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Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (26 Mar 2003)

Brian Hayes: I was delighted the Minister had decided to take on board my suggestions.

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (26 Mar 2003)

Brian Hayes: The point I was making was concerned with the importance of Committee Stage and others listening to Opposition spokespersons from time to time and eventually doing what they ask, which is always worthwhile. The point has been made very eloquently by Senator Ulick Burke. This is a fundamental change to the scheme. Irrespective of the undergraduates involved, the Minister is abolishing the...

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (26 Mar 2003)

Brian Hayes: We hear perfectly.

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (26 Mar 2003)

Brian Hayes: Presently. The Taoiseach should watch out.

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (26 Mar 2003)

Brian Hayes: The Minister's officials could tell her that.

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (26 Mar 2003)

Brian Hayes: I move amendment No. 4: In page 4, before section 3, to insert the following new section: "3.–The Minister shall, as soon as may be, after the passing of this Act prepare and lay before both Houses of the Oireachtas a report: (a) contrasting the increase in 2002 of the Consumer Price Index with the increases paid to the entitled persons under the Act of 2002; (b) evaluating the suitability...

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (26 Mar 2003)

Brian Hayes: In reply to Senator's Brady question as to why we cannot accept the information on inflation in good faith, since we get it from the consumer price index, that is hardly the point. If, in legislation, there is an effective mechanism for reporting to both Houses, it means that something will result from it. Three years ago the annual increase given to social welfare recipients was only 50% of...

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (26 Mar 2003)

Brian Hayes: I support Senator McCarthy's amendments. I said in the House last night that there was cross-party support for the revised national anti-poverty strategy when it was published just before the last general election. The targets for 2007 are about right, and I encourage all concerned to meet them. We are in the first year of trying to attain those 2007 targets, which, it states in the...

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (26 Mar 2003)

Brian Hayes: You do not score any own goals along the way, though.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Mar 2003)

Brian Hayes: I wish to raise two matters. Yesterday the national co-ordinator of the Irish Foster Care Association, Ms Pat Whelan, described the State's fostering services as being in crisis. I ask the Leader to find time next week for a debate on foster care provisions. It is outrageous that, at a time of such public and private opulence, there are in excess of 4,500 children in need of permanent...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Mar 2003)

Brian Hayes: There is a Bill before the House on permits—

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Mar 2003)

Brian Hayes: On a point of clarification, if No. 1 ends before 1 p.m. can No. 2 begin?

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Apr 2003)

Brian Hayes: We are not opposing the Order of Business as we support the programme of work the Government has set out for today. Will the Leader tell us when she will provide time for a debate on Iraq? There have been countless calls from all sides of the House since the debate that took place three weeks ago. Will she make an hour or two available at some stage this week? It is not imperative that a...

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Apr 2003)

Brian Hayes: There is a lot of anger on the streets. People were promised school buildings and refurbishments. This was guaranteed to them. The general election is over and now, seven months later, it is all up in the air. I ask for a debate on the matter. I concur with the comments made yesterday by Senator Minihan who quite bravely pointed out that we could not take part in the first deployment of the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Apr 2003)

Brian Hayes: Correct.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Apr 2003)

Brian Hayes: Who is in charge?

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Apr 2003)

Brian Hayes: The motion should be circulated, a Chathaoirligh.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Apr 2003)

Brian Hayes: It is quicksand.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Apr 2003)

Brian Hayes: He who shall be nameless.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Apr 2003)

Brian Hayes: We agree to the Order of Business. I thank the Leader for organising the debate on Iraq this afternoon from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. and for arranging to have the Minister of State, Deputy Tom Kitt, in the House for that debate. Yesterday she took up a suggestion, first made by Senator O'Toole, that the House should look at possibly sending a delegation to Iraq to report on the situation in a free...