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Seanad: Commencement Matters: Heritage Sites (5 Mar 2015)

Tom Hayes: I thank the Senator for raising this important matter and apologise on behalf of the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Deputy Heather Humphreys, who is unavailable due to other commitments outside the House today. However, the Minister is very much aware of the concerns of the Senator. The UNESCO world heritage committee requires every property inscribed on the world heritage...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Heritage Sites (5 Mar 2015)

Tom Hayes: I have listened to what the Senator has said, and I understand his concerns and that of the people. It seems to me, having listened to him, that the local residents are deeply concerned about the project. The best process for him to follow is to make sure and encourage residents to put their issues on paper and consult with the local public representatives who are on the committee. I have...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Heritage Sites (5 Mar 2015)

Tom Hayes: It is in everybody's interest that we work together. I reiterate that I will relate all of the Senator's concerns that he raised this morning.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Local Government Reform (5 Mar 2015)

Tom Hayes: I thank Senator Bradford for raising this issue and I acknowledge his contribution to local government and local government reform generally. I apologise on behalf of the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Alan Kelly, who is otherwise engaged this morning. It is over two years since the Government published the action programme for effective local...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Local Government Reform (5 Mar 2015)

Tom Hayes: Senator Bradford instanced the people outside Charleville vis-à-visthe people near County Waterford, and I can understand that. That is a matter of the drawing of a boundary map. It is not an argument, however, to bring back local town councils. I served on a local authority in Tipperary. The duplication between county and town councils was unbelievable, as was the waste of time and...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Local Government Reform (5 Mar 2015)

Tom Hayes: We should not even contemplate it. It cost ratepayers vast sums of money. They are taxpayers, the paying public. Businesses were closing left, right and centre because of the costly rates they were paying. We need to move away from that. There is a view within Government of the need to try to bring down the cost of rates to encourage people. This is a way of doing that and of making...

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Aois Intofachta chun Oifig an Uachtaráin) 2015: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Age Eligibility for Election to the Office of President) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Mar 2015)

Tom Hayes: I thank all Members for their contributions to this debate. As the Minister of State, Deputy Ann Phelan, said this morning, this is a short but important Bill to provide for a referendum to be held in May. I take this opportunity to address some of the comments that have been made regarding this referendum. It has been suggested that rather than progressing the referendum on candidacy...

The Dairy Sector: Statements (Resumed) (25 Mar 2015)

Tom Hayes: What is it about?

The Dairy Sector: Statements (Resumed) (25 Mar 2015)

Tom Hayes: They have been paying them for years.

The Dairy Sector: Statements (Resumed) (25 Mar 2015)

Tom Hayes: I will answer the Deputy's question when I respond.

The Dairy Sector: Statements (Resumed) (25 Mar 2015)

Tom Hayes: I sincerely thank, on my behalf and on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Simon Coveney, each and every one of the Members who contributed in this House three weeks ago and tonight. The importance of the dairy sector for Ireland is huge. For the country as a whole and for rural Ireland in particular, the opportunities are phenomenal. Based on Deputies' contributions, there is a broad consensus...

The Dairy Sector: Statements (Resumed) (25 Mar 2015)

Tom Hayes: I must make this final point. I do not want to revert to rolling churns, the old way of life of many years ago, the slavery and the drudgery. Dairy farming is a new and modern phenomenon. I want the people living in villages and towns in rural Ireland to progress, be educated and have a better quality of life. This is what modern rural Ireland is about. This is the change that will be...

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2015)

Tom Hayes: The party opposite was represented here, too.

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2015)

Tom Hayes: That is exactly what the Deputy opposite is saying.

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2015)

Tom Hayes: She can stay here because they have nothing on the agenda anyway.

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2015)

Tom Hayes: On the Deputy's salary, yes.

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2015)

Tom Hayes: She can afford it.

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2015)

Tom Hayes: The Deputy can pay the costs as well.

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2015)

Tom Hayes: Deputy Colm Keaveney is the new Haughey.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rural Development Plan (31 Mar 2015)

Tom Hayes: Is the Deputy against that?