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Seanad: European Communities (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jun 2006)

Brian Hayes: Or perhaps Mr. Alan Clark. I wonder if Senator Lydon might run that by us again. I welcome the Minister to the House. I recall the first time I visited Romania. I had been hoping to fly to Bucharest from London but missed the flight and ended up in the Hungarian capital of Budapest. I was driven in a car for ten hours between Budapest and Timisoara, the place where the revolution that...

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Jun 2006)

Brian Hayes: Will the Government provide time this week, either today or tomorrow, for the Minister for Transport to give a full statement to the House on the situation surrounding the 238 speeding convictions that were thrown out of court in Wicklow last week? We now face an horrendous situation. When the country moved to metric speed limits, as I understand it, it was necessary for a by-law to be...

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Jun 2006)

Brian Hayes: The Senator's own newspaper is the source.

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Jun 2006)

Brian Hayes: I would not question the nice people who write for such a newspaper. On a second matter, the Garda Síochána Act passed the Seanad and Dáil in June of last year and has been in place for 12 months. Section 36 of the Act is supposed to allow the establishment of joint policing committees. Not one joint policing committee has been established in that 12-month period despite the fact there was...

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Jun 2006)

Brian Hayes: Name and shame him.

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Jun 2006)

Brian Hayes: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Jun 2006)

Brian Hayes: And in 1981 and 1977.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Jun 2006)

Brian Hayes: "National recovery" are exactly the words I would use.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Jun 2006)

Brian Hayes: The fact that the social partnership talks have concluded successfully is to be welcomed on all sides of the House, although much of the high-wire act of recent weeks could be regarded as contrived and stage managed. It was inevitable that representatives of workers and medium and large business would do a deal because it is in their interests to do so, particularly on pay. Would the Leader...

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Jun 2006)

Brian Hayes: Exactly.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Jun 2006)

Brian Hayes: That is a big help.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Jun 2006)

Brian Hayes: Is there such a thing as a responsible Minister?

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Jun 2006)

Brian Hayes: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed). (14 Jun 2006)

Brian Hayes: I want to speak to amendment No. 98, which is tabled in my name. The Minister of State will be aware that in the suburban settings of large cities such as Dublin, Cork, or wherever, the local authorities are regularly asked by community organisations whether three-tonne weight restriction areas, for instance, may be put in place. The local authority establishes a committee, gets Garda advice...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed). (14 Jun 2006)

Brian Hayes: The key problem is peak traffic time for those vehicles going through areas. As Senator Morrissey has said, there are other problems, associated with people parking those vehicles over a weekend or for a day or so. We need to send out a very strong message in the legislation that this is not permissible. Businesses, wherever they operate, have a responsibility to abide by the law. The way to...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed). (14 Jun 2006)

Brian Hayes: The Minister of State has told the House that the Minster can alter the penalty points without changing the primary legislation. Is that correct?

Seanad: Use of Irish Airports: Motion. (14 Jun 2006)

Brian Hayes: I support the motion that has been proposed by the Independent Senators. I thank Senator Norris and his colleagues for giving us another opportunity to discuss this matter, which we debated at length some months ago. On that occasion, I joined my party's spokesperson in outlining Fine Gael's position on this issue. Fine Gael strongly believes that a select committee of this House should be...

Seanad: Use of Irish Airports: Motion. (14 Jun 2006)

Brian Hayes: Countries like Ireland which have a long and historic tradition of friendliness and cultural ties with the people and Government of the US have a responsibility to be upfront and honest on this issue. I have said previously that I reject the Bush Administration's new approach to dealing with these matters. I refer to its blatant attempts to put to one side the legitimate concerns of many...

Seanad: Use of Irish Airports: Motion. (14 Jun 2006)

Brian Hayes: We support that process again this evening as we did three months ago. We believe the Government should reconsider its position, even at this late hour, in light of the new disquieting revelations about what is passing through Shannon Airport.

Seanad: Order of Business. (14 Jun 2006)

Brian Hayes: It is happening.