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Seanad: Priorities in Foreign Affairs: Statements (2 Feb 2012)

Aideen Hayden: I also welcome the Tánaiste to the House. The Labour Party's approach has been one of simultaneously progressing human rights at home and in other countries. The Tánaiste has initiated a new phase. We are willing to take leadership positions in international bodies and to seek election to the UN Human Rights Council. One of the consequences of putting ourselves forward is that our...

Seanad: Croke Park Agreement: Statements (9 Feb 2012)

Aideen Hayden: I propose to share time with Senator Moloney. I welcome the Minister of State. Senator Thomas Byrne never disappoints. I remind him that 16 years of Fianna Fáil in government preceded today's situation. With regard to Senator Mary Ann O'Brien's contribution, I remind her that the date set, 29 February, was set by the previous Administration. I also noted the comments of Senator Byrne...

Seanad: Croke Park Agreement: Statements (9 Feb 2012)

Aideen Hayden: Some 53% of all civil servants are in the lower grades. One of the concerns that arose regarding the Education (Amendment) Bill was the re-employment of retired teachers and health professionals. We do not want to see them coming out one door and in another, particularly when there are large numbers of unemployed young teachers and health professionals. How do we protect against that?...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment)(Political Funding) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Feb 2012)

Aideen Hayden: I also welcome the Minister to the House. The Bill represents a reality. When we look for change we must see it as a continuum and not something to be achieved overnight. I am concerned at the definition of "corporate", in the context of corporate donations. We seem to have taken a view that all corporate donations are wrong and evil. We need to take a step back from this. In the...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment)(Political Funding) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Feb 2012)

Aideen Hayden: It did.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment)(Political Funding) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Feb 2012)

Aideen Hayden: A trust does not have those interests.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment)(Political Funding) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Feb 2012)

Aideen Hayden: Come on.

Seanad: Media Standards: Statements, Questions and Answers (22 Feb 2012)

Aideen Hayden: I welcome the Minister to the House. In his speech, the Minister referred to the different tone of press behaviour in Ireland. Naturally, we are all grateful that the press in Ireland does not cover Ministers snogging their secretaries in cupboards like it does in other jurisdictions.

Seanad: Media Standards: Statements, Questions and Answers (22 Feb 2012)

Aideen Hayden: Is the Minister prepared to keep the introduction of privacy legislation under review? My second question relates to openness and transparency, a matter raised by my colleague, Senator Whelan. As we know those in political circles must make declarations relating to their holdings and so forth. Has the Minister any thoughts about bringing such openness and transparency to the media? I have...

Seanad: Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Feb 2012)

Aideen Hayden: I also welcome the Minister of State to the House and I thank my colleagues for the professional manner in which the debate on this legislation has been handled. This is an important technical piece of legislation which will help deliver significant reductions in interest rates and this bears to be repeated. We must remember we are dealing with the future cost to our children's generation...

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Feb 2012)

Aideen Hayden: Tá brón orm ach níl an Ghaeilge agam chomh agus atá sí ag an Seanadóir Ó Clochartaigh so I will speak in English. On the referendum, I must be one of the few people who is disappointed we are having a referendum on the fiscal stability pact for the reason that I do not believe the Constitution is the right place to be enshrining these types of measures. The Constitution is primarily...

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Feb 2012)

Aideen Hayden: We also have a construction sector that has fallen to 4% of our GDP when closer to 20% was appropriate.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Feb 2012)

Aideen Hayden: Thank you. This is a very important matter. We need to consider emergency measures to support the construction sector and to put some type of floor under the continuing fall of the housing market.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Feb 2012)

Aideen Hayden: It is a matter of supreme arrogance to assume I was referring to the Senator.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment)(Political Funding) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2012)

Aideen Hayden: Say no more. You never know.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2012)

Aideen Hayden: The Minister is welcome. I may be new to this game, but it seems many of the speeches made were Second Stage speeches, not relevant to the amendments. It is not too many years since I was at a political party meeting at which the only time a woman was mentioned was when the chairperson thanked the ladies who had made the tea. That, unfortunately, is the reality. Excellent documentation was...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2012)

Aideen Hayden: In response to Senator Paul Bradford, we all agree that there are other barriers to women's participation in politics. The excellent document furnished to us by the Oireachtas Library and Research Service also set out the ways by which these barriers could be addressed. However, what we are talking about is the funding of political parties, not the other barriers women face in terms of...

Seanad: Child Abuse: Motion (29 Feb 2012)

Aideen Hayden: The Minister is welcome. I also welcome the motion tabled by the Independent Senators and congratulate, in particular, Senator Jillian van Turnhout on her work on it. The amendment also has much to recommend it and I hope an agreement will be reached on the matter. I also welcome the indication given by the Minister that the Government plans to introduce a sexual offences Bill in the...

Seanad: Early Intervention and Family Support Services: Statements (7 Mar 2012)

Aideen Hayden: I welcome the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Fitzgerald, to the House. Like other speakers, I congratulate her on being the first Minister with specific responsibility for and a full ministry on children and youth affairs. Everyone accepts we have had a difficult and traumatic past when it comes to how we approach children in our society. There is much in this regard of...

Seanad: Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (8 Mar 2012)

Aideen Hayden: I welcome the Minister for Finance to the House. It is a great pleasure to have him here with us and I hope we will see more of him again in the future. Like other Members, I have no difficulty with this technical Bill. We should all express our heartfelt sorrow to the Greek people as we are only well aware of the pain they are going through. However, it is a wider issue. Reading the...