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Seanad: Order of Business - Order of Business (24 Sep 2014)

Aideen Hayden: The Senator went further than that.

Seanad: Order of Business - Order of Business (24 Sep 2014)

Aideen Hayden: Senator O'Brien has raised a number of valid points but some of his contribution was pure speculation at the end of the day. There is a wider issue regarding the governance of State bodies, which is the subject of a code of conduct. I am glad the Senator acknowledged a great deal of board fixing went on under previous Governments and I could name boards to which this happened. There is an...

Seanad: Order of Business - Order of Business (24 Sep 2014)

Aideen Hayden: A proper list of questions should be prepared by the committee and given to the IMMA board and these should be answered in the normal course. There is nothing to be gained by dragging the Minister into the House one more time to seek answers to questions that are better answered at the joint committee with responsibility for IMMA. Last weekend, Mr. Shay Cody, the general secretary of IMPACT...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Sep 2014)

Aideen Hayden: We have seen further evidence today, with the publication of the Private Residential Tenancies Board rent index, that rents in this country are rising, in particular in the Dublin area. There is evidence that rent increases of 10% have occurred between June of this year and June of last year. I believe that is an underestimate of the level of rent increases and I know that Threshold, for...

Seanad: Direct Provision System: Motion (17 Sep 2014)

Aideen Hayden: I congratulate the Minister of State, Deputy Ó Ríordáin, on his appointment and welcome him to the House. His bona fides on the issue are not in any way questionable. Shortly after his appointment he was on record as saying the system is inhumane and the conditions in which people are expected to live is intolerable. He also said that the length of time people spend in the...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)

Aideen Hayden: I welcome my colleagues back. I must say that some of them do not seem to be as relaxed as others.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)

Aideen Hayden: I would like to point out to Senator Norris that in my local area, the bins are collected at 5.30 a.m. While there is some chance of me being up at 1.30 a.m., there is no chance of me being up at 5.30 a.m.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)

Aideen Hayden: I do not think inner-city dwellers are as badly served as the Senator might think.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)

Aideen Hayden: I would pray for my bins to be collected every day. Senator Norris also raised the issue of homelessness, about which I am very concerned, as Members know. I fully accept the Senator's bona fides about the location of homeless services. At the same time, there are 153 families living in hotels at the moment and the bottom line is that we need homeless accommodation.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)

Aideen Hayden: That is very unfair on the Dublin region homeless executive. The Senator spoke about the location of services for homeless people and others. The fact is that most of these services are located in the inner city because that is where the people who need them are located. It is not just a question of "not in my back yard", it is also a question of the fact that the people who need these...

Seanad: Situation in Gaza and Ukraine: Statements (31 Jul 2014)

Aideen Hayden: Israel has far more military might. It surrounds Gaza and the West Bank. It has argued that Hamas has as its plan, the provocation of Israel to kill enough Palestinians in order to start another Palestinian uprising or to turn the international community against Israel so as to put political pressure on it. Israel argues that this is why Hamas has been shooting rockets from heavily...

Seanad: Situation in Gaza and Ukraine: Statements (31 Jul 2014)

Aideen Hayden: I congratulate the Minister on his appointment and thank him for taking this special debate which I think all Senators across the House agree is necessary and timely. In relation to the Minister's contribution, we all have very strong views on this emotional issue, to be fair to him his contribution has been exceptionally balanced.

Seanad: Situation in Gaza and Ukraine: Statements (31 Jul 2014)

Aideen Hayden: The actions he has taken have been exceptionally positive in trying to seek a resolution to this issue. Quite regularly in the past, I have condemned the EU for not standing together. It is important that we build an EU consensus around foreign policy issues because only by standing together can the EU be strong.

Seanad: Situation in Gaza and Ukraine: Statements (31 Jul 2014)

Aideen Hayden: As Senator Ivana Bacik said, there is a very positive role the EU can play in the resolution of the crisis in Gaza and, particularly, a very strong role that Ireland can play as a neutral country, a country that has been strongly supportive, dare I say, of Palestine in playing a very positive role in the resolution of this crisis. I do not accept that the Minister has evidenced any prejudice...

Seanad: National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Jul 2014)

Aideen Hayden: I thank the Minister of State for his response to Senator Sean D. Barrett's comprehensive amendments. I understand from where the Senator is coming. He has been critical, particularly of the Department of Finance, about what went on in some areas during the years the economy collapsed and beforehand. However, it is important to recognise that the NTMA was set up in response to some of...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jul 2014)

Aideen Hayden: I raised yesterday with the Leader the issue of price increases for student accommodation in the various campuses around the country. Another issue of great importance to many students is the number of student deposits retained at the end of the academic year by on-campus accommodation providers. At one stage, almost two out of every three students had had a deposit unjustifiably retained...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jul 2014)

Aideen Hayden: My point was purely that we should try to ring-fence fiscal gains that, in effect, came from the poorest sections of society and give them back to them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jul 2014)

Aideen Hayden: Does the sugar tax attach to diet drinks?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jul 2014)

Aideen Hayden: There are people in this country who have extremely limited incomes. They have children and they can walk into Lidl, Aldi and other supermarkets and buy these products despite the fact that they do not have a great deal of money. I have children and most other children I know want to imbibe sugary drinks. The reality is that a pint of milk is more expensive than a pint of Coke. The latter...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jul 2014)

Aideen Hayden: We will move on. I am more interested in another aspect of this matter. More money will be taken from poor people than from their richer counterparts if a sugar tax is imposed. That is just a fact. What fiscal proposals does Ms Loughnane have in the context of putting that money back into the pockets of poor people?