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Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: I wish to respond to Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh's comments. I refer him to my Second Stage speech. I cannot remember if he was in the Chamber to hear it.

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: I know the Minister was not in the Chamber. I will reiterate some of the points briefly. I said that I felt the timing of the legislation was unfortunate for a number of reasons that I will not outline again. I am not like King Canute. I do not believe we can turn back the tide. We need a functioning mortgage market and a functioning banking system. This is a technical amendment...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: I will not comment on what happened yesterday with regard to the debate on the Seanad, other than to state that a number of the contributions were excellent. It is sad to think, when one considers the many column inches that are given in the newspapers today to the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill, that the Seanad does not feature at all. The reality is that when the aforementioned...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: It is not regulated and the kind of requirements placed on regulated child care through crèches do not exist in the informal sector. It is an important issue on which I seek a debate.

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) (10 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: No. I raised my hand to indicate a desire to contribute.

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) (10 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: I will speak whenever Senator Crown concludes.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: As Senator Darragh O'Brien knows, I have great sympathy for what he is proposing. I am also aware that the Leader has attempted on a number of occasions to get the Minister, Deputy Noonan, to come to the House. We all accept he is doing his best in this matter. Now that our Presidency of the EU has concluded, it is time the Minister came in here to discuss the matter fully and frankly with...

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (9 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: This Bill is viewed with concern by many for whom I have the deepest of respect as part of a wider strategy to permit easier repossessions, coming as it does on foot of the revised mortgage arrears resolution process, which appears to place lenders in an even stronger position than heretofore. Well-respected organisations such as the Free Legal Advice Centres, FLAC, have stated that the...

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (9 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: I congratulate the Minister, Deputy Shatter. He made the point that one of the priorities of the Government was to deal with the problem of unsustainable mortgage debt. As somebody who has been working in this field for a long time I am well aware of the previous attempts made to try to deal with the situation very unsatisfactorily. Measures to reform and modernise the law relating to...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: I will start by making a brief comment on the proposed amendment to the Order of Business. The debate will be held this afternoon. It is all very fine to pretend we are King Canute but the reality is that to have a legal system where the lender cannot have recourse to the charged asset is nonsense. The Opposition should take into account that we have introduced personal insolvency...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: -----a situation where their family home will be repossessed to have real options to be able to retain it. I agree with my colleague, Senator Bacik, that it is wrong to put out the charge that there will be hundreds of thousands of repossessions if we introduce the legislation.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: However, we will have the debate later this afternoon. I wish to praise the Ombudsman, Emily O’Reilly, for raising the plight of asylum seekers in direct provision. I and colleagues on the Opposition benches have raised the matter as well. Unfortunately, to date, we have seen no positive action in this area. Others have also commented on this appalling situation, for example,...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: As Senator Darragh O'Brien knows, I share his concerns about the code of conduct on mortgage arrears. It is ironic that people are having breakfast this morning and reading reports that the European Central Bank is going to leave rates as they are, even though many know they could not survive a rise of two interest points in the ECB rate; that is the situation in this country. It is a very...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2013)

Aideen Hayden: I join colleagues in expressing my frustration at the comments yesterday by the chief executive officer of Ulster Bank. They seemed to imply that responsibility for the high level of mortgage arrears should be laid at the door of the media, on the one hand, for their comments on debt forgiveness and, on the other, the mortgage arrears resolution process, MARP, and the Dunne judgment. There...

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Aideen Hayden: A "No" vote would be a vote for reform. I do not believe anyone stands over the Seanad as it is currently constituted. I urge the Taoiseach to commit to bringing the matter to the Constitutional Convention.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Aideen Hayden: I welcome the Minister of State to the Chamber on what probably is the most important and significant debate in the life of this House. The Minister of State has taken a particular interest in this House and Members have noted his willingness to attend the House and to be present for debates. In the Seanad, Members generally note who are and who are not their friends.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Aideen Hayden: At the outset, as Whip of the Labour Seanad group I will of course be supporting this Bill and welcome the debate I believe will ensue in the public domain on both the future of the Seanad and the wider political system. I believe that will be inevitable following the passing of this Bill and the media attention that hopefully will follow but which has not tended to follow Seanad activities...

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Aideen Hayden: I welcome the Minister of State to the Chamber on what probably is the most important and significant debate in the life of this House. The Minister of State has taken a particular interest in this House and Members have noted his willingness to attend the House and to be present for debates. In the Seanad, Members generally note who are and who are not their friends.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Aideen Hayden: At the outset, as Whip of the Labour Seanad group I will of course be supporting this Bill and welcome the debate I believe will ensue in the public domain on both the future of the Seanad and the wider political system. I believe that will be inevitable following the passing of this Bill and the media attention that hopefully will follow but which has not tended to follow Seanad activities...

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Aideen Hayden: A "No" vote would be a vote for reform. I do not believe anyone stands over the Seanad as it is currently constituted. I urge the Taoiseach to commit to bringing the matter to the Constitutional Convention.