Results 201-220 of 501 for speaker:Maurice Hayes

Seanad: Order of Business. (18 May 2005)

Maurice Hayes: I, too, was going to protest about ageism but I forget what it was I wanted to say. We will have a debate later, or at least an exchange, on Europe. The Taoiseach was in Warsaw at a meeting of the Council of Europe. Perhaps the Leader could arrange for a report on that meeting so that we could have a discussion on the Council of Europe, particularly the European Court of Human Rights which...

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 May 2005)

Maurice Hayes: I support many of the requests for debates but particularly on obesity and breast cancer. These are highly complex issues. People drive their children to school out of concern for their security. Schools do not allow children to play because they accept there is a risk and parents may sue the schools. Society must look at these issues. Senator Minihan made a good point, namely, that the diet...

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 May 2005)

Maurice Hayes: I will help the Cathaoirleach with his time difficulties by simply saying I wish to support the request for a debate on suicide and Senator Ryan's appeal for some sort of motion as regards the visitor from the Sudan, who is being prevented from receiving an award from our President. That should concern us.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2005)

Maurice Hayes: I am always grateful to Senator Mansergh for lighting up my day with classical allusions. I cannot help thinking that the next time Europa and Turkey get together in any seminal way, the agency will be a man in a bowler hat from Brussels. I support the Senator's underlying theme — the need for a debate on hugely important European matters such as subsidiarity. Some groundbreaking work needs...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2005)

Maurice Hayes: I will not trespass on the Cathaoirleach's patience by responding to congratulations he thinks should not have been offered in the first place. I reflect on an American friend who said, "Lord let me live in your vineyard but in a consultative capacity". I support the remarks of Senator Ó Murchú on the inquiry into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings. Mr. MacEntee is an outstanding man of...

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Apr 2005)

Maurice Hayes: I support Senator Glynn's request for a debate on suicide, and also Senator Ross's call for a debate on higher education. These are both very pressing issues. It was reported in the newspapers last week, that the effect of a European directive was that retail butchers could only sell direct to the so-called "end users". As such, they were precluded from selling to chefs and restaurants. If...

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Apr 2005)

Maurice Hayes: While I am not sure by what route this can be pursued, I ask the Leader to facilitate a debate on the issue raised by Senator White. What is proposed can by no means be regarded as a satisfactory means of looking into the issues that are concerned.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (9 Mar 2005)

Maurice Hayes: I will be brief as the Minister of State has already heard most of the arguments and comments. Senator Mooney was somewhat kind to the subsidiary legislation by suggesting its flaw was minor when in fact it was ultra vires. It attempted to change the intent of the main legislation, not to bring it into effect. This is an elementary point and legal advice would have been clear and consistent...

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Mar 2005)

Maurice Hayes: I am tempted to say to Senator McHugh that an even better programme could be made about fiddling in south Armagh.

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Mar 2005)

Maurice Hayes: I want to express horror at the statement made by the IRA. These are people who have beaten a path to the European courts and have sought sworn inquiries on everything. They are also prepared to murder people without any sort of due process. It does point to the precedent which Senator Mansergh has so accurately drawn. That point of decision has come for today's Sinn Féin and their leaders...

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Mar 2005)

Maurice Hayes: I, too, support the McCartney sisters and congratulate them on their courage and articulacy. Their views and Dr. Paisley's very helpful intervention have a theme in common. They are all looking for the rule of law to be applied. Could we have a debate on policing in the North five years after the Patten report? Policing is the key to the whole process. I wonder what is left for Sinn Féin to...

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Mar 2005)

Maurice Hayes: I support the request for the Minister for Health and Children to tell us, without alarming the public, what is being done to prepare for a pandemic. Certain precautions need to be taken against eventualities. One should consider what is happening at present in Northern Ireland. Anti-viral drugs are being stockpiled to provide for one quarter of the population. I hope a similar measure might...

Seanad: Civil Partnership Bill 2004: Second Stage. (16 Feb 2005)

Maurice Hayes: Senator Hanafin will, therefore, be able to speak. I, too, congratulate Senator Norris and thank him for the trouble he has taken to bring the legislation before the House. I also thank the Leader for her diplomacy in ensuring the debate proceeded in an acceptable form, the Minister for his thoughtful and compassionate speech and Senator Kett for proposing the amendment in the manner he did....

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Feb 2005)

Maurice Hayes: Senator Norris will forgive me if I refer to Blackwood, who came from the Ards of Down to vote against the union. In this case, I came from the Ards of Down to vote for the union as proposed by Senator Norris. I hope Senator Norris will participate in a debate on this subject. I came prepared to debate it and to vote for something along the lines of what he proposes to deal with an important...

Seanad: Privacy and Defamation: Statements. (9 Feb 2005)

Maurice Hayes: I am grateful to Senator Dardis for sharing time with me. I have several interests to declare before I start. I am a member of the board of Independent Newspapers and I write newspaper articles. I have also been acting as a facilitator to the press team to which the Minister made reference. From now on I am on my own, in the sense that anything I say does not reflect the policy or the...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Bill 2002: Committee Stage. (3 Feb 2005)

Maurice Hayes: It could if the person bringing the prosecutions had a bit of wit too.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Bill 2002: Committee Stage. (3 Feb 2005)

Maurice Hayes: I agree with Senator Tuffy that the issue is a very serious one and I am glad the Minister has taken it seriously. I am thinking about his comment that eminent jurists elsewhere have expressed a view on the matter. They should try living in a terror-stricken area for a while and they would see it differently. The nature of terrorism is that it terrorises people. One saw it occurring in some...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Bill 2002: Committee Stage. (3 Feb 2005)

Maurice Hayes: Surely the content is not recorded?

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Bill 2002: Committee Stage. (3 Feb 2005)

Maurice Hayes: His telephone was tapped.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Bill 2002: Committee Stage. (3 Feb 2005)

Maurice Hayes: I presume the Minister is not asking people to retain data in general. I presume the Garda will ask that data be retained in respect of calls emanating from person X or situation X. Which of those two is it?