Results 3,661-3,680 of 11,861 for speaker:Brian Hayes
- Seanad: Prisons Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2006)
Brian Hayes: I am pleased to have an opportunity to speak on this Bill and I welcome the Tánaiste to the House. This is a period of considerable opportunity for the prison system for a number of reasons, such as the welcome additional funding that can modernise the number of prisons within this jurisdiction. Another glaring reason I have come to this conclusion is that the very substantial subversive...
- Seanad: Prisons Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2006)
Brian Hayes: It did not rub off on the Senator though.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2006)
Brian Hayes: I welcome comments made yesterday by the Minister of State with special responsibility for children, Deputy Brian Lenihan. He suggested rightly that it is time to review the suitability of the Government's decision to locate the new national children's hospital at the Mater Hospital.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2006)
Brian Hayes: He showed extraordinary courage in demurring from what the Cabinet has said. The report of Our Lady's Hospital in Crumlin and the ongoing reservations expressed by the National Children's Hospital in Tallaght mean that we need an independent international review of the decision if we are to ensure we get matters right. Too much is riding on this. This serious issue concerns not just Dublin....
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2006)
Brian Hayes: Do not tell the Progressive Democrats that.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2006)
Brian Hayes: That is very unfair to the Deputy's colleagues.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2006)
Brian Hayes: It was a Fine Gael idea to set it up.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2006)
Brian Hayes: If the Senator does not know who to blame, he should say nothing.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2006)
Brian Hayes: There will be a new regulator.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2006)
Brian Hayes: It is overvalued.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2006)
Brian Hayes: The Senator spent a month preparing for the ambush.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2006)
Brian Hayes: Can we get some protection for Sir George?
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2006)
Brian Hayes: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2006)
Brian Hayes: That is interesting. In a republic, the separation of powers and the independence of the judiciary are two of the most important principles. As a republican, I have always appreciated those principles in our institutions of State. However, I refer to a worrying development concerning the Criminal Justice Act 1999, which introduced mandatory minimum sentencing for the possession or sale of...
- Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2006)
Brian Hayes: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2006)
Brian Hayes: That is freedom. It is terrible.
- Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2006)
Brian Hayes: We backed Senator White for Dublin South-East.
- Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2006)
Brian Hayes: According to the law.
- Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2006)
Brian Hayes: I am laughing, as is the public. We have had ten years of it. They are certainly going for election.
- Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2006)
Brian Hayes: There will be no handcuffs.