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Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jun 2005)

Brian Hayes: That is regarded as progress.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jun 2005)

Brian Hayes: I note the comments from my right.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jun 2005)

Brian Hayes: Only Senator Leyden said it was binned.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jun 2005)

Brian Hayes: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jun 2005)

Brian Hayes: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business to the effect that No. 17, motion 12, in the name of my group should not be moved today, and that the two hours normally allocated for Fine Gael Private Members' business be given to the House to allow for statements by the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children with responsibility for the elderly. Members of the House could...

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jun 2005)

Brian Hayes: I thank the Senator.

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 May 2005)

Brian Hayes: If only that would happen here.

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 May 2005)

Brian Hayes: It is on Committee Stage.

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 May 2005)

Brian Hayes: We hang on her every word.

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 May 2005)

Brian Hayes: Will the Leader make time available this week for an emergency debate about the disgraceful revelations in the programme on RTE last night concerning a nursing home? While the programme focused on one nursing home and most homes, private and public, are run in an exemplary manner, there is widespread public concern following last night's programme. It is clear that we need a statutory...

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 May 2005)

Brian Hayes: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Nuclear Plants: Motion. (25 May 2005)

Brian Hayes: The Minister of State should not go there.

Seanad: Nuclear Plants: Motion. (25 May 2005)

Brian Hayes: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. This is a very substantial speech concerning our Government's involvement in Sellafield, about which there is a great degree of public concern. Motions coming before both Houses should reflect this concern. We support this Government motion and wish to support any action the Government may take. I will approach this subject in a different vein. I...

Seanad: Nuclear Plants: Motion. (25 May 2005)

Brian Hayes: We will be taking the iodine tablets.

Seanad: Nuclear Plants: Motion. (25 May 2005)

Brian Hayes: Iodine tablets.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision (Pre-1922) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (25 May 2005)

Brian Hayes: I understand that much of this is driven by the statute law revision unit which has done sterling work against the odds. Will the Minister of State further outline the modus operandi of the unit? Does it ask Departments which obsolete legislation they want revised? Does it then go through the legislation, submit a view on it and the Department signs off on it?

Seanad: Statute Law Revision (Pre-1922) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (25 May 2005)

Brian Hayes: Then the process depends on what each Department throws up. When this Bill is enacted, it will simply repeal legislation and a revised Statute Book will not be published. The British are beginning to follow this process. It is important for business, the law and people who have to deal with these matters. As the Minister of State said, it is important that, with the development of technology,...

Seanad: Statute Law Revision (Pre-1922) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (25 May 2005)

Brian Hayes: I thank the Minister of State for attending the House and I thank, as he rightly and generously did, the statute law revision unit in the Office of the Attorney General, which has spearheaded this work on behalf of us all in recent years. In particular, I thank Mr. Donaldson, who established that unit, though he no longer works there. I may be wrong about that and do not want to mislead the House.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision (Pre-1922) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (25 May 2005)

Brian Hayes: He left the unit as his legacy to the rest of us. I congratulate all who brought the work forward. Looking back at the period from the 1300s to now, it was for only a very short period that we had no Parliament in Ireland, from the time of the Act of Union in 1801 until 1922, or more correctly, for those of us who believe in the Republic, until 1919. Much has happened in that period and it...

Seanad: Statute Law Revision (Pre-1922) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (25 May 2005)

Brian Hayes: I thank the Minister of State for his historical explanation as to why he is proposing this legislation. To me, it would seem to be a very good statute.