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Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: I wish to respond to Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh's comments. I refer him to my Second Stage speech. I cannot remember if he was in the Chamber to hear it.

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: I know the Minister was not in the Chamber. I will reiterate some of the points briefly. I said that I felt the timing of the legislation was unfortunate for a number of reasons that I will not outline again. I am not like King Canute. I do not believe we can turn back the tide. We need a functioning mortgage market and a functioning banking system. This is a technical amendment...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (15 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: I welcome the Minister to the House for what is an important debate. Like every other Member of this House, I am well aware of the responsibility on me, as a legislator, to think long and hard on matters of deep concern to the Irish people. This Bill concerns a very sensitive matter, as Senator Labhrás Ó Murchú pointed out, namely, the termination of a pregnancy. Like other...

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (16 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: I welcome the people in the Gallery, particularly the members of Threshold national housing organisation, who have a particular interest in this Bill. In my Second Stage speech I suggested that the provisions of this Bill which allow the Minister to delay its implementation should be exercised by him in view of a number of matters. I refer in particular to the revised mortgage arrears...

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (16 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: I do not want to get into it.

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (16 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: I started the speech by saying I would not get into the blame game.

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (16 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: I will deal with the here and now.

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (16 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: The Senator's party had many opportunities while in Government but it did not get to it.

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (16 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: I understand that. I have one opportunity to speak and I will take it. We must all agree and move on in this regard. As I have already said, I am a solicitor and I understand the need for a functioning mortgage and banking market but there must also be confidence in the system, which there is not at this time. There is no confidence in the banking system or insolvency regime because it...

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (16 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: I thank Senator Sean Barrett for tabling this amendment which raises a very important issue in the context of the Irish housing market. Those of us of a certain generation have grown up with this view that if one did not own a property in Ireland, or if one was not trying to buy one, one was nobody. The thinking was that rent was dead money and that anybody with half a brain would not rent,...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: I too want to congratulate my colleague, Senator John Gilroy, on the publication of his book, A Cry in the Morning. I hope we will see many colleagues help him celebrate the launch this evening. I also want to commend our colleague, Senator Sean Barrett, and other Members of the House on a robust debate yesterday on the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013, in which Senator Barrett...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: My points shall be brief. I understand that we are discussing fatal foetal abnormality. It means a medical condition suffered by a foetus such that it is incompatible with life outside the womb. I am horrified by what I have heard from Senator Ó Domhnaill. He suggested that every parent who has a disabled child is subject to the amendment. That is low, below the belt, uncalled for...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: What is the Senator's point of order or question?

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: For goodness sake.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: Yes, I am dealing with the amendments that have been tabled on fatal foetal abnormality----

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: Yes. The amendment also deals with being "incompatible with life outside the womb." I am certain such a thing is a medical decision, as are many of the medical decisions to be taken under this legislation. I would very much like to be in a position to support this amendment, and I said so on Second Stage. I also trust the legal opinion of Senator Ivana Bacik, who is one of the most...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: There is not. The Senator is misleading-----

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: I will not go any further with this.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: Incapable of life outside the womb.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: I am sorry.