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Seanad: Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Jun 2005)

Brian Hayes: Therefore, it only becomes an order when the Minister so determines.

Seanad: Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Jun 2005)

Brian Hayes: We welcome this radical set of amendments, which will place a new authority on a statutory basis to deal with the registration of deeds and to subsume the Land Registry. More important, I welcome the Minister's statement that the new head of the authority will be answerable to the Houses of the Oireachtas. That will probably be more sensible than providing for on-line ministerial...

Seanad: Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Jun 2005)

Brian Hayes: Was that 1977?

Seanad: Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Jun 2005)

Brian Hayes: That was a Freudian slip.

Seanad: Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Jun 2005)

Brian Hayes: Up to now, any increase in conveyancing fees have to be sanctioned by the Minister of the day. Will that remain the case, following recommendations from the authority?

Seanad: Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Jun 2005)

Brian Hayes: Senator Tuffy's point is important in terms of paying fair fees for a service. The question now relates to the additionality that will occur as a result of these reforms. One could argue that decentralisation costs a lot of money and perhaps the people who are moving should pay for it. It would be wrong if an increase in conveyancing fees was based on paying for administrative reforms, which...

Seanad: Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Jun 2005)

Brian Hayes: That is an airy fairy assertion.

Seanad: Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Jun 2005)

Brian Hayes: Is the Minister suggesting a deregulation of the registry?

Seanad: Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Jun 2005)

Brian Hayes: Previously, any Member of the Dáil could pose a parliamentary question in respect of the activities of the current registration bodies and I presume that process will continue when the new authority is established. This does not affect Members of this House because we do not have the authority to pose such questions. However, when questions are posed in the other House in future, I assume...

Seanad: Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Jun 2005)

Brian Hayes: The Minister should stick to today's agenda.

Seanad: Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Jun 2005)

Brian Hayes: The Minister is straying from the relevant point.

Seanad: Order of Business. (14 Jun 2005)

Brian Hayes: What happened to consensus and committee work?

Seanad: Order of Business. (14 Jun 2005)

Brian Hayes: It is sub judice.

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy. (14 Jun 2005)

Brian Hayes: On behalf of my Fine Gael colleagues in this House, I express my sincere sympathy to the Fianna Fáil Party throughout the country and particularly to Seán Doherty's wife, Maura, and their four daughters. Last week I visited Cootehall, a stunning part of the country which I had never previously visited. I saw there the affection in which Seán Doherty was held and witnessed the respect shown...

Seanad: Order of Business. (14 Jun 2005)

Brian Hayes: The Garda Síochána Bill is currently before the Dáil. I ask the Leader to ascertain whether the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform intends to bring that Bill back to the Seanad before the summer recess. It is on Report Stage in the Dáil and it would be useful to know the Minister's intentions. In view of the recommendations of the Morris tribunal report and the significant...

Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (2 Jun 2005)

Brian Hayes: I confirm that anyone who wished to contribute to Second Stage had an opportunity to do so.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)

Brian Hayes: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)

Brian Hayes: I will not comment on No. 1 as I am afraid to ask any questions. The Leader might run the matter by us again later. It is right at this time to acknowledge that the Houses of the Oireachtas owe Mr. Justice Frederick Morris a great debt of gratitude for the publication yesterday of the Morris tribunal report and for the previous report he sent to us. Others could learn from the efficient way...

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)

Brian Hayes: ——should hold their heads up high today because they have done nothing wrong. They are part and parcel of a very proud institution that has served this country well.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)

Brian Hayes: However, we must root out the systemic problems that exist within the Garda Síochána, notwithstanding the tribute I and other colleagues would make to the vast majority of members of the force. We must do that for the sake of the Garda force itself and for the public. That is why I seek a debate before the summer recess on the Morris tribunal reports. I ask the Leader to arrange that.