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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (16 Jul 2013)

Brian Hayes: I propose to take Questions Nos. 392 and 425 together. As a result of local opposition, Dublin City Council decided in 2011 not to proceed with a flood defence scheme for Clontarf which had been brought through the planning process. Since then the Council has been involved in further consultation with local interests and it is my understanding that a Joint Working Group has been established...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (16 Jul 2013)

Brian Hayes: During the period from 2008 to 2012, the Office of Public Works expended €186.9 million on its Capital Budget for Flood Relief Activities throughout the country. Approximately €135 million of this amount was spent directly on major flood relief projects during this period with a further €23.5 million approx. expended on the Minor Works Scheme where OPW provides funding...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (16 Jul 2013)

Brian Hayes: When the Garden of Remembrance was designed in 1940 and opened in 1966 as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Easter Rising the provision of universal access was neither a planning requirement nor considered a necessity. Universal access to the sunken pool and grassed areas was not provided. As part of the planning application submitted to Dublin City Council in October 2012...

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Brian Hayes: It would be inappropriate for me to tell the Referendum Commission how to do its job.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Brian Hayes: No. This is an independent body. It is not appropriate for any Minister, even one as junior as me, to give any missile of instruction to the Referendum Commission. It is more than capable of doing its job, with experience built up over the years. It is a sign of the Government's intent on this issue that when the legislation was published on 6 June, we appointed the Referendum Commission...

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Brian Hayes: -----an independent statutory body how to do its business.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Brian Hayes: I have faith in them to do that. As to Senator Healy Eames's questions about the publication of legislation-----

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Brian Hayes: We can go back to the issue the Senator raised earlier on the North if he would like me to do that.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Brian Hayes: I do not have any problem in doing that.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Brian Hayes: We cannot presume what the people will do in this issue.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Brian Hayes: It is a matter for the people from day one to decide what they want to do in connection with the proposal that will be before them in the autumn. It would be wholly inappropriate for the Government to move in advance of a situation where the people have yet to be consulted on the matter. We have set out-----

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Brian Hayes: -----and I am sure the Senator believes it because she will take my bona fides in this matter, that if the Seanad is abolished, the new procedures for additional Dáil scrutiny, with the seven Stages I mentioned earlier, will be put in place. That is the situation that prevails. It is the policy of the Government, and all the changes in Standing Orders will comply with that. I apologise...

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Brian Hayes: Yes, an Irish citizen.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Brian Hayes: Representing the rotten boroughs, can I make this other point?

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Brian Hayes: Can I make this other point?

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Brian Hayes: Just let me make the point, Senator

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Brian Hayes: Not for a second.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Brian Hayes: The argument-----

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Brian Hayes: No. I am referring here to the fact that if one is an Irish citizen in Northern Ireland, one is entitled to-----

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Brian Hayes: If one is an Irish citizen in Northern Ireland and one has a degree from the National University of Ireland or Trinity College Dublin, one is entitled to vote in this House.