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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Dec 2015)

Aideen Hayden: That is fine, provided it is agreeable with members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Dec 2015)

Aideen Hayden: We will have to suspend the meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Dec 2015)

Aideen Hayden: I invite Deputy Michael McGrath to continue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Dec 2015)

Aideen Hayden: Deputy Pearse Doherty is three minutes over time and I still have to call Deputies Creed and O'Donnell.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Dec 2015)

Aideen Hayden: Okay, one minute.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Dec 2015)

Aideen Hayden: Deputy Pearse Doherty can come back in as soon as other members have had a chance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Dec 2015)

Aideen Hayden: We are coming close to 7 p.m. and I am drawing the meeting to a conclusion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Dec 2015)

Aideen Hayden: No.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Dec 2015)

Aideen Hayden: I will make three very brief comments. We have to acknowledge that there has been a significant slimming down of the financial offering, particularly that available to people on low incomes, since the financial crisis. A number of good points have been made about what is expected of the credit union movement, about the uniqueness of the movement and what it has to offer, which is something...

Seanad: Bankruptcy (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (17 Dec 2015)

Aideen Hayden: I welcome this legislation and, in particular, pay tribute to my colleague, Deputy Willie Penrose, who personally and unrelentingly championed this legislation. There are significant benefits to be gained from these changes to the bankruptcy laws, not least that on the island of Ireland there will be one period for bankruptcy. We will not have what can be loosely termed as bankruptcy...

Seanad: Bankruptcy (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Dec 2015)

Aideen Hayden: I have a question on the same point. It is my understanding, and perhaps the Minister will put me right on this, that the purpose of the six months was to allow the official assignee to determine whether there was, in fact, any reason the bankruptcy term should be extended, in other words whether there was any hiding of assets or fraud. My understanding of the six-month period is that it...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jan 2016)

Aideen Hayden: I welcome the Leader's commitment to hold a debate next week on flooding. It is welcome that a number of Ministers, including the Taoiseach and the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Alan Kelly, yesterday met members of the insurance industry to see what could be done about insuring people who found themselves distressed as a result of flooding. I raise an...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jan 2016)

Aideen Hayden: The figure is as high as one in three for maths related courses such as computer science. There have been a number of questions asked about why this is happening. One is why do students make ill-informed choices. It is very late in the day to call for a debate, but if it was possible, it would be beneficial to have a debate with the Minister for Education and Skills on this issue. There...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jan 2016)

Aideen Hayden: I agree that we should, as a matter of urgency, have a debate on the issue of homelessness and the wider issue of housing supply. We can sit here and talk about the reasons for the housing situation in Ireland and if I were to look back to 2008, for the sake of argument, I would be able to point out that we were building more houses in this country than were being built in the whole of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2016)

Aideen Hayden: I refer to the news coverage on Monday and the programme by RTE on Monday night on emergency homeless accommodation to put one matter on the record. The matter relates to the 123 complaints that were made in relation to emergency accommodation. Those complaints and their outcome were made available to RTE under an FOI request. What perhaps was not brought into the public domain was the...

Seanad: Competition (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Jan 2016)

Aideen Hayden: I congratulate Senator Bacik and Deputy Stagg on bringing an important matter to fruition today. It is an important step on a road to remedy what is a significant anomaly in our employment code. This Bill would provide, under section 2, that where a person works under a temporary contract any activity by that person - as a member of a trade union - is not deemed to be an association of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-UK Reform Negotiations: Discussion (20 Jan 2016)

Aideen Hayden: I thank the Minister of State for his interesting and broad-ranging presentation. He mentioned that security and the situations in Syria, Ukraine and Libya had been discussed, but what discussions have there been on internal security? For example, what is the position on the suspension of the Schengen Agreement and what measures are being taken to improve European security? In December,...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jan 2016)

Aideen Hayden: I welcome the announcement by the Insolvency Service of Ireland of the increase of 70% in 2015 in the number of people achieving permanent solutions to their insolvency problems. This has been welcomed by New Beginnings and Fianna Fáil. A number of people have credited the improvement in those achieving permanent solutions as per the Insolvency Service of Ireland to the removal of the...

Seanad: Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (26 Jan 2016)

Aideen Hayden: Anybody who reads a newspaper or watches television here would imagine the Irish economy revolves around foreign direct investment and companies like Google and Apple. Many of the Senators who have already spoken have pointed out that the SME sector here is central to and is the backbone of our domestic economy. It accounts for approximately 54% of total employment and 70% of total private...

Seanad: Local Government Review: Statements (26 Jan 2016)

Aideen Hayden: I note that many Senators have been involved in bringing forward the issue of councillors and their remuneration. I particularly wish to acknowledge my colleague Senator Denis Landy who has been tireless in his efforts to improve the lot of councillors.I am not going to reiterate the many points that have been made on issues such as the level of remuneration, the level of support and the...