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Seanad: Child Protection: Motion (25 Jun 2014)

Aideen Hayden: Lest we confuse the issue before us, I come from an Ireland where my grandparents, I am fully convinced, were the victims of an arranged marriage. My grandmother told me in one of those confidential moments one can only have with one's grandmother, not with one's parents, that her marriage to my grandfather had been sorted. I am fully convinced that many of us sitting here in this room...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2014)

Aideen Hayden: I welcome Fr. Peter McVerry's statement this morning that he supports rent regulation as an important step in preventing homelessness. As many Senators know, I have long advocated that we need robust rent control, particularly given the current circumstances, and greater measures to protect tenants and security of tenure. I am aware that the Minister of State, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, is...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Catherine McGuinness (19 Jun 2014)

Aideen Hayden: I welcome Judge McGuinness to the Chamber and all the other organisations which have worked tirelessly to champion children's rights, including my colleague, Senator van Turnhout. Many people have mentioned the various achievements in improving the position of children but we have a long way to go. The publication of the NESC report today setting out that 23% of Irish households are...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jun 2014)

Aideen Hayden: I also wish the banking inquiry committee well in its endeavours. The inquiry starts this morning. I wish to comment on Professor Thomas Piketty who has published a landmark study of history and the dynamics of inequality in economies. He will speak at the Think-tank for Action on Social Change, TASC, economic conference tomorrow at Croke Park. He has called for amendments to property tax...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jun 2014)

Aideen Hayden: I express my support for this proposal. I cannot see any way we can justify levying a tax on a property where the owner might be in negative equity and the asset might be worthless. It simply compounds his or her nightmare. I have dealt with a sufficient number of people who are in that position to know that we must address the issue. If we remove taxes on people who are in negative...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2014)

Aideen Hayden: I welcome the visit over these two days of the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Eamon Gilmore, to Washington. He is focusing particularly on the plight of the undocumented Irish in the United States. He will meet Republican and Democrat politicians in the hope of making progress on the immigration reform Bill. We are all aware of the approximately 50,000...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2014)

Aideen Hayden: There are some 150 families in the Dublin region living in hotels because they are homeless, at a substantial cost to the State and with significant distress caused to them. I want to bring the attention of the House to a new initiative launched today as part of a campaign to prevent families from becoming homeless in the Dublin region. It is a collaboration between the housing charity,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Commission Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Minister of State at Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (12 Jun 2014)

Aideen Hayden: It was professional indemnity insurance. This morning there was an issue raised about the procurement of books for libraries, for example. Some of the requirements put Irish SMEs entirely out of the frame. This has been done by setting nonsense requirements that they could not possibly meet. We have to be very conscious when we start looking at so-called value for money that we do not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Commission Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Minister of State at Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (12 Jun 2014)

Aideen Hayden: I thank the Minister of State for appearing before the committee. With regard to country specific recommendation No. 1, dealing with financial consolidation, we must note that there has been a significant increase in tax revenue in this country recently and also a significant real drop in public expenditure. I do not believe we should agree to taking another €2 billion out of the...

Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)

Aideen Hayden: What is Fianna Fáil afraid of?

Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)

Aideen Hayden: What are you afraid of?

Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)

Aideen Hayden: On a point of order, is Senator Ó Domhnaill suggesting this coalition Government-----

Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)

Aideen Hayden: -----which did not participate in the collapse of the banking system in this country -----

Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)

Aideen Hayden: -----would set up terms of reference deliberately-----

Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)

Aideen Hayden: -----to let bankers off the hook?

Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)

Aideen Hayden: I think we are looking at the wrong side of the House.

Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)

Aideen Hayden: Is that not an irony?

Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)

Aideen Hayden: Let us confuse the issue.

Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)

Aideen Hayden: ----- it is my honest opinion that the number of members of the banking inquiry was too small and that it needed to be extended in any event. It is a lucky coincidence that we happen to have two additional Senators on it. For the record, Senator O'Keeffe has a well-deserved reputation internationally as an investigative journalist and while less may be known about our colleague, Senator...

Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)

Aideen Hayden: ----- who has displayed good judgment.