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Seanad: Tributes to Usher of Houses of the Oireachtas. (27 Jan 2005)

Brian Hayes: Yes, we agree with those sentiments.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Bill 2002: Second Stage [Resumed]. (27 Jan 2005)

Brian Hayes: I am grateful for the opportunity to comment on the Bill before us. It transposes into domestic law international obligations we have undertaken as a result of our involvement with the EU and the United Nations. The Minister has been a regular visitor to this House in recent months and I welcome his return. I will comment later on the domestic situation, on which Senator Minihan commented. I...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Bill 2002: Second Stage [Resumed]. (27 Jan 2005)

Brian Hayes: It does not suit the Senator.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Feb 2005)

Brian Hayes: We on this side of the House are grateful the Leader has so swiftly organised statements on the tsunami disaster. We appreciate that the call was made last week and the debate is taking place this week. I understand the only House of the Oireachtas to debate the libel laws in recent years is this House.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Feb 2005)

Brian Hayes: The debate that took place earlier this year was successful and well-informed and we all learned something from it. Will the Leader arrange another debate on the issue of the intrusion into citizens' private lives by some newspapers in particular? This is an issue we must debate.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Feb 2005)

Brian Hayes: It is not an issue that relates only to celebrities and those who are in the public eye. It concerns also those who are not routinely and regularly in the public eye but whose lives are paraded on the front pages of newspapers. We need a genuine press complaints system whereby complaints regarding intrusions into privacy will be taken seriously and adjudicated upon by independently minded...

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Feb 2005)

Brian Hayes: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Feb 2005)

Brian Hayes: What is the Senator's third point?

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Feb 2005)

Brian Hayes: The cull happened last June.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Feb 2005)

Brian Hayes: The red deer.

Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion. (2 Feb 2005)

Brian Hayes: He will not be attending this year.

Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion. (2 Feb 2005)

Brian Hayes: Fine Gael welcomes the motion under debate, which was tabled by the Progressive Democrats group. I welcome the tenor of the earlier remarks by Senator Minihan. I compliment him on his speech and the consistency of his words on this issue during his membership of this House since 2002. Much of this debate has already been stated and I often wonder what is the importance of repeating it. I...

Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion. (2 Feb 2005)

Brian Hayes: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion. (2 Feb 2005)

Brian Hayes: I apologise I cannot stay for the Minister of State's response. With no disrespect, I must leave now.

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy. (3 Feb 2005)

Brian Hayes: On behalf of the Fine Gael group I express our sympathy to the wider Lambert family who are a well-known, well-respected Dublin family of many generations on the untimely passing of former Senator Gordon Lambert. Unlike the Leader, he never voted for me. I never knew him. From speaking with people from those times he made a worthwhile contribution to the House during the four years of his...

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy. (3 Feb 2005)

Brian Hayes: I am not sure about that but I will bow to his superior knowledge on this subject. It is only right and proper that the House remembers his contribution to public life. Clearly he was someone whom Mr. Lynch regarded as a person with a considerable knowledge of the arts and of business. I am sure his contributions greatly added to the work of the House. Today the House records his passing. I...

Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Feb 2005)

Brian Hayes: Does the Leader agree that there is something menacing and threatening about the IRA statement issued last night? It is clear from it that the IRA still has not gone away despite the fact that it initially called a ceasefire more than ten years ago and that in 1998 the people North and South voted for the Good Friday Agreement and called on both Governments to implement it. I will make three...

Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Feb 2005)

Brian Hayes: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Feb 2005)

Brian Hayes: There were many signatures in those days.

Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Feb 2005)

Brian Hayes: Hear, hear.