Results 3,301-3,320 of 5,311 for speaker:Tom Hayes
- Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2012)
Tom Hayes: I wish to share time with Deputy John Paul Phelan.
- Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2012)
Tom Hayes: First, I am pleased to have the opportunity to say a few words on this important Animal Health and Welfare Bill. The welfare of animals is extremely important in Ireland and regardless of whether people have animals as pets, for commercial use, as farmers or whatever the case may be, it is important to introduce and have in place legislation. I am delighted this Bill has been allocated so...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Business of Joint Committee (20 Sep 2012)
Tom Hayes: Senator Ned O'Sullivan sends his apologies. I welcome Deputy Michael Colreavy as a new member of the joint committee. He replaces Deputy Martin Ferris who was very active as a member of the committee and we wish him well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Bord na Móna: Discussion with Chairman Designate (20 Sep 2012)
Tom Hayes: The purpose of the first part of the meeting is to meet the chairman designate of Bord na Móna, Mr. John Horgan, to discuss the approach he will take in his new role and his views on the challenges facing the company. Members will be aware of the Government decision in May 2011 to put in place new arrangements for the appointment of persons to State boards and bodies. The joint...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Bord na Móna: Discussion with Chairman Designate (20 Sep 2012)
Tom Hayes: To clarify, how many employees work in the company? What role does the chairman designate see for the increased number of employees and what challenges are there to create jobs within the company? How relevant are the qualifications mentioned by Mr. Horgan to his chairmanship of the board of Bord na Móna?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Bord na Móna: Discussion with Chairman Designate (20 Sep 2012)
Tom Hayes: I will take all the questions first. That will be faster and more efficient. We need to be out of here by a certain time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Bord na Móna: Discussion with Chairman Designate (20 Sep 2012)
Tom Hayes: I apologise for cutting across the Deputy. A mobile telephone that has been left on is causing severe problems for the broadcasting unit. I ask everyone to make sure their telephones are turned off.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Bord na Móna: Discussion with Chairman Designate (20 Sep 2012)
Tom Hayes: I am planning to allow more members to contribute to the discussion at this stage. Is Mr. Horgan happy with that approach?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Bord na Móna: Discussion with Chairman Designate (20 Sep 2012)
Tom Hayes: In fairness, Deputy O'Mahony, Mr. Horgan is the chairman designate.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Bord na Móna: Discussion with Chairman Designate (20 Sep 2012)
Tom Hayes: I remind members that Mr. Horgan is chairman designate of Bord na Móna. It is not fair to query him on specific matters; nor is it the duty of the committee, and particularly of this meeting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Bord na Móna: Discussion with Chairman Designate (20 Sep 2012)
Tom Hayes: That is a very good point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Bord na Móna: Discussion with Chairman Designate (20 Sep 2012)
Tom Hayes: I thank Mr. Horgan for his attendance and wish him well in his future work with Bord na Móna. The committee will inform the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Pat Rabbitte, that we have concluded our discussions with Mr. Horgan and will forward a copy of the transcript of the meeting to the Minister.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Bord na Móna: Discussion with Chairman Designate (20 Sep 2012)
Tom Hayes: We will suspend the sitting for ten minutes to allow members to meet the Commissioner on the plinth.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EU Energy Policy: Discussion with EU Commissioner for Energy (20 Sep 2012)
Tom Hayes: I welcome everyone to the second part of our meeting. It is wonderful for members to have the opportunity to engage with the EU Commissioner for Energy, Mr. Günther Oettinger. I hope I pronounced his name properly. Furthermore, I am very pleased to learn that the Commissioner has agreed to come to Ireland again next May during our Presidency of the European Council. I am delighted to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EU Energy Policy: Discussion with EU Commissioner for Energy (20 Sep 2012)
Tom Hayes: We have already had a problem today with someone leaving a mobile telephone on. Could they please turn it off? It is interfering with the sound transmission.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EU Energy Policy: Discussion with EU Commissioner for Energy (20 Sep 2012)
Tom Hayes: I thank Mr. Oettinger for that very good overview. We will go straight to questions because our time is limited. I call Deputy Michael Moynihan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EU Energy Policy: Discussion with EU Commissioner for Energy (20 Sep 2012)
Tom Hayes: I thank the Commissioner and his colleagues for coming before the committee and providing members with such food for thought. I have no doubt that the information supplied will be of great benefit to the committee as it goes about its work. I wish the Commissioner a safe journey back home.
- Magdalene Laundries: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2012)
Tom Hayes: I understand the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, is sharing time with Deputies Buttimer and McCarthy.
- Magdalene Laundries: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2012)
Tom Hayes: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Leanaí) 2012: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Sep 2012)
Tom Hayes: I am pleased to contribute to the debate on this Bill, which is hugely important to many people throughout the country. Amending the Constitution is a serious matter which always requires serious debate. This has never been more true than in the case of the proposed thirty-first amendment to the Constitution. The aim of the amendment is clear, namely, to enshrine children's rights in the...