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Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2006)

Brian Hayes: Exhibit A. Tell them that in Rathgar and Ranelagh.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2006)

Brian Hayes: It has gone slightly off the rails.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2006)

Brian Hayes: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2006)

Brian Hayes: Why is No. 25, a motion in the name of the Leader dealing with the Curtin affair, still on the Order Paper? Is it linked to the apparent failure of the Government to accept the former judge's resignation from the Bench? I understand the matter has been resolved, yet the motion remains on the Order Paper. Given that the Joint Committee on Article 35.4.1° of the Constitution and Section 39...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2006)

Brian Hayes: The Tánaiste, the most unpopular party leader, is the big loser from the budget. His comments in September caused the Dublin housing market to stall. The House was informed as late as last week that some relief would be forthcoming in the budget but stamp duty did not change. We will watch developments with great interest. On 20 December, 6,000 heavy goods vehicles could descend on the...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2006)

Brian Hayes: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2006)

Brian Hayes: Exactly.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2006)

Brian Hayes: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2006)

Brian Hayes: They must.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2006)

Brian Hayes: A person should pay it gradually.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2006)

Brian Hayes: One group who will not be shouting "Hurrah" today are the 21 people jailed each day for non-payment of fines. Last Monday seven people were incarcerated because of their failure to pay fines. Over the past four years, according to figures released to a spokesperson colleague of mine, 7,500 were committed to prison for the non-payment of fines, an average of 21 people per day. Will the...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2006)

Brian Hayes: That does not happen with the current Government.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2006)

Brian Hayes: Is the Senator not talking to the Minister?

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2006)

Brian Hayes: Who is in charge?

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2006)

Brian Hayes: And Alan Dukes. He is conveniently forgotten. It is selective amnesia. What of the Tallaght strategy?

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2006)

Brian Hayes: Youth and adolescent services.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2006)

Brian Hayes: He is.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2006)

Brian Hayes: In recent years the Leader of the House has organised a number of well-focused debates on mental health. The Minister of State with responsibility for that area, Deputy Tim O'Malley, has addressed this House on the subject on a number of occasions. Following last night's shocking and disturbing "Prime Time Investigates" programme, which highlights the level of child and adolescent mental...

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion (29 Nov 2006)

Brian Hayes: I second the motion. This has become a political issue since the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform put his two big feet in it in September. Having neatly shafted one of his party's most popular politicians — which made him the most unpopular party leader — he announced his views on stamp duty at a press conference after his alleged party think-in. The only...

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion (29 Nov 2006)

Brian Hayes: There is no comfort for them in this pathetic amendment. I welcome the interest the Progressive Democrats has shown in this area. However, as Senator John Paul Phelan pointed doubt, after five years in Government it has done nothing in the area. The only change in the stamp duty regime was a paltry change for first-time buyers last year when the exemption limit was raised slightly. The...