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Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Feb 2005)

Brian Hayes: Has the Senator not heard of Committee Stage?

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Feb 2005)

Brian Hayes: It is a pity an opportunity to debate this legislation seems to have been taken from us.

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Feb 2005)

Brian Hayes: That is right.

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Feb 2005)

Brian Hayes: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Feb 2005)

Brian Hayes: That is correct.

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Feb 2005)

Brian Hayes: He will come all right.

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Feb 2005)

Brian Hayes: This morning I received from the Government the amendment to the Bill published by Senator Norris, the Civil Partnership Bill 2004, which we are to debate this evening. This is one of the shabbiest amendments I have ever read in this House.

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Feb 2005)

Brian Hayes: This House has had a proud record of debating this important and sensitive issue. The Government is now proposing to vote the Bill down on Second Stage this evening. Even at this late stage I ask the Leader to reconsider this decision. I know that her heart is not in this amendment. The amendment outlines spurious reasons the Bill should be voted down.

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Feb 2005)

Brian Hayes: I am raising this matter on the Order of Business as a means of showing my support and that of my group for the Bill. If we have learned one thing from the courts——

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Feb 2005)

Brian Hayes: —— it is that the longer politicians and the Houses of the Oireachtas kick these matters to touch indefinitely, the more responsibility the courts will get. The courts want us to take responsibility in this area and do not want the matter hived off as has continually happened in the past. Even at this late stage I ask the Government to reconsider its position, which I believe to be...

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Feb 2005)

Brian Hayes: It would seem it is his view that not only has the upstart of a Minister of State, Deputy Callely, been involved in guesswork concerning the metro project——

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Feb 2005)

Brian Hayes: ——so too has the entire Government.

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Feb 2005)

Brian Hayes: I will do so. I should not have used the word "upstart", rather should have used the term "overly ambitious".

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Feb 2005)

Brian Hayes: On the overly ambitious Minister of State from the north side of Dublin——

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Feb 2005)

Brian Hayes: ——would the Leader agree that much of the Government's work in this area in the past 17 years has been guesswork? When will we see the metro project for Dublin? Fianna Fáil has been in office for 15 of the past 18 years. We are now being told that a plan is imminent. I ask the Leader, as a former distinguished Minister with responsibility for transport who has never been involved in...

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Feb 2005)

Brian Hayes: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Feb 2005)

Brian Hayes: Hurry, hurry, tickets for sale.

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Feb 2005)

Brian Hayes: They could be opened up to the public and could be on CCTV.

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Feb 2005)

Brian Hayes: Late in the previous Dáil the original Disability Bill was withdrawn by the Government on the basis that substantive negotiations would take place between those who were campaigning for legislation with teeth and a rights-based approach and that the Government would deal one to one with these people to produce a Bill that would be satisfactory to all concerned. However, it has emerged...

Seanad: Order of Business. (8 Feb 2005)

Brian Hayes: Local authorities are frequently among the first bodies to be attacked when something goes wrong. However, yesterday we witnessed a very good example of how a local authority can work with central government to produce good ideas for tackling crime. In particular, I congratulate the Lord Mayor of Dublin and Dublin City Council on the proposals of the Lord Mayor's Commission on Crime and...