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Seanad: National Development Plan: Motion (7 Feb 2007)

Brian Hayes: I second the amendment to the motion. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Haughey, on his second visit to the House. When the Government announced he was to become a Minister of State, his appointment was universally welcomed on all sides of the House, such is his standing in both Houses. I am glad Senator Mansergh referred to the airport at Knock. One of the most positive...

Seanad: National Development Plan: Motion (7 Feb 2007)

Brian Hayes: It was rather churlish of Senator Mansergh not to refer to the Deputy in passing. As Senator John Paul Phelan has said, much of the new national development plan is very positive in its general scheme of projections for what it plans to achieve in the next seven years in the areas of regional development, infrastructure and particularly in the development of public transport, etc. However,...

Seanad: National Development Plan: Motion (7 Feb 2007)

Brian Hayes: Senator Mansergh should speak to some of his backbench colleagues because they tell me this constantly.

Seanad: National Development Plan: Motion (7 Feb 2007)

Brian Hayes: The Government is in this dilemma having fired its two magic bullets between the national development plan and the budget because it is utterly incompetent at developing and implementing a plan that it produced. That is why people are moving away from it. The Government lacks a sense of responsibility. The people who waste money are promoted in key Departments. That would not happen in...

Seanad: National Development Plan: Motion (7 Feb 2007)

Brian Hayes: I know this hurts Senator Mansergh. A golden opportunity for regional and national planning was missed in spatial development and decentralisation over the past ten years. If we are going to create new hubs of economic activity away from the east coast, thereby creating better regional development, it is essential that the Government must select a few areas and concentrate development there...

Seanad: National Development Plan: Motion (7 Feb 2007)

Brian Hayes: Many economic consultants in Dublin have said that this plan is based on the tax receipts from the property market continuing into the future. That will not happen. No one in the Department of Finance and no serious economic consultancy believes that will continue. The large tax returns, many of which are driven by the property and construction sector, will not last. It seems inevitable...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Feb 2007)

Brian Hayes: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Feb 2007)

Brian Hayes: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Feb 2007)

Brian Hayes: It is set for 7 p.m.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Feb 2007)

Brian Hayes: It will be taken after Private Member's business at 7 p.m.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Feb 2007)

Brian Hayes: May I offer the Acting Leader a suggestion? In the provisional Order, the Statute Law Revision Bill will be taken after the conclusion of Private Members' business until 8.30 p.m.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Feb 2007)

Brian Hayes: And see how we go.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2007)

Brian Hayes: More than four years ago, the All-Party Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution unanimously recommended to the Government that before a constitutional referendum takes place, there should be at least 60 days of discussion on the matter. It recommended the optimum period of 120 days. In light of the Government's stated intention of holding a referendum of children's rights and child...

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2006: Second Stage (6 Feb 2007)

Brian Hayes: I welcome the Minister and thank him for presenting the Bill. I commend his hope that he will still be in office in the second half of 2007 to bring forward the new general scheme of the Bill. He might even get a promotion following the general election. One never knows. However, I commend his bold assertion that he will be in office throughout 2007 to bring this a step further. When...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2007)

Brian Hayes: Senator Ross is almost nationwide.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2007)

Brian Hayes: We accept today's Order of Business as proposed by the Leader. Will the Leader ask her colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, to come to the House and set out in clear, unambiguous terms what is the response of the Department of Health and Children to the incidence of the MRSA bug in our hospitals? I make this request in the context of yesterday's statement by a senior...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2007)

Brian Hayes: I feel an election coming on.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2007)

Brian Hayes: That person is now dead.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2007)

Brian Hayes: Someone will bask in this, thanks to Mayor Bloomberg.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2007)

Brian Hayes: Last weekend the country heard from a Mrs. Lynch, the mother of a murder victim. This followed the controversy concerning the Minister of State, Deputy Killeen. The country owes a debt of gratitude to Mrs. Lynch for speaking so eloquently and articulately on the need to do something for victims who find themselves in this appalling situation. Does the Leader of the House agree that it may...