Results 481-500 of 11,861 for speaker:Brian Hayes

Seanad: Business of Seanad. (11 Mar 2003)

Brian Hayes: I am not. I am in order.

Seanad: Business of Seanad. (11 Mar 2003)

Brian Hayes: The Committee on Procedure and Privileges protects all Members of this House, not just one side.

Seanad: Business of Seanad. (11 Mar 2003)

Brian Hayes: This is a grotesque infringement of Members' rights.

Seanad: Business of Seanad. (11 Mar 2003)

Brian Hayes: I ask the Cathaoirleach to reconsider on this matter. This is an unprecedented parliamentary move by the Government.

Seanad: Business of Seanad. (11 Mar 2003)

Brian Hayes: Will you give an assurance—

Seanad: Business of Seanad. (11 Mar 2003)

Brian Hayes: —that there will be an amendment to Standing Orders to allow this matter to come before the House on Thursday? I ask for clarity on the matter. All Members of the House have rights.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Mar 2003)

Brian Hayes: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business, that No. 2 be deleted. On Thursday the Government proposes to take Report Stage of the Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill in the House at the same time that a committee of the Houses is considering the matter. This is an unprecedented move. If the Cathaoirleach had allowed me to finish, he would have heard me say I believe an amendment to...

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Mar 2003)

Brian Hayes: It is time the Government took the House seriously. We will go through a charade this afternoon. Two members of the Government are no longer with us and we would have more success were we to have a live link with the paddocks at Cheltenham. It is most unfair to Members that the Minister and Minister of State responsible for this legislation will not come before the House today. A Minister...

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Mar 2003)

Brian Hayes: The Senator could sing that tune.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Mar 2003)

Brian Hayes: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Mar 2003)

Brian Hayes: Correct.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Mar 2003)

Brian Hayes: No votes for the Senator the next time.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Mar 2003)

Brian Hayes: Yes. Amendment put: "That No. 2 be deleted from today's Order of Business." Tá

Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (11 Mar 2003)

Brian Hayes: I had not intended to speak but was provoked by the comments of Senator Mansergh who is a new boy in the House.

Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (11 Mar 2003)

Brian Hayes: No, I was here five years ago.

Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (11 Mar 2003)

Brian Hayes: My elevation then was a good deal easier than my election this time. Senator O'Meara's points are valid. The definition section of a Bill must describe the intention of the legislation. If the Government had described it as the Freedom of Information Act 1997, as filleted by the amendment now before the House, there would have been more honesty in the section. There is no accurate definition...

Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (11 Mar 2003)

Brian Hayes: That requires honesty in what is included in the definition section. Section 1 of the Bill before us is incorrect in terms of the definition.

Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (11 Mar 2003)

Brian Hayes: We have not started yet.

Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (11 Mar 2003)

Brian Hayes: In light of the Acting Chairman's ruling, I now propose a supplementary order, "That No. 2—

Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (11 Mar 2003)

Brian Hayes: Will the Acting Chairman accept it if I write it down?