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Seanad: Sub-Committee of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges: Motion. (9 Oct 2002)

Brian Hayes: Other Members will have other views on that and no doubt we will debate this in further detail. Former Cabinet Ministers should be entitled to attend and speak in the Seanad, although not as Members. People who have just left or are at the margins of politics have a wealth of experience. Such people should not be given a salary but a daily rate of payment, as is the practice in the House of...

Seanad: Sub-Committee of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges: Motion. (9 Oct 2002)

Brian Hayes: My suggestions are causing some difficulty on the other side of the House. On the issue of legislative change, casual vacancies should be filled by the party from which they occur.

Seanad: Sub-Committee of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges: Motion. (9 Oct 2002)

Brian Hayes: If a Member of this House is elected to the other House or resigns, it is most unfair if the party of which he or she is a member is not able fill the seat vacated by that person. A question arises on the fundamental issue of constitutional change, the third item on the list, which is whether the job description of the Seanad in the Constitution is right. I believe that, by and large, it is...

Seanad: Sub-Committee of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges: Motion. (9 Oct 2002)

Brian Hayes: There is a discerning taste.

Seanad: Sub-Committee of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges: Motion. (9 Oct 2002)

Brian Hayes: A six seat constituency would be the way around that.

Seanad: Sub-Committee of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges: Motion. (9 Oct 2002)

Brian Hayes: Regarding the 43 Members elected from the vocational sub-panels, the best way to approach that would be by way of a list system, whereby parties could appoint, according to a list, a rota of people. Depending on the percentage they get at the general election, Members could be appointed from that list. Nominations for the Seanad and Dáil should be held on the same day. This would allow...

Seanad: Sub-Committee of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges: Motion. (9 Oct 2002)

Brian Hayes: Hear, hear. A great leader.

Seanad: Sub-Committee of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges: Motion. (9 Oct 2002)

Brian Hayes: The Senator should report it to the Garda.

Seanad: Sub-Committee of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges: Motion. (9 Oct 2002)

Brian Hayes: The first Dáil was non-party.

Seanad: Sub-Committee of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges: Motion. (9 Oct 2002)

Brian Hayes: It is in the Agreement.

Seanad: Sub-Committee of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges: Motion. (9 Oct 2002)

Brian Hayes: People in glasshouses, etc.

Seanad: Retirement of Superintendent of the Houses. (13 Sep 2002)

Brian Hayes: On behalf of the Fine Gael group I would like to concur with the remarks made by the Leader of the House in marking this time and registering our thanks to the Superintendent of the Houses, Éamon O'Donohoe. It was only in the past two years that I got to know Éamon's name; until that time he was known to me as the Superintendent, but I have come to know and respect him and the work he does...

Seanad: Retirement of Superintendent of the Houses. (13 Sep 2002)

Brian Hayes: I believe it is the latter, given all the truculence and the difficulties that Members present to him from time to time. As the Leader stated, Éamon is a gifted horseman and a former Olympian. Throughout his time in Leinster House he has been courteous, efficient and helpful to all the Members and the various groupings. One of the great tributes to Éamon O'Donohoe is the fact that the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Sep 2002)

Brian Hayes: Before we agree the Order of Business, I would ask the Leader to give a commitment, following yesterday's Order of Business and the debate which ensued, that the House will sit again very shortly. There are a number of matters of great national importance which need to be debated in this House. Yesterday, there was a call for a debate on the impending situation in Iraq, a debate on the...

Seanad: An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht, 2002: An Dara Céim (Atógáil). Twenty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 2002: Second Stage (Resumed). (13 Sep 2002)

Brian Hayes: I thank Senator McHugh for his generosity.

Seanad: An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht, 2002: An Dara Céim (Atógáil). Twenty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 2002: Second Stage (Resumed). (13 Sep 2002)

Brian Hayes: I congratulate Senator McHugh and other colleagues who spoke so eloquently yesterday on their maiden speeches in this House. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Roche, to the House and congratulate him on his appointment. I think he is the right person for this job at this time. I have known him for a number of years; he is combative, tough and will get his point across. It is important...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach. (12 Sep 2002)

Brian Hayes: I join others in thanking you, Acting Chairman, for taking the Chair, if only for ten minutes. Your remarks reminded me of the great speeches Fidel Castro used to make to the Cuban assembly.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach. (12 Sep 2002)

Brian Hayes: We have listened attentively to what you said but we will go out and do something else entirely. However, I thank you. The Fine Gael group does not oppose the nomination of Senator Kiely. He is an experienced Senator, a person of the utmost integrity and a fair man. He is the person we need in the Chair of the new Seanad. His fairness, impartiality and understanding of the dignity of this...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach. (12 Sep 2002)

Brian Hayes: On behalf of the Fine Gael group, I congratulate the Cathaoirleach on his election and pay tribute to him in his capacity as Senator over the past 25 years or so. He follows in a long line of distinguished Cathaoirligh of the Seanad such as Senator Brian Mullooly, Senator Liam Cosgrave and the late Senator Liam Naughten. In his capacity as Cathaoirleach, Senator Kiely will bring the dignity...

Seanad: Death of Former Members: Expressions of Sympathy. (12 Sep 2002)

Brian Hayes: I thank the Leader for the warm tributes she paid to two of our colleagues, David Molony and Michael Queally, who died tragically recently. I did not know David Molony well, although in recent years I got to know him a little better. His death at the age of 52 was a tragic loss for his family, the Thurles and Tipperary North area and particularly for Fine Gael. We feel a great sense of loss....