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Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2004)

Brian Hayes: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2004)

Brian Hayes: At least she has a passport.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2004)

Brian Hayes: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2004)

Brian Hayes: It is a waste of resources. That is all.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2004)

Brian Hayes: There must be a reshuffle coming up.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2004)

Brian Hayes: The Senator must be joking. The Government has 81 full-time spin doctors.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2004)

Brian Hayes: Eighty-one full time spin doctors, at the public expense. The Senator has some neck.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2004)

Brian Hayes: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2004)

Brian Hayes: Hear, hear.

Seanad: School Wardens. (8 Apr 2004)

Brian Hayes: It is good to see the Minister for social welfare with us again. God help us and protect us if the poor in our society must depend on a Progressive Democrats Minister of State with responsibility for social welfare.

Seanad: School Wardens. (8 Apr 2004)

Brian Hayes: I am delighted the Minister of State accepted that as a compliment.

Seanad: School Wardens. (8 Apr 2004)

Brian Hayes: I am not sure whether the Minister of State is entitled to intervene at this stage, as he is not a Member of the House.

Seanad: School Wardens. (8 Apr 2004)

Brian Hayes: I would have expected, given the importance of this issue, to see the relevant Minister, who has an intricate knowledge of this matter, as opposed to someone who comes in to read a script. We have raised this matter in the past and will continue to do so, despite the rather flippant and arrogant comments I have received to date from those on the other side. We heard about the Government's...

Seanad: Order of Business. (8 Apr 2004)

Brian Hayes: Will the Leader indicate when it is intended to bring the social welfare (amendment) (No. 3) Bill before the House to allow for the Government's U-turn in respect of cutbacks against widows? I take this opportunity of apologising to every Member of the House opposite on behalf of the Minister for Social and Family Affairs for allowing them to vote against a measure they did not believe in on...

Seanad: Order of Business. (8 Apr 2004)

Brian Hayes: ——and then landing them in it on Spy Wednesday. I would like to apologise on her behalf.

Seanad: Order of Business. (8 Apr 2004)

Brian Hayes: Given that the Government has now, thankfully, yielded on this cutback against widows, what about the other 15 cutbacks that were announced in the Social Welfare Bill and in the Finance Bill this year? When will we see the other about-turn on those measures? Will the Leader provide time for the Minister for Social and Family Affairs to come into the House to state categorically that the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (8 Apr 2004)

Brian Hayes: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (8 Apr 2004)

Brian Hayes: This is Terry's logic.

Seanad: Order of Business. (8 Apr 2004)

Brian Hayes: That is a fair point.

Seanad: Order of Business. (8 Apr 2004)

Brian Hayes: On a point of order, Senator Leyden has unwittingly stumbled across a very good point.