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Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (26 Oct 2005)

Brian Hayes: Time and motion should be on the agenda at the King's Inns. I congratulate Senator Cox on her passionate speech in this debate.

Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (26 Oct 2005)

Brian Hayes: I heard every word of it and she spoke the truth. She expressed the kind of frustration that is felt on all sides of the House in terms of dealing with this issue. I understand that she cannot vote with the Opposition. I wish to refer to tax individualisation. When the Government introduced the home carer's tax credit as a compensation for the spouse who stayed at home, I understood it was...

Seanad: Lisbon National Reform Programme: Statements. (26 Oct 2005)

Brian Hayes: Much to the surprise of one party.

Seanad: Lisbon National Reform Programme: Statements. (26 Oct 2005)

Brian Hayes: Badly advised.

Seanad: Lisbon National Reform Programme: Statements. (26 Oct 2005)

Brian Hayes: Such begrudgery.

Seanad: Lisbon National Reform Programme: Statements. (26 Oct 2005)

Brian Hayes: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach, Deputy Treacy, to the House. He is well aware that we have many Ministers of State and that the numbers tend to grow each year. Some Ministers of State have responsibility for such areas as the OPW and Dublin traffic, all of which are neat, well-defined areas. Deputy Treacy seems to have responsibility for delivering the...

Seanad: Lisbon National Reform Programme: Statements. (26 Oct 2005)

Brian Hayes: I congratulate him and wish him every success. Delivering the agenda is no mean feat for one man to do. The idea that the Lisbon Agenda can be delivered across 25 different states, each with its own economy and level of modernisation, is daft. As a previous speaker said, much of the motivation behind this is politics. It tries to keep the impression abroad that the entity that is the European...

Seanad: Lisbon National Reform Programme: Statements. (26 Oct 2005)

Brian Hayes: Senator McDowell is more upset about it than I am. The EU Commission and the Council of Europe issue platitudinal statements on issues connected with the Lisbon Agenda but there is no level playing field in respect of the euro. One set of rules applies to small countries such as Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium and some of the Nordic countries, which adhere strictly to the limitations on...

Seanad: Lisbon National Reform Programme: Statements (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)

Brian Hayes: What did he do to deserve that?

Seanad: Lisbon National Reform Programme: Statements (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)

Brian Hayes: I am from Dublin 24.

Seanad: Lisbon National Reform Programme: Statements (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)

Brian Hayes: The Senator should not go too far.

Seanad: Lisbon National Reform Programme: Statements (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)

Brian Hayes: I heard him.

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Oct 2005)

Brian Hayes: I am sure all Members will join me in congratulating Mr. Justice Murphy and his team on the publication yesterday of the report arising from the inquiry into clerical abuse in the Ferns area, which they have worked on over the past two years. I raised the matter in the House last week with the Deputy Leader and I ask the Leader when we will have a full debate on this issue. While this is a...

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Oct 2005)

Brian Hayes: ——who had the courage, against a background of the appalling abuse he and others suffered, to stand up some years ago for innocent young people who had been betrayed in this manner. That exemplary action should be supported through swift legislative responses. There are issues for the Catholic Church, but the most vital issue is that Canon Law cannot supersede the law of the Oireachtas,...

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Oct 2005)

Brian Hayes: A protocol to deal with this issue does not exist in every diocese of this country. That is a matter of immediate concern to the Catholic Church. I know Bishop Eamonn Walsh. He is a person of considerable integrity. He has two great skills that the Catholic Church has lacked in recent years — genuine humility and judgment coupled with a razor sharp intellect. I congratulate him on his work...

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Oct 2005)

Brian Hayes: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Salmon Fisheries Report: Statements (Resumed). (25 Oct 2005)

Brian Hayes: Among such illustrious company and people with considerable expertise on all sides of the House, I feel like a small salmon because I am not as expert or as knowledgeable as my colleagues. I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I read with interest his contribution to the House last week and I congratulate the sub-committee on its report. Senators Kenneally, Dardis and Finucane were...

Seanad: Salmon Fisheries Report: Statements (Resumed). (25 Oct 2005)

Brian Hayes: It was not in a tin. Labelling is important. I have also noticed the craze for organic salmon and often wonder how that can be sold as organic. Local authorities in County Dublin have launched a number of river stocking initiatives in recent years. This is welcome. Fishing is not just a gentrified activity for rural Ireland. It has been part of Dublin life for centuries. Pollution of the...

Seanad: Acute Hospital Services: Statements. (20 Oct 2005)

Brian Hayes: I extend my sympathy and that of my party and colleagues in the House to the Walsh family following the tragedy which took place in Monaghan General Hospital last week. It is very important that this matter is debated in the House, which is why I sought a debate on the Order of Business yesterday. I am glad that the Minister for State is with us today and thank him for putting his remarks on...

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Oct 2005)

Brian Hayes: Hear, hear.