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Seanad: Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (28 May 2003)

Maurice Hayes: I am pleased that Government amendments have been tabled that ease the position of subsidiary companies in relation to audit committees and others. I wonder if the same applies here, as it would make a big difference. I am a director of three organisations, one of which is a large international company while the others are a regulatory body and a charity. As I stated on Second Stage, I would...

Seanad: Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (28 May 2003)

Maurice Hayes: I was not proposing to exclude charities from regulation because they need to be regulated. While there should be a charities regulation body, they should be removed from the ambit of this form of—

Seanad: Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (28 May 2003)

Maurice Hayes: Before we adjourned remarks were made which were unfortunate and very rude. They seemed to cast a slur on all directors of all companies as being fat cats and motivated by nothing. It would be a pity if the House appeared to endorse those remarks or that the Government, in bringing in this necessary and important Bill, would allow people to be traduced in that way. I hope we can get over...

Seanad: Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (28 May 2003)

Maurice Hayes: He is not here and I do not want to name names. I would rather the person were here. That is all I want to say. This is not about escaping control. It is not about asking people to take on tasks which they cannot, in conscience, necessarily do without doing a lot of others, as Senator Quinn said. The part I find the most onerous is section 43(4)(d)(ii). I can live with section 43(4)(d)(i)...

Seanad: Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (28 May 2003)

Maurice Hayes: I will try to be helpful and respond to some of the points of Senator O'Toole. If one subjects one's car to an MOT, which is one's responsibility, it does not mean that one will be aware of a blown tail-light bulb while one is driving. I have no difficulty with a requirement that directors should inform themselves of their duties or do a course. Some of the companies with which I have been...

Seanad: Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (28 May 2003)

Maurice Hayes: How right the Senator is.

Seanad: Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (28 May 2003)

Maurice Hayes: That never happened in any company of which I was a director.

Seanad: Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (28 May 2003)

Maurice Hayes: We can discuss the matter on the Order of Business tomorrow.

Seanad: Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (28 May 2003)

Maurice Hayes: Senator Leyden made precisely the point I wanted to make. We should list Report Stage for tomorrow and discuss it on the Order of Business in the morning. I am sure the Minister of State will be compliant with any decision we take.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 May 2003)

Maurice Hayes: I feel a little like a well-known golfer; I am coming second to everybody. However, he has started to win, too.

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 May 2003)

Maurice Hayes: I raise a matter that is entirely non-contentious and have an interest to declare – I am a member of the committee of patrons of the Special Olympics. I hope this issue can be dealt with in an entirely non-political way. Those involved in organising the Special Olympics would not like it any other way. Will the Leader of the House ask the Minister for Health and Children to make available...

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 May 2003)

Maurice Hayes: And keep the matter under review.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 May 2003)

Maurice Hayes: I apologise for asking a question about a minor matter. Among all the big guns, I feel as if I am using a pea-shooter. The matter to which I wish to refer is one of local interest. Senator McHugh yesterday raised the question of roaming charges for mobile phones, which is important both symbolically and practically. When the Leader raises that matter with the Minister, will she also consider...

Seanad: Order of Business. (14 May 2003)

Maurice Hayes: I support the call for the Seanad to mark the Special Olympics and I agree that the introduction of the Disability Bill would be an appropriate way of doing so. It is important, in symbolic terms, to stress that the Special Olympics are about more than games; they involve allowing people to express their full potential and encouraging others to develop a consciousness of the needs and dignity...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Joint Investigation Teams) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (14 May 2003)

Maurice Hayes: I welcome the thrust and purpose of the Bill which no sensible person could oppose. As has been said, crime does not know any boundaries. Large-scale crime is increasingly organised on an international basis and, with international terrorism, must be dealt with. I do not have any difficulty commending the Bill to the House. Like other Members, I have some concerns with which, I am sure, the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (8 May 2003)

Maurice Hayes: Not for the first time this week I find myself supporting Senator Brian Hayes, in this case on the question of the boy scouts. I think it is deplorable that the bishops should have intervened in the way they have. I know people on both sides of the scouting movement who have been working with great courage, diligence and perseverance in recent years to bring this merger about. They have dealt...

Seanad: Northern Ireland: Statements. (8 May 2003)

Maurice Hayes: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Lenihan, to the House and I thank the Minister, Deputy Dermot Ahern, for his clear, helpful and constructive statement. It was also a privilege to listen to the perceptive and thoughtful analysis of Senator Mansergh, who contributed so much in a previous incarnation to these activities. The important part of the statement is that the Governments...

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 May 2003)

Maurice Hayes: I, too, support the request for a debate on Northern Ireland, which is timely. There is never a good time to do it but there is no point in putting it off. We did have a truncated debate just before the adjournment and the peace process is in rather worse condition that it was then and than we had hoped and anticipated. Like other Senators, I hope we can have a debate that avoids...

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Apr 2003)

Maurice Hayes: I support Senator Brian Hayes in his request for a risk assessment regarding SARS and the Special Olympics. I hope this would also include a safety assessment. When I raised the issue last week, it was largely with the purpose of facilitating the Special Olympics and making sure that points of entry would be sufficiently staffed to enable the Games to take place. It would be a pity if we...

Seanad: Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (16 Apr 2003)

Maurice Hayes: I came here today to welcome the Bill and commend the work of Senator O'Toole. I regret that he is leaving the Chamber because I was going to say something about him and the committee of which he was a member. I am in a bit of a quandary because he has described this legislation as a non-negotiable document. If that is the case, why it is before the House and why will there be a Committee...