Results 181-200 of 501 for speaker:Maurice Hayes

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Jun 2005)

Maurice Hayes: I, too, appeal to the Leader to do the best she can to ensure there is full debate on the Garda Bill, even if it means late sittings or pushing business into the following week. It is very difficult to deal with that volume of amendments but I share the Minister's view that we should press on as there is a need to modernise the management of the Garda as soon as possible. We all know the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Jun 2005)

Maurice Hayes: The point I was going to raise has been fairly adequately dealt with by Senator Mansergh. Many people think the grounds for revocation were decidedly iffy. I am glad the Taoiseach has asked for the grounds, and if he is not able to tell us what the grounds were at least he could tell us that there were grounds. One suspects it had more to do with political expediency than with security. I...

Seanad: Morris Tribunal Reports: Motion. (15 Jun 2005)

Maurice Hayes: I am grateful to Senators Jim Walsh and Cummins for their kindness on this matter. I wish to be associated with the sympathy extended to the Minister and his wife expressed by Senator McDowell. I remember when the Patten report was published and was discussed in this House. I suggested there were lessons to be learned in this jurisdiction, to the derision of the then Minister for Justice,...

Seanad: Morris Tribunal Reports: Motion. (15 Jun 2005)

Maurice Hayes: I would allow Garda recruits to be trained with social workers and others, alongside whom they will be working for the rest of their professional lives. I would also provide for lateral entry to the Garda Síochána at different levels. I have already made my views on the ombudsman clear to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. He knows what they are and I will not labour them...

Seanad: Morris Tribunal Reports: Motion. (15 Jun 2005)

Maurice Hayes: If people see gardaí on patrol it embodies the value of the watchdog principle, but there is no point in having a watchdog if it is starved to death. This is as much a matter for the paymasters as it is for the Minister, so the Government must be prepared to put resources into this area. If I were the Minister, I would put a great deal of faith into another instrument of the Bill, namely,...

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Jun 2005)

Maurice Hayes: I support what Senator Burke has said regarding stops and rest points along motorways. I think it is a great source of danger and I would be glad to have a debate on this issue in the House if the Leader could arrange it.

Seanad: Order of Business. (14 Jun 2005)

Maurice Hayes: I agreed to help the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform implement whatever was passed by the Oireachtas. He very decently said that I could preserve my own independence and was quite free, and this was the context within which any discussion took place. It is a matter for the Oireachtas to decide and no one person has a greater right to dictate or declare the decision. The Garda...

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)

Maurice Hayes: I support the idea of a debate on Europe in the more reflective surroundings of the Seanad after the summer recess. On the Morris report, apart from saying that I wish I held the patent rights on the ombudsman's report I wrote a number of years ago, the Leader could orchestrate the debate so it takes place before the Bill completes its course in the other House. It is important that the...

Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (1 Jun 2005)

Maurice Hayes: While I share Senator Bannon's objectives, I do not share his opinion of this Bill. We are all committed to normalising as much as possible the lives of people with disabilities by enabling them to play as full a part in society as their capacities permit. These capacities should not be underestimated or obstructed by statutory barriers. People should not believe that they cannot cross a...

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jun 2005)

Maurice Hayes: I have an interest to declare in charities as chairman of the Ireland Fund, which is a charity. Together with other bodies in this field, it has pressed for some time for charitable legislation. All the major charities want legislation. The sooner it is put in place the better. None of what has happened detracts from the wonderful work done by Ms Noble. It is a great pity that any doubt...

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jun 2005)

Maurice Hayes: May I say something to the committee?

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jun 2005)

Maurice Hayes: Very well. I wish to remind it that someone has been charged in the McCartney case and we should not prejudice the trial.

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 May 2005)

Maurice Hayes: I support those who seek a debate on nursing homes. The Minister should look at the situation that pertains in Northern Ireland, where a social services inspectorate carries out scheduled inspections and spot checks. We do not need to wait for regulations because many of these people are placed there by the health boards.

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 May 2005)

Maurice Hayes: The health boards have a contract and they can put whatever conditions they want in the contract. It seems there is a necessity for the relevant Minister to bring forward legislation on the regulation of charities. We were promised this some time ago. I support the position of Senators Dardis and Minihan on the gardaí. It is unreasonable to expect a garda to wait until he is shot before he...

Seanad: Nuclear Plants: Motion. (25 May 2005)

Maurice Hayes: I support the broad thrust of the motion but the terms are somewhat self-satisfied and buaileam sciath; what wonderful people we are as we do not have a nuclear industry and we can tell everyone else how to run theirs. I have lived all my life 90 miles downwind from Sellafield for 90 days a year. Of the other 270 days, the wind blows in the opposite direction. Creating hysteria does not help...

Seanad: Order of Business. (19 May 2005)

Maurice Hayes: I am tempted to support Senator Ross in regard to the question of how people respond to debates in the House. We all know the difference between a Minister who engages with the House and one who has a prepared response to the debate in question. In the case of the latter, debate is negated. I wish to make a point in regard to the Bill we are being asked to take today as an emergency measure...

Seanad: Suicide Incidence: Statements. (19 May 2005)

Maurice Hayes: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I do not have much to add to Senator Ormonde's sensitive and insightful contribution. The only thing I would implore her to do would be to stick to decent terms like aftercare and leave terms such as "postvention" to people who think up awful terms, such as "proactivity". I wish to contribute to the debate because suicide is also a common problem...

Seanad: Business of Seanad. (19 May 2005)

Maurice Hayes: Why not set the time at3.30 p.m.?

Seanad: Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) Bill 2005: Second and Subsequent Stages. (19 May 2005)

Maurice Hayes: This is a very narrow Bill, and we should concentrate on it. It is clearly the will of the House that the Minister should have his Bill, so we should deal with it as expeditiously as possible. The Minister may have gathered there was a degree of angst in the House that it is being done in this way. The Minister has been prudent, having proceeded with the minimum amount of intrusion. It is the...

Seanad: Constitution for Europe: Statements. (18 May 2005)

Maurice Hayes: Cuirim fáilte roimh bhaill Pharlaimint na hEorpa. Senator Ormonde was kind enough to refer to my chairmanship of the National Forum on Europe. That imposes its own obligation on me to protect the integrity and independence of the forum. I will, therefore, deal with structural matters. This is an extremely important occasion. It is an important development in the linkage between the European...