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Seanad: Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2013)

Brian Hayes: Amendment No. 4, the subject of our discussion, seeks to require the Financial Services Ombudsman to include in his or her report the responses of financial services providers to complaints made against them and reported by the ombudsman. I am satisfied that the naming provisions in the Bill are sufficiently robust to provide consumers with information to assist them in making decisions...

Seanad: Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2013)

Brian Hayes: Before we lose the run of ourselves, we are talking here about the ombudsman's report in respect of complaints. What this section deals with is a situation in which there is an outcome in favour of an individual who brings a complaint and that complaint is satisfactorily resolved. Where an action is clear and where the ombudsman has been given that view, it will be acted upon, ipso facto....

Seanad: Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2013)

Brian Hayes: I think the Senator misunderstands this, but we need to be clear on it. We are talking here about individual complaints in regard to a financial service provider. This is not a systemic issue nor a problem regarding a range or category of products that have been fraudulently imposed on people. We are talking about individual complaints made to the ombudsman regarding cases in which a...

Seanad: Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2013)

Brian Hayes: On Committee Stage the Minister indicated that he would introduce this amendment to the Central Bank Act 1971 to provide an authorisation regime for branches of third country banks. These branches would be subject to the same standard of regulation as those branches currently passporting into Ireland from within the European Union. The Central Bank Act 1971 provides the statutory basis for...

Seanad: Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2013)

Brian Hayes: I thank all Senators for their contributions. It would be unfair to suggest the contributions, from all sides, have not been useful. In the discussion we have had on the sections they have been useful, specifically on these two amendments. Senator John Gilroy spoke about this. Equally, it is fair to say the Bill has been in gestation for some time and has been amended and changed...

Seanad: Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2013)

Brian Hayes: However, on my own behalf and that of the Minister for Finance, I assure them the observations made in this House are always useful, constructive, positive and greatly help us to improve legislation that has already gone through the tumble dryer in the past 18 months or so. As a result, the legislation has been substantially improved in comparison to the Bill first proposed by the...

Seanad: Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2013)

Brian Hayes: We will see.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Money Laundering (2 Jul 2013)

Brian Hayes: I thank Senator Conway for raising this important issue and for his diligence in following up on the representations that have been made to him. Prize bonds are part of a range of State savings products which include savings bonds, savings certificates, instalment savings, national solidarity bonds and deposit accounts such as the ordinary demand deposit account and the 30 day notice deposit...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Human Rights Issues (2 Jul 2013)

Brian Hayes: I thank the Senator for raising the matter. Unfortunately, the Tánaiste is not in a position to attend the House and has asked me to take the matter. The foreign Minister in Hungary, János Martonyi , wrote to all EU foreign Ministers last March to inform them of changes to the Hungarian constitution which were subsequently approved by the Hungarian Parliament. The changes have...

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)

Brian Hayes: It would be a lot easier to achieve, I suspect.

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)

Brian Hayes: The glass ceiling has been shattered.

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)

Brian Hayes: Do Members need friends like this?

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)

Brian Hayes: The glass ceiling has been shattered.

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)

Brian Hayes: Do Members need friends like this?

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)

Brian Hayes: It would be a lot easier to achieve, I suspect.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (26 Jun 2013)

Brian Hayes: The number of vacant State-owned properties per county is listed below: Carlow: 1 Cavan: 5 Clare: 10 Cork: 19 Donegal: 11 Dublin: 36 Galway:13 Kerry: 15 Kildare: 3 Kilkenny: 5 Laois: 4 Leitrim: 7 Limerick: 12 Longford: 3 Mayo:11 Meath: 4 Monaghan: 5 Offaly: 3 Roscommon: 7 Sligo: 5 Tipperary: 7 Waterford: 3 Westmeath 5 Wexford 3 Wicklow 2 Louth 4 The majority of vacant state-owned...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (26 Jun 2013)

Brian Hayes: The following are the figures requested by Deputy Deasy. Annual Operational Costs 2010 Operational and maintenance costs 2,805,515 Gas and Electricity €150,341 2012 Operational and maintenance costs €2,798,623 Gas and Electricity €182,668 Overnight State Visitors 2010 President of Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste 2012 OSCE, King Letsie III of Lesotho - High Level...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Applications (26 Jun 2013)

Brian Hayes: My Office is currently assessing the application submitted by Leitrim County Council under the Minor Works Scheme for flood relief works at Lough Reane. The application is being assessed under the Scheme’s eligibility criteria, which include a requirement that any measures are cost beneficial, and having regard to the overall availability of funding. A decision will be made on this...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (26 Jun 2013)

Brian Hayes: Skreen Church tower situated on the Hill of Skryne Co. Meath is a National Monument in State ownership. It stands on an elevated site on the Hill of Skyrne and was built in 1341 on top of an earlier church which had a shrine dedicated to St. Columba.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (26 Jun 2013)

Brian Hayes: I understand that the watercourse in question is one of the channels in the Rochfortbridge area that form part of the Boyne Arterial Drainage Scheme. The Office of Public Works (OPW) maintains these channels on a 3-4 year cycle and this channel was included in the maintenance programme last year. This work will have helped to reduce any potential flooding situation. Under its maintenance...