet Ministers should be entitled to attend and speak in the Seanad, although not as Members. People who have just left or are at the margins of politics have a wealth of experience. Such people should not be given a salary but a daily rate of payment, as is the practice in the House of...

Seanad: Sub-Committee of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges: Motion. (9 Oct 2002)

Brian Hayes: My suggestions are causing some difficulty on the other side of the House. On the issue of legislative change, casual vacancies should be filled by the party from which they occur.

Seanad: Sub-Committee of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges: Motion. (9 Oct 2002)

Brian Hayes: If a Member of this House is elected to the other House or resigns, it is most unfair if the party of which he or she is a member is not able fill the seat vacated by that person. A question arises on the fundamental issue of constitutional change, the third item on the list, which is whether the job description of the Seanad in the Constitution is right. I believe that, by and large, it is...

Seanad: Sub-Committee of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges: Motion. (9 Oct 2002)

Brian Hayes: There is a discerning taste.

Seanad: Sub-Committee of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges: Motion. (9 Oct 2002)

Brian Hayes: A six seat constituency would be the way around that.

Seanad: Sub-Committee of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges: Motion. (9 Oct 2002)

Brian Hayes: Regarding the 43 Members elected from the vocational sub-panels, the best way to approach that would be by way of a list system, whereby parties could appoint, according to a list, a rota of people. Depending on the percentage they get at the general election, Members could be appointed from that list. Nominations for the Seanad and Dáil should be held on the same day. This would allow...

Seanad: Sub-Committee of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges: Motion. (9 Oct 2002)

Brian Hayes: Hear, hear. A great leader.

Seanad: Sub-Committee of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges: Motion. (9 Oct 2002)

Brian Hayes: The Senator should report it to the Garda.

Seanad: Sub-Committee of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges: Motion. (9 Oct 2002)

Brian Hayes: The first Dáil was non-party.

Seanad: Sub-Committee of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges: Motion. (9 Oct 2002)

Brian Hayes: It is in the Agreement.

Seanad: Sub-Committee of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges: Motion. (9 Oct 2002)

Brian Hayes: People in glasshouses, etc.

Seanad: Address by President of the European Parliament. (10 Oct 2002)

Brian Hayes: I congratulate President Cox on his very impressive address to the Seanad this morning and thank him for coming to visit us and share his distillled knowledge in this area at this very important time for our country. I have two points to make. One is a comment and I would like to know whether the President agrees or disagrees with it. The second is a direct question. From my knowledge of...

Seanad: Address by President of the European Parliament. (10 Oct 2002)

Brian Hayes: I told him that the European Parliament was doing more than the Government on the matter. What can we do to explain those tangible benefits to our citizens? I know the President would not like to engage in party politics. What can the European Parliament, and politicians, do to explain those tangible benefits? These are the same benefits that Kathleen Lynch was able deduce some years ago when...

Seanad: Address by President of the European Parliament. (10 Oct 2002)

Brian Hayes: We should not go there.

Seanad: Address by President of the European Parliament. (10 Oct 2002)

Brian Hayes: Now the Senator is getting her own back.

Seanad: Address by President of the European Parliament. (10 Oct 2002)

Brian Hayes: It has been finished.

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Oct 2002)

Brian Hayes: I have no difficulty with the Leader's proposal for dealing with Nos. 4 to 16, inclusive, on the Order Paper. Will she contact her colleague, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, in connection with the growing problem of stabbings, especially in large towns and cities? She is no doubt aware that to date this year, of the 53 murders committed in the country, 25 were the result of...

Seanad: European Union (Scrutiny) Bill, 2001 changed from European Union Bill, 2001: Second Stage. (16 Oct 2002)

Brian Hayes: That is right.

Seanad: European Union (Scrutiny) Bill, 2001 changed from European Union Bill, 2001: Second Stage. (16 Oct 2002)

Brian Hayes: I will not detain the House because I understand the need to expedite this legislation but I want to make a number of points. I am delighted to see the Minister of State, Deputy Roche, back with us again to discuss this legislation which has the potential, if we get it right, to be important for two reasons. First, it connects us with the decision-making process in Europe which, sadly, has...