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Seanad: Commissions of Investigation Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (6 Jul 2004)

Brian Hayes: Absolutely.

Seanad: Commissions of Investigation Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (6 Jul 2004)

Brian Hayes: I move amendment No. 12: In page 11, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following subsection: "(2) All queries and requests concerning the— (i) composition, (ii) terms of reference, (iii) staffing, and (iv) role of a commission shall be conducted between a commission and the Clerk of each House of the Oireachtas.". This amendment attempts to include a new subsection. It is a slight...

Seanad: Commissions of Investigation Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (6 Jul 2004)

Brian Hayes: Not for the first time.

Seanad: Commissions of Investigation Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (6 Jul 2004)

Brian Hayes: Where queries and requests come from the commission to the Minister, will the Minister automatically inform both Houses that such a request has been made? That in no way violates the objectives of the commissions, namely to get to the truth speedily. We all need to be on the one side in terms of what is required. Some commissions may require substantial resources while others may not. Some...

Seanad: Commissions of Investigation Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (6 Jul 2004)

Brian Hayes: I move amendment No. 13: In page 11, subsection (2), line 8, to delete "shall" and substitute "may". This amendment seeks to delete the word "shall" and substitute "may" in reference to the conduct of investigations. As drafted, the section appears to make the facilitation of co-operation mandatory. This could require the commissions to travel to any destination at the request of a witness....

Seanad: Commissions of Investigation Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (6 Jul 2004)

Brian Hayes: No. It is different.

Seanad: Commissions of Investigation Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (6 Jul 2004)

Brian Hayes: I understand what the Minister of State is saying but I feel that the commission needs to be given the flexibility to do its job. Inserting the word "shall" would put the onus of responsibility on the commission to follow up every single lead, particularly in respect of voluntary co-operation. I respect what the Minister of State has said, however, and in that context I will withdraw the...

Seanad: Commissions of Investigation Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (6 Jul 2004)

Brian Hayes: I move amendment No. 15: In page 12, subsection (2), line 27, to delete "require" and substitute "compel". Section 12(1) imposes an obligation on the commission to disclose the substance of evidence to certain persons. Section 12(2) suggests that the obligation to disclose evidence does not require the disclosure of the source of that evidence. That is the distinction. The amendment seeks to...

Seanad: Commissions of Investigation Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (6 Jul 2004)

Brian Hayes: It is a subtle difference.

Seanad: Commissions of Investigation Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (6 Jul 2004)

Brian Hayes: I move amendment No. 1: In page 6, subsection (1), line 32, to delete "Government" and substitute "Houses of the Oireachtas". I welcome the Minister of State to the House. This grouping of amendments encompasses one issue on which, I suspect, we will need to spend some time. My party has welcomed the publication of this Bill and we see the operation of the new commission as an important new...

Seanad: Commissions of Investigation Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (6 Jul 2004)

Brian Hayes: The Minister of State is right that this matter was discussed at length on Committee Stage in the other House. The views we have outlined are genuinely thought out and it is appropriate that the establishment of these new commissions should be within the remit of the Houses of the Oireachtas. We are establishing a new set of inquiries which hopefully will have more political effect in...

Seanad: Commissions of Investigation Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (6 Jul 2004)

Brian Hayes: There are more whipping boys if anything goes wrong.

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Jul 2004)

Brian Hayes: They don't believe Senator Kitt.

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Jul 2004)

Brian Hayes: It is a matter for the Standards in Public Office Commission.

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Jul 2004)

Brian Hayes: It is important that all the amendments tabled on the Committee Stages of these Bills are discussed. A complaint was made in the Lower House last week in regard to the Residential Tenancies Bill 2003 about the fact that 25 Government amendments were not even reached. This House needs to discuss all the amendments and I thank the Leader for making time available for the debate. There is still...

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Jul 2004)

Brian Hayes: Fianna Fáil is full of little Irelanders.

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Jul 2004)

Brian Hayes: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies Bill 2003: Second Stage. (2 Jul 2004)

Brian Hayes: Can ordinary citizens complain directly to the board?

Seanad: Residential Tenancies Bill 2003: Second Stage. (2 Jul 2004)

Brian Hayes: It took four years for the Bill to be brought to the House. The report, in turn, emerged from one of the three Bacon reports on housing in the late 1990s. It has been a slow process. I regret that it has taken so long to establish the private residential tenancies board. I welcome the fact that progress is finally being made. Some speakers have suggested that many illegal and corrupt...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies Bill 2003: Second Stage. (2 Jul 2004)

Brian Hayes: It is more or less the same. If the court makes an exclusion order, the tenant must leave the property. Does the Minister have information on the number of exclusion orders in Dublin since the Act came into force in 1997? I get a sense from some of the authorities that they are not taking their responsibility seriously. The most important function I can fulfil as a member of a housing...