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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Sep 2013)

Aideen Hayden: The Vice Chairman suggested we had plenty of time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Sep 2013)

Aideen Hayden: I will make two quick points and maybe we will get a chance to address them later. A compelling case was made yesterday by Social Justice Ireland and TASC for what is loosely a bad nutrition tax. I put the question of whether the proceeds of such a tax could be ring-fenced, particularly for the provision of food to children in the school system. What would the panel feel about that? On...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)

Aideen Hayden: I asked specifically about whether Mr. O'Brien was referring to off-books investment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)

Aideen Hayden: I will take eight minutes and give Senator Paul Coghlan two.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)

Aideen Hayden: Mr. Noonan spoke about the banks getting real with small businesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)

Aideen Hayden: The issue of the treatment of small businesses by the banks has come up at this committee on a number of occasions. I note that there is a proposal concerning the idea of a State investment bank that would be specifically geared toward small and medium-sized businesses. How have members of the representative groups found dealing with the Revenue Commissioners? To what extent have the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)

Aideen Hayden: I will mix my questions a little. I will ask some practical questions and invite the witnesses to comment on some observations. I should advise the committee that I have an interest in Threshold as the chair of the organisation. I will try to focus my comments on the other organisations. The common themes that are emerging relate to children being hungry and children being cold. That is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)

Aideen Hayden: I will ask one more question. There seems to be general agreement that the housing assistance payment is critical for labour market activation, which has been mentioned by representatives of all bodies, and in the interests of securing good housing for people at the lower end of the scale. Perhaps the witnesses can elaborate on the measures the Government should take in this budget to make...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)

Aideen Hayden: I thank both organisations for their presentations and for the documentation they provided, which is very informative. In particular, I compliment Social Justice Ireland for the excellent briefing material it provided. Starting with TASC, I note that it is proposing an investment of €1.5 billion but it does not go into detail on how it sees that money being invested. I am thinking...

Seanad: SI 325 of 2012 - European Union (Quality and Safety of Human Organs Intended for Transplantation) Regulations 2012: Motion (20 Aug 2013)

Aideen Hayden: In respect of some of the arguments made by Senators Darragh O'Brien and Leyden that what we are really discussing today is whether the Seanad should scrutinise European legislation, I remind them that the motion before us is that Seanad Éireann resolves that Statutory Instrument No. 325 of 2012 (Quality and Safety of Human Organs Intended for Transplantation) Regulations 2012 be...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: Why is the Senator raising this issue now?

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: I wish colleagues a pleasant break. Contrary to all the reports in the media, we will not be spending all of our time sunning ourselves. I remind Senator Mullen, in case he is not aware of it, that a file has been sent to the Crown Prosecution Service in the UK about the particular case he mentioned and that the couple concerned-----

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: -----who are resident in Ireland-----

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: -----had investigated the possibility of the termination in Ireland on health grounds. This is something we may be visiting in the Chamber.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: Yes, I do. Colleagues may have noticed that the CSO has reported that property prices have increased annually for the first time since January 2008. Other colleagues in the House have been very concerned about the issue of mortgage-based repossessions. The first tranche of reporting on mortgage arrears resolutions, which require the banks to reach agreements with distressed borrowers, is...

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Tuarascáil (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: I will be brief, as I made a speech on Second Stage and made my opinions on the matter known at that time. I would like to make one point. It has been put across in the media very clearly that Government Senators are voting to abolish the Seanad. In fact, Government Senators are being asked to put a referendum to the people, who will decide whether the Seanad will be abolished. That is...

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Tuarascáil (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: -----that perspective. It is dishonest to have been elected as a Labour Party Senator knowing that it was part of the programme for Government-----

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Tuarascáil (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: -----that the matter would be put to the people. Anything else is dishonest.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Tuarascáil (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: I will finish by saying I am supporting this Bill and I hope every Government and Independent Member will do so as well. I would respect them for doing that. This is a matter for the people and the Taoiseach will not determine the discussion that will take place over the summer. It will be a matter for any of the Senators who wish to make any contribution they want in the public domain to...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: We are all well aware of the really good weather we have been having over the past two weeks or thereabouts, although today is not the most spectacular day. It came to my attention recently that Bord Gáis, among other providers, is dealing with a much higher level of arrears this year than in previous years due to the fact that we have had an unprecedented series of bad winters....