Results 10,961-10,980 of 11,861 for speaker:Brian Hayes
- Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Jul 2003)
Brian Hayes: The new Minister for propaganda is doing a very good job. From next Monday these charges will take effect. It is wrong that the charges should be imposed before the Oireachtas has an opportunity to debate them. We have 21 sitting days in which to annul these charges. I suggest we annul them today.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Jul 2003)
Brian Hayes: It is a disgrace.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Jul 2003)
Brian Hayes: Is that a case of shooting the messenger?
- Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Jul 2003)
Brian Hayes: He is in the House; he has just moved position again. He has moved further to the right.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Jul 2003)
Brian Hayes: He who lectures most.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Jul 2003)
Brian Hayes: He wanted the information.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Jul 2003)
Brian Hayes: We always do.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Jul 2003)
Brian Hayes: The war is over.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Jul 2003)
Brian Hayes: If he appealed, he would have to pay.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Jul 2003)
Brian Hayes: Yes. Amendment put. Tá
- Seanad: Nuclear Safety: Motion. (2 Jul 2003)
Brian Hayes: I move amendment No. 1: After "Government" in the last line to add: "and calls on the British Government to immediately grant access to the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland to act as an Irish observer at Sellafield thereby having the same status as the International Atomic Agency at this facility." It is easy for any Irish politician to call for the closure of Sellafield. I say...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jul 2003)
Brian Hayes: I wish to bring to the Leader's attention the Immigration Bill 2002. She will be aware that the House discussed all aspects and Stages of the Bill some time ago and that it is still with the Dáil. However, I understand that last evening, at the dead of night, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform published a raft of amendments to the Bill, many of which are expressly against the...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jul 2003)
Brian Hayes: As I did not see it in the newspaper I read, the Senator might refer to it. We need to debate an issue in the House that causes such a large group to take to the streets.
- Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (1 Jul 2003)
Brian Hayes: Will the Minister of State outline the rationale for his decision not to accept Senator Browne's amendment, which is a straightforward proposal to make public the advice given by the advisory board? The Minister of State's remarks appear contrary to the spirit, if not the letter, of the Freedom of Information Act and the thrust of the SMI process, an effort by the Government to expose to the...
- Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (1 Jul 2003)
Brian Hayes: Is it the case that when established under statute, the commission will be part and parcel of the freedom of information regime?
- Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (1 Jul 2003)
Brian Hayes: If, as the Minister of State has conceded, this is the case, any document being considered by the commission at any time would be accessible under freedom of information requests as defined in the Act. Senator Browne's proposal will, therefore, be acceded to when a freedom of information request seeking information on the advice given to the commission by the advisory committee is made.
- Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (1 Jul 2003)
Brian Hayes: The Minister of State's replies will be useful for the record. On the one hand, he is not conceding to Senator Browne's amendment while, on the other, he has conceded that much of the information the Senator and others may request from the advisory board can be obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. This renders Parliament irrelevant.
- Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (1 Jul 2003)
Brian Hayes: We are well aware of them.
- Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (1 Jul 2003)
Brian Hayes: Exposed to what? It is not a nuclear bomb.
- Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (1 Jul 2003)
Brian Hayes: On a point of order, is there any possibility that the Minister of State might reply to the points raised by Senator Browne?