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Seanad: Infrastructure and Capital Investment: Statements, Questions and Answers (22 Nov 2011)

Aideen Hayden: Senator Cullinane is looking for a Waterford versus Wexford debate.

Seanad: Infrastructure and Capital Investment: Statements, Questions and Answers (22 Nov 2011)

Aideen Hayden: Were the nine roundabouts absolutely necessary?

Seanad: Health Awareness and Physical Fitness: Motion (23 Nov 2011)

Aideen Hayden: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch to the House. Like all other speakers I congratulate our colleague, Senator Eamonn Coghlan, on this motion. We are examining two issues: physical education and obesity. I congratulate the Library on the excellent document on obesity it put together. It is disheartening to see that in spite of the fact that this is a problem in the...

Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)

Aideen Hayden: The Senator should speak to the amendment.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 Dec 2011)

Aideen Hayden: I also welcome the Minister to the House. We appreciate the difficulty she has with the current budget and the efforts she has made to be as fair as she can possibly be. She has also very eloquently highlighted that we need to change the social welfare system. We have a social welfare system, which like the layers of the onion has come upon us over a number of decades and is no longer fit...

Seanad: Fiscal Responsibility (Statement) Bill 2011: Second Stage (14 Dec 2011)

Aideen Hayden: I also welcome the Minister of State and his comments on the way forward with this Bill. There is a mechanism whereby we can keep the door open on it. That is a progressive way to do it. From a personal perspective, I serve with Senator Sean D. Barrett on the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform. He is a credit to this House and that committee. Without being...

Seanad: Fiscal Responsibility (Statement) Bill 2011: Second Stage (14 Dec 2011)

Aideen Hayden: In response to our Fianna Fáil colleagues' remarks on the family home Bill they put before the House, the Labour Party Senators opposed the Bill, although it had were good aspects, on the basis it had certain fundamental flaws. We asked them to withdraw it and were prepared to come forward with an agreed Bill.

Seanad: Fiscal Responsibility (Statement) Bill 2011: Second Stage (14 Dec 2011)

Aideen Hayden: The Labour Party Senators do not oppose things just for the sake of it, but we are prepared to take a critical view. We are of a mind to respect Senator Sean D. Barrett's proposals.

Seanad: Fiscal Responsibility (Statement) Bill 2011: Second Stage (14 Dec 2011)

Aideen Hayden: The one point I would make about Senator Sean D. Barrett's proposals is that there is no magic bullet. We can have legislation to deal with the issue of fiscal responsibility, particularly matters to do with counter-cyclical ability. We have tried this historically in EU foreign policy, as well as pricing policy, but no matter how many times we tried to balance the market, we have ended up...

Seanad: Fiscal Responsibility (Statement) Bill 2011: Second Stage (14 Dec 2011)

Aideen Hayden: Fianna Fáil's Bill was legally flawed.

Seanad: Fiscal Responsibility (Statement) Bill 2011: Second Stage (14 Dec 2011)

Aideen Hayden: Fianna Fáil's Bill was fundamentally flawed.

Seanad: Fiscal Responsibility (Statement) Bill 2011: Second Stage (14 Dec 2011)

Aideen Hayden: Relevance.

Seanad: Report of Advisory Group on Small Business: Statements (Resumed) (19 Jan 2012)

Aideen Hayden: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. We are all aware of the excellent export figures we have had recently. However, this good news belies the real issue that in order to recover, the economy must look to the domestic market. I will highlight three issues that are important in this regard. The report of the advisory group mentions the laws relating to insolvency and debt and the...

Seanad: Education (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (25 Jan 2012)

Aideen Hayden: I welcome the Minister. This Bill is about many things but it is also about enhancing service delivery and achieving cost savings. I recognise that some of the measures contained in it represent a significant departure from previous practice in that they require the Minister to put in place procedures to govern the appointment and dismissal of teachers after consultation rather than...

Seanad: Education (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (31 Jan 2012)

Aideen Hayden: I support the spirit of this amendment and I spoke to the matter on Second Stage. Perhaps the amendment would be improved by the insertion of the word "reasonable". The term "all efforts" is a very onerous requirement to be placed on a school which may be looking for a teacher at short notice. To be fair, all reasonable efforts should be expended.

Seanad: Education (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (31 Jan 2012)

Aideen Hayden: I have a certain sympathy for what Senator Averil Power is trying to do. In the legal profession, while one remains a registered solicitor, one can be defined as practising or non-practising. When the Teaching Council introduces potentially onerous requirements in terms of continuing professional development, CPD, further education and so forth, it may be an issue for younger teachers, in...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment)(Political Funding) Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Feb 2012)

Aideen Hayden: It is serious for the Seanad.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment)(Political Funding) Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Feb 2012)

Aideen Hayden: I join other speakers in welcoming the Minister to the House on this historic occasion. I also welcome the former Minister, Councillor Niamh Bhreathnach, and the former Senator, Mary Henry, to the Gallery, as well as members of the research and policy communities who have investigated and campaigned for this legislation for years. I take this opportunity to pay tribute to my party...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment)(Political Funding) Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Feb 2012)

Aideen Hayden: The Labour Party has a prouder record than any other political party in terms of women's participation in politics. It is a pity Senator Rónán Mullen is no longer in the Chamber. I found it slightly offensive when he referred to this measure as representing a form of social engineering. The latter suggests a manipulating of outcomes, but that is not what this legislation is about....

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment)(Political Funding) Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Feb 2012)

Aideen Hayden: It is about ensuring enhanced democracy. It is clear that Senator Mullen does not consider the dominant position of the Catholic Church in, for example, the educational system, which restricts parents' choice of where they send their children to school, to constitute a form of social engineering. Yet he considers giving women access to democratic representation in this country as exactly...