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Seanad: Tax Code: Motion. (2 Nov 2005)

Brian Hayes: It depends on how good these memoirs are.

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion. (2 Nov 2005)

Brian Hayes: I welcome the Minister to the House and look forward to this debate, which has been ongoing since 5 p.m. I thank Senator Mansergh for his advice, which we will follow closely, about our prospective partners. Fianna Fáil's prospective partners recently produced a very fanciful economic portfolio and list of proposals and I would be wary of their proposals regarding a new tax rate.

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion. (2 Nov 2005)

Brian Hayes: Sinn Féin, the other republican party.

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion. (2 Nov 2005)

Brian Hayes: I thank Senator Mansergh for his very useful advice. Everyone knows that average taxpayers saw their tax bills rise after the last general election. The reason for this rise in the first two budgets after the general election was the Government's failure to index the tax bands. It failed to do this because for an 18-month period before the last general election, there was a giveaway involving...

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion. (2 Nov 2005)

Brian Hayes: That is a Stalinist argument.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Nov 2005)

Brian Hayes: That is the result of the partitionists.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Nov 2005)

Brian Hayes: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Nov 2005)

Brian Hayes: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Nov 2005)

Brian Hayes: Ours was entitled, Courage to Succeed.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Nov 2005)

Brian Hayes: That was thanks to the previous Government.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Nov 2005)

Brian Hayes: There was 14% unemployment at that time.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Nov 2005)

Brian Hayes: I begin by congratulating the Government on yesterday's re-announcement of a series of projects it promised the people in 1999 and 2001. If ever there was an example of reheated porridge in the Irish political system, it was yesterday's series of announcements. If all these projects were implemented on time and on budget, it would be important for public transport users. However, the reason...

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Nov 2005)

Brian Hayes: Exactly. It is about traffic calming in Clare Street. Last week the Taoiseach wrote to the party leaders in the other House concerning a proposal to allow Northern MPs to speak in the Dáil, although we have no jurisdiction in regard to this issue. Will the Leader state on the record whether, to the best of her knowledge, a secret deal has been done between the Taoiseach and the Sinn Féin...

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Nov 2005)

Brian Hayes: Senator Mansergh should ask his Government partners.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Nov 2005)

Brian Hayes: Absolutely.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Nov 2005)

Brian Hayes: Four years before that——

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Nov 2005)

Brian Hayes: Rubbish.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Nov 2005)

Brian Hayes: On a point of clarification——

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Nov 2005)

Brian Hayes: On a point of clarification——

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Nov 2005)

Brian Hayes: My party signs up to those agreements on an all-party basis. Senator Jim Walsh should remember that the Progressive Democrats and other parties are against the proposal.