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Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2004)

Brian Hayes: It was in Pravda.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2004)

Brian Hayes: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2004)

Brian Hayes: At least she has a passport.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2004)

Brian Hayes: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2004)

Brian Hayes: It is a waste of resources. That is all.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2004)

Brian Hayes: There must be a reshuffle coming up.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2004)

Brian Hayes: The Senator must be joking. The Government has 81 full-time spin doctors.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2004)

Brian Hayes: Eighty-one full time spin doctors, at the public expense. The Senator has some neck.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2004)

Brian Hayes: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2004)

Brian Hayes: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Agriculture: Statements. (27 Apr 2004)

Brian Hayes: Green politics is clean politics. That is something the Minister of State would not understand.

Seanad: Agriculture: Statements. (27 Apr 2004)

Brian Hayes: It was announced at the Garda sergeants' conference that 100 new gardaí have been recruited. Where are the extra 2,000 gardaí?

Seanad: Hospital Services. (27 Apr 2004)

Brian Hayes: It would be an act of medical madness for the Government to allow Peamount Hospital in west Dublin to close as a result of a major downgrading of the hospital, which is proposed by a small unaccountable group. The case of Peamount is unique because of its position as the national centre for TB eradication. It is also unique because it has a capacity of more than 350 beds at a time when the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2004)

Brian Hayes: I would like to make a special appeal to those people coming to Dublin for the protests this weekend to ensure the protests are peaceful and that the security response does not provoke them. This is an important time for Europe and, on the point raised by Senator Mansergh yesterday, we should celebrate the fact that the accession of the new countries into the European Union is a great act of...

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2004)

Brian Hayes: I am not proposing a vote of sympathy. I am just referring to it.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2004)

Brian Hayes: Fr. O'Brien stood against oppression in many parts of the world, particularly in the Philippines. He was a shining example of the missionary zeal that many people who left this country brought to that part of the world. I just want that to be recognised. What are the plans of the Leader and the sub-committee on the publication of the report on Seanad reform, which follows a resolution of this...

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2004)

Brian Hayes: By 5 p.m., the Seanad will be abolished.

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Apr 2004)

Brian Hayes: The independent commission established by the Government to look into electronic voting is due to publish its report at 11.30 a.m. Will the Leader agree to a short debate in the House some time this afternoon on the detail of the report, given that the other House is not sitting today? It would be wrong of the Government to bury the report in the excitement of the weekend. It would be wise to...

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Apr 2004)

Brian Hayes: Will the Leader give an assurance, as I suspect she will, that should this report come out against the plans to foist electronic voting on the people, the Government will withdraw the Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004 from the Order Paper? One could not have a situation where the Government would proceed with the legislation after an independent commission had ruled against its proposal. I want...

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Apr 2004)

Brian Hayes: That is right.