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Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Apr 2005)

Brian Hayes: The Minister will not give the Senator an answer.

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Apr 2005)

Brian Hayes: The Fine Gael Party agrees to the Order of Business. I am grateful to the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, for agreeing to come before the House to take this important debate. I raise an issue related to consumer rights and the rights of farmers. As the Acting Leader will be aware given his expertise in this area, lamb farmers in the past week experienced a...

Seanad: State Airports: Motion. (20 Apr 2005)

Brian Hayes: Hear, hear.

Seanad: State Airports: Motion. (20 Apr 2005)

Brian Hayes: Hear, hear. The Government should get on with it.

Seanad: State Airports: Motion. (20 Apr 2005)

Brian Hayes: The Minister will have his time.

Seanad: State Airports: Motion. (20 Apr 2005)

Brian Hayes: I second the motion and welcome the opportunity to discuss not just the immediate issue of security, but the ongoing problem of the failure of the Government to act since its commitment in 2002 to build a second terminal. I am astonished at the brass neck of the Government, with no intervention on the part of the Minister for Transport, I hope, in tabling the amendment before us. The...

Seanad: State Airports: Motion. (20 Apr 2005)

Brian Hayes: The Minister is becoming agitated, I must be hitting some buttons.

Seanad: State Airports: Motion. (20 Apr 2005)

Brian Hayes: This is the failure ——

Seanad: State Airports: Motion. (20 Apr 2005)

Brian Hayes: This is the result of the failure of the Minister for Transport to take a decision on the issue and to deliver a service for people in the airport, a service that is focused on the customer rather than one that is driven by union politics. There is an obvious disagreement between two unions at the airport, with one union supporting one terminal option and the other supporting an alternative...

Seanad: State Airports: Motion. (20 Apr 2005)

Brian Hayes: The Senator should read the development plan.

Seanad: State Airports: Motion. (20 Apr 2005)

Brian Hayes: The situation with regard to Shannon Airport speaks loud and clear in that regard.

Seanad: State Airports: Motion. (20 Apr 2005)

Brian Hayes: We just want a decision.

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Apr 2005)

Brian Hayes: The House rightly had full expressions of sympathy on the death of Pope John Paul II on the week commencing 11 April 2005. It is only proper to reflect on the election of Pope Benedict XVI on 19 April and to highlight this as a significant international event. The Pope is not just the leader of the Roman Catholic Church but is a figurehead throughout the world. I welcome the Taoiseach's...

Seanad: Order of Business. (19 Apr 2005)

Brian Hayes: Steaks.

Seanad: Order of Business. (19 Apr 2005)

Brian Hayes: I, too, congratulate Senator Ross on receiving an award. As the father of the House, he is leading by example.

Seanad: Order of Business. (19 Apr 2005)

Brian Hayes: I apologise, I understood he had accumulated longer service than all other Senators together. Will the Leader arrange for a resumed debate on No. 14, statements on the provision of national sporting facilities? It would be proper for the House to reflect on the important decision taken by the GAA over the weekend.

Seanad: Order of Business. (19 Apr 2005)

Brian Hayes: The House is almost as secretive as the papal conclave. Does the Leader agree that the decision taken by the GAA over the weekend was not only historic——

Seanad: Order of Business. (19 Apr 2005)

Brian Hayes: I do not seek a debate but there is a context to this issue. The important decision taken over the weekend allows the House to debate No. 14 in a more complete way. In west Dublin, my part of the city and a place not recognised by northsiders and southsiders alike, the GAA is the only organisation to have delivered quality youth facilities and services from the ground up, parish by parish....

Seanad: Order of Business. (19 Apr 2005)

Brian Hayes: I ask for the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism to come before the House to inform Senators on developments on this issue. Last week, I raised with the Leader the issue of cash in transit vans and the initiative taken by the Minister for Defence. A report in one of today's newspaper indicates that up to 40% of the security cost of transporting large sums of money is borne by the State...

Seanad: Order of Business. (19 Apr 2005)

Brian Hayes: Let me put it this way. I seek a debate on accident and emergency wards because it will be needed in County Westmeath by the time the election is over.