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Seanad: National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (1 Jul 2004)

Brian Hayes: One must establish and grade the significance, since not everything is important, and we must realise that. However, I am totally opposed to the very severe powers the Minister gives himself in section 14 of this Bill, particularly regarding consultation. For instance, I would have no difficulty if it were the Minister with responsibility for culture who had the ultimate power to make such...

Seanad: National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (1 Jul 2004)

Brian Hayes: We are not that clear on it, and that is the problem. However, my big difficulty is that the Minister is allowing only 14 days' consultation with the director of the National Museum, in which time he or she must decide whether the monument is significant. That is totally inappropriate, and it is not possible in such a short period for any august body to come to a determination on the...

Seanad: National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (1 Jul 2004)

Brian Hayes: Two weeks.

Seanad: National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (1 Jul 2004)

Brian Hayes: On a point of order, this is the second glitch in the electronic voting system of this House. It is a serious matter for a House of Parliament.

Seanad: National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (1 Jul 2004)

Brian Hayes: There is virtually no confidence in the system given the continual problems experienced by Members on all sides. I ask that the Leas-Chathaoirleach speak to the Cathaoirleach to see if a meeting of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges can be urgently convened to address this matter.

Seanad: Commissions of Investigation Bill 2003: Second Stage. (1 Jul 2004)

Brian Hayes: I welcome the Minister to the House. He published this important Bill more than 18 months ago and none of us should underestimate its significance. If this Bill is embraced and the newly established commissions that will investigate matters of public concern in the future are successful, we will have turned a corner in terms of providing a non-judicial form of inquiry which will be outside...

Seanad: Commissions of Investigation Bill 2003: Second Stage. (1 Jul 2004)

Brian Hayes: That is fine. We will return to this on Committee Stage.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jul 2004)

Brian Hayes: Has the Leas-Chathaoirleach had an opportunity to discuss with the Cathaoirleach the serious matter I raised yesterday concerning two malfunctions of the House's electronic voting system? This matter demands an urgent meeting of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges. I propose that the electronic voting system be suspended until such time as Members on both sides of the House have...

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jul 2004)

Brian Hayes: I appreciate that the Cathaoirleach is away but a meeting of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges must be convened as soon as possible to address this matter. I note from the Leader that the State Airports Bill concerning the future of Aer Rianta and the various airport boards is not on next week's business. Is the Leader stating the Bill will not be taken in the House next week? A...

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jul 2004)

Brian Hayes: Is the Senator back on side today?

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jul 2004)

Brian Hayes: The Senator has been criticising the Minister for Health and Children.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jul 2004)

Brian Hayes: The Senator is looking for a move.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jul 2004)

Brian Hayes: It is getting like the Kremlin here today.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jul 2004)

Brian Hayes: Senator Bannon is beginning to like the role the Leader recently gave him.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jul 2004)

Brian Hayes: Let us hope he is the next Minister for Agriculture and Food. The other fellow has been there for 15 years or so.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jul 2004)

Brian Hayes: The Leader should not go too far.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jul 2004)

Brian Hayes: It is sure to wipe 5% off the Stock Exchange.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies Bill 2003: Second Stage. (2 Jul 2004)

Brian Hayes: I welcome the Minister of State. I welcome the debate on the Bill in the Seanad, at long last. The Minister of State knows the Bill emerged from a report that was given to the Government in 2000.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies Bill 2003: Second Stage. (2 Jul 2004)

Brian Hayes: It took four years for the Bill to be brought to the House. The report, in turn, emerged from one of the three Bacon reports on housing in the late 1990s. It has been a slow process. I regret that it has taken so long to establish the private residential tenancies board. I welcome the fact that progress is finally being made. Some speakers have suggested that many illegal and corrupt...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies Bill 2003: Second Stage. (2 Jul 2004)

Brian Hayes: It is more or less the same. If the court makes an exclusion order, the tenant must leave the property. Does the Minister have information on the number of exclusion orders in Dublin since the Act came into force in 1997? I get a sense from some of the authorities that they are not taking their responsibility seriously. The most important function I can fulfil as a member of a housing...