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Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2007)

Brian Hayes: What about the small farmer?

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2007)

Brian Hayes: He might be selected again.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2007)

Brian Hayes: That the general election will be held on 24 May is welcome on all sides of the House. Whether the people choose in their wisdom to vote for change or for the status quo, those of us involved in politics have a responsibility to encourage them to vote and to participate in the campaign, respecting the fact that Irish citizens, both party members and independent candidates, are putting their...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2007)

Brian Hayes: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Apr 2007)

Brian Hayes: Once the problem got as far as Portarlington we started to get worried.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Apr 2007)

Brian Hayes: It is all the fault of the east coasters.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Apr 2007)

Brian Hayes: A person with an intellectual disability receives the princely sum of €184 per week in disability allowance. It is now proposed under regulations that were never debated in either House that the Government will take €90 per week from such people and that it will look for the full retrospective amount since these regulations came into being. How is it that such a miserable, penny...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Apr 2007)

Brian Hayes: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy. (25 Apr 2007)

Brian Hayes: On behalf of my Fine Gael colleagues I express our deepest sympathy to the extended family of Senator Kate Walsh and, particularly, to her colleagues in the Progressive Democrats, on this great loss. It is a particularly sad occasion when a sitting Member of the Oireachtas dies and it is particularly poignant as we are on the eve of a dissolution. Kate Walsh is the first Member of this...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Brian Hayes: The House owes a debt of gratitude to the work of Mr. Paddy MacEntee, SC, on the publication of his commission of investigation report into the 1974 atrocities in Dublin and Monaghan. The conclusions reached by Mr. MacEntee that there was no evidence of collusion and the Garda deliberately wound down the investigation are important. People who were in the Garda and the then Government are...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Brian Hayes: What of its mass unemployment?

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Brian Hayes: How much did the magnificent ceremony cost?

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Brian Hayes: Whenever it happens.

Seanad: Northern Ireland: Motion (4 Apr 2007)

Brian Hayes: Is that the first edition or fourth?

Seanad: Northern Ireland: Motion (4 Apr 2007)

Brian Hayes: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Northern Ireland: Motion (4 Apr 2007)

Brian Hayes: I was not referring exclusively to Protestants. Is the Senator trying to exclude those who are also British?

Seanad: Northern Ireland: Motion (4 Apr 2007)

Brian Hayes: It is a valid point.

Seanad: Northern Ireland: Motion (4 Apr 2007)

Brian Hayes: The Senator should not have been surprised by that.

Seanad: Northern Ireland: Motion (4 Apr 2007)

Brian Hayes: There is nothing surprising there.

Seanad: Northern Ireland: Motion (4 Apr 2007)

Brian Hayes: I thank our Fianna Fáil colleagues for moving this Private Members' motion. The Fine Gael Party unreservedly supports it. It is right and proper for the House to congratulate all those involved in the peace process for the amazing achievements of recent months. The Leader pointed to several politicians and Taoisigh involved in the process. I believe it goes further back and I would...