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European Council Meeting: Statements (25 Jun 2013)

Brian Hayes: I thank colleagues for their contributions to this debate in advance of the important Council meeting later this week. I will take up Deputy Stephen Donnelly's very generous remarks, particularly about the officials who represent this country not just at the permanent representation in Brussels but also the officials across the Departments. They have worked tirelessly over the last six...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (26 Jun 2013)

Brian Hayes: The number of vacant State-owned properties per county is listed below: Carlow: 1 Cavan: 5 Clare: 10 Cork: 19 Donegal: 11 Dublin: 36 Galway:13 Kerry: 15 Kildare: 3 Kilkenny: 5 Laois: 4 Leitrim: 7 Limerick: 12 Longford: 3 Mayo:11 Meath: 4 Monaghan: 5 Offaly: 3 Roscommon: 7 Sligo: 5 Tipperary: 7 Waterford: 3 Westmeath 5 Wexford 3 Wicklow 2 Louth 4 The majority of vacant state-owned...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (26 Jun 2013)

Brian Hayes: The following are the figures requested by Deputy Deasy. Annual Operational Costs 2010 Operational and maintenance costs 2,805,515 Gas and Electricity €150,341 2012 Operational and maintenance costs €2,798,623 Gas and Electricity €182,668 Overnight State Visitors 2010 President of Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste 2012 OSCE, King Letsie III of Lesotho - High Level...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Applications (26 Jun 2013)

Brian Hayes: My Office is currently assessing the application submitted by Leitrim County Council under the Minor Works Scheme for flood relief works at Lough Reane. The application is being assessed under the Scheme’s eligibility criteria, which include a requirement that any measures are cost beneficial, and having regard to the overall availability of funding. A decision will be made on this...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (26 Jun 2013)

Brian Hayes: Skreen Church tower situated on the Hill of Skryne Co. Meath is a National Monument in State ownership. It stands on an elevated site on the Hill of Skyrne and was built in 1341 on top of an earlier church which had a shrine dedicated to St. Columba.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (26 Jun 2013)

Brian Hayes: I understand that the watercourse in question is one of the channels in the Rochfortbridge area that form part of the Boyne Arterial Drainage Scheme. The Office of Public Works (OPW) maintains these channels on a 3-4 year cycle and this channel was included in the maintenance programme last year. This work will have helped to reduce any potential flooding situation. Under its maintenance...

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Brian Hayes: The glass ceiling has been shattered.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Brian Hayes: Do Members need friends like this?

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Brian Hayes: It would be a lot easier to achieve, I suspect.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Brian Hayes: The glass ceiling has been shattered.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Brian Hayes: Do Members need friends like this?

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Brian Hayes: It would be a lot easier to achieve, I suspect.

Seanad: Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2013)

Brian Hayes: That is the sequel.

Seanad: Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2013)

Brian Hayes: In response to amendment No. 1, proposed and seconded by Senators Barrett and Quinn, respectively, I accept the bona fides of both Senators. The Minister for Finance and I accept fully what has been said by Senator Barrett, whose only objective is to improve the Bill. He seeks not to stand in the way of its passage but to add to it. The Bill, which I took on Report Stage in the Dáil,...

Seanad: Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2013)

Brian Hayes: I thank both Senators for raising this issue. The prosperity of the economy is inextricably connected to the prosperity of our banks because we own most of them and the greater part of one of them. The only way we will get our money back in some shape or form is to bring them back to some trajectory of profitability over the years. Given the enormous amount of taxpayers' money put into...

Seanad: Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2013)

Brian Hayes: It is not fair to say we are in disagreement on this. I hope people outside the House will listen to what I have to say. We would expect in the normal course of events that the Central Bank would engage in discussion with the various agencies to which the Senator referred in his amendment, namely, the Competition Authority and the National Competitiveness Council. In the normal course of...

Seanad: Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2013)

Brian Hayes: Amendment No. 4, the subject of our discussion, seeks to require the Financial Services Ombudsman to include in his or her report the responses of financial services providers to complaints made against them and reported by the ombudsman. I am satisfied that the naming provisions in the Bill are sufficiently robust to provide consumers with information to assist them in making decisions...

Seanad: Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2013)

Brian Hayes: Before we lose the run of ourselves, we are talking here about the ombudsman's report in respect of complaints. What this section deals with is a situation in which there is an outcome in favour of an individual who brings a complaint and that complaint is satisfactorily resolved. Where an action is clear and where the ombudsman has been given that view, it will be acted upon, ipso facto....

Seanad: Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2013)

Brian Hayes: I think the Senator misunderstands this, but we need to be clear on it. We are talking here about individual complaints in regard to a financial service provider. This is not a systemic issue nor a problem regarding a range or category of products that have been fraudulently imposed on people. We are talking about individual complaints made to the ombudsman regarding cases in which a...

Seanad: Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2013)

Brian Hayes: On Committee Stage the Minister indicated that he would introduce this amendment to the Central Bank Act 1971 to provide an authorisation regime for branches of third country banks. These branches would be subject to the same standard of regulation as those branches currently passporting into Ireland from within the European Union. The Central Bank Act 1971 provides the statutory basis for...