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Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2015)

Aideen Hayden: Is the Senator seriously suggesting that he is not a fit person for that role?

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2015)

Aideen Hayden: If the Senator had wanted our support he should have circulated the motion to us.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2015)

Aideen Hayden: I wish to note the burial today of Eoghan Culligan at the Church of the Annunciation in Rathfarnham and the burial of Eimear Walsh at the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour in Foxrock. I know that the thoughts of all the Senators in the Labour Party, and I am sure of all the Members in this House, are with their families today. I also note that today is the 30th anniversary of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2015)

Aideen Hayden: I congratulate former President, Mary McAleese, on her robust defence of Irish J1 students in the face of the scurrilous and deeply upsetting article in The New York Times. I want to draw a comparison to the Hillsborough disaster when The Sunnewspaper represented the Liverpool fans as having been drunk and unruly and, in some way, responsible for the appalling disaster that befell them. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2015)

Aideen Hayden: I would like to echo Senator Bacik's words. As yesterday went on, we saw the true extent of the horror of what had actually happened in Berkeley, California. A number of students remain in hospital and their lives are still at risk. Our prayers go with them. Ireland is a very small country. A number of the students who died had gone to school in Loreto College in Foxrock, which is in my...

Seanad: Tackling Obesity in Ireland: Statements (17 Jun 2015)

Aideen Hayden: I welcome the Minister to the House to debate this important issue. I will refer again to some of the statistics previous speakers cited. Almost one quarter of Irish adults are obese and a further 37% are overweight. According to the Irish longitudinal study on ageing led by Trinity College Dublin, to which the Minister referred, four out of five people aged over 50 years are overweight or...

Seanad: Tackling Obesity in Ireland: Statements (17 Jun 2015)

Aideen Hayden: What is in a healthy vending machine? It is hard to get good food quickly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Business of Joint Committee (11 Jun 2015)

Aideen Hayden: Before we begin our discussion with the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, we will note EU scrutiny decisions taken by the Joint Sub-Committee on European Scrutiny - Finance and Expenditure. By way of information for members, the sub-committee at its meetings of 13 May and 10 June decided that the following proposals do not warrant further scrutiny: COM (2015) 129; COM (2015) 135; COM (2015) 150...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)

Aideen Hayden: We will now discuss the fiscal assessment report with representatives from the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council. I welcome Professor John McHale, Dr. Róisín O'Sullivan and Dr. Íde Kearney. Dr. Thomas Conefrey, chief economist and head of secretariat, Mr. John Howlin, Mr. Eddie Casey, Mr. Andrew Hannon and Ms Sarah Doyle, all also of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, IFAC, are in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)

Aideen Hayden: I will stop Professor McHale there. He can come back to Deputy Boyd Barrett's questions afterwards. We are well over the time for his particular section. I call Deputy Arthur Spring.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)

Aideen Hayden: Rather than having a dialogue, I think we will let Deputy Paul Murphy ask his own questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)

Aideen Hayden: On that deep philosophical note, I think we will conclude. We could probably sit here and philosophise on the overall economic crisis for quite a time. There were economists of many different hues who sat on their hands for years and did not bring to anyone's attention the fact that 20% of our entire economy was based on the construction sector, for example. They did not shout half loud...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)

Aideen Hayden: We would not think that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)

Aideen Hayden: Perhaps Professor McHale would send the committee a copy of the peer review.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)

Aideen Hayden: Perhaps one of the delegates will respond to the questions regarding sale of our bank shares and a GrExit.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)

Aideen Hayden: I will be quick because I am running out of time. In Professor McHale's view, should we take it now or wait for later? In three years' time, it could be worth three times the amount it is worth now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)

Aideen Hayden: The Deputy is trying to turn the witnesses into soothsayers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)

Aideen Hayden: Professor McHale has expressed his reservations about medium-term issues. Perhaps he might extrapolate further down the line in terms of longer-term concerns, such as pension provisions and the ageing population, both of which have been alluded to. At the moment, we are taking a bit of a holiday with what is happening in relation to the oil market and so forth. Where do we stand in terms...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)

Aideen Hayden: Deputy Boyd Barrett wants to come back in before we conclude.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)

Aideen Hayden: I take it the Deputy is putting that as a question.