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George Mitchell Scholarship Fund (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee Stage (18 Feb 2010)

Brian Hayes: It is an historical issue.

George Mitchell Scholarship Fund (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (18 Feb 2010)

Brian Hayes: I propose to share time with Deputy Deenihan.

George Mitchell Scholarship Fund (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (18 Feb 2010)

Brian Hayes: On behalf of the Fine Gael Party, I welcome the Bill. When the original legislation was brought to the House in 1999, following the multi-party talks and the conclusion of the Good Friday Agreement, there was cross-party support for the Government's initiative. That cross-party agreement remains in place in the context of this legislation, which effectively extends the funding the State is...

George Mitchell Scholarship Fund (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (18 Feb 2010)

Brian Hayes: That is true, it is not bad by the usual standards of the Department. Nevertheless, it is extraordinary that it should take three years to put on a legislative footing a proposal that enjoys cross-party support. In future, decisions of Government should run parallel with amendments to primary legislation. This is not an extensive Bill and it could have been put together in half a day....

George Mitchell Scholarship Fund (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (18 Feb 2010)

Brian Hayes: Ethics graduates or even communications graduates given the current turmoil. That provision does not exist in the 1999 legislation so the Minister might consider specifying the areas in which scholars would be qualified when they come. The Minister might give an indication of how many additional scholars will come to the country in light of the additional funding. In recent years there have...

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Brian Hayes: Sometimes.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Brian Hayes: When it suits.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Brian Hayes: The House is misled again.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Brian Hayes: Never to lie under oath.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Brian Hayes: On a point of order, it is a long-standing tradition of this House that where a Member deliberately or inadvertently misleads the House, an opportunity is given the next day or at the next available opportunity for that Member to correct the record.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Brian Hayes: In light of what Deputy Kenny and Deputy Ó Caoláin have told the House, whereby members of the Garda Síochána have confirmed that the information was not given to the Minister,-----

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Brian Hayes: -----I am asking the Ceann Comhairle to advise me if time will be made available today for the Minister to come to the House again to clarify a statement of yesterday where he suggested the information was given to him by a member of the Garda Síochána.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Brian Hayes: With respect, that was a separate matter.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Brian Hayes: Standing Orders have a precedent whereby a previous occupant of the Chair-----

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Brian Hayes: I am asking the Ceann Comhairle to permit the Minister to come before the House to correct the record.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Brian Hayes: The Minister deliberately misled the House.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Brian Hayes: We are all smiles over here, Deputy Kelleher.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Brian Hayes: A point of order.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Brian Hayes: This will be good.

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (17 Feb 2010)

Brian Hayes: Question 140: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of tourist visas to Ireland issued by the Beijing office for the years 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8387/10]