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Topical Issue Debate: Road Tolls (9 Oct 2013)

Tom Hayes: I thank the Deputy for the opportunity to address this issue and I apologise on behalf of the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Leo Varadkar, for his absence. The Minister has responsibility for overall policy and funding for the national roads programme. The implementation of individual national road projects is a matter for the National Roads Authority, NRA, under the...

Topical Issue Debate: Road Tolls (9 Oct 2013)

Tom Hayes: I know Fermoy well. I take the point the Deputies have made about difficulties for businesses and all the reorganisation. I passed through it over the weekend and I agree with what they have said that many trucks were going in. That was the reason for putting this in place. There was no reason to pick any particular month - November was the month the Minister selected. As I outlined...

Forestry Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)

Tom Hayes: It is already there.

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Budget Statement 2014 (15 Oct 2013)

Tom Hayes: How did you pick him out?

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Budget Statement 2014 (15 Oct 2013)

Tom Hayes: They did a few years ago.

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Budget Statement 2014 (15 Oct 2013)

Tom Hayes: Or Deputy Mattie McGrath.

Financial Resolutions 2014: No. 7: Income Tax (15 Oct 2013)

Tom Hayes: Deputy McGrath would like it to be correct.

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Tom Hayes: That is not right.

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Tom Hayes: How many pensioners does the Deputy know who get more than €900 per week?

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Tom Hayes: Should we just give everyone a medical card?

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Tom Hayes: Why did the Deputy not stay in the Department and straighten it out when she was Minister of State?

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Tom Hayes: Why did the Deputy not do anything about it when she was Minister of State instead of lecturing us about it here?

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Tom Hayes: At the beginning of this budgetary process the Government was determined to build on the progress achieved in recent years in developing the agrifood sector and, in particular, to further contribute to the future growth and prosperity the sector could achieve for Ireland, expanding its revenue base through growth in export earnings. I welcome, in particular, the suckler cow scheme, the...

Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2013)

Tom Hayes: You often did things without a mandate.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (22 Oct 2013)

Tom Hayes: Deputy Boyd Barrett would object to their coming back.

Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)

Tom Hayes: To what Bill does that issue relate?

Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)

Tom Hayes: We were here when the Deputy's father was making promises day in and day out.

Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)

Tom Hayes: The Deputy should ask his father.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Animal Diseases Issues (6 Nov 2013)

Tom Hayes: I thank Senator Bradford for raising this important matter. It gives me the opportunity to state the Department's position on it. Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus, PRRSV, causes a disease in pigs called porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, PRRS, also known as blue-ear pig disease, and is a widespread disease affecting domestic pigs. The symptoms include...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Animal Diseases Issues (6 Nov 2013)

Tom Hayes: I accept that the pig industry is hugely important in this country. Much investment has been put in place and it has become very intensive. It would be a huge loss for the country, particularly at a time when agriculture and the food industry are growing. There is enormous potential. Every time the Minister leaves the country he sees growing opportunities for our food industry. It is a...