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- Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: Is Senator Cullinane one of those people?
- Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: Give him more time.
- Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: There are several other accusations we could throw at the leader of that party.
- Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: It is a little disingenuous for Members-----
- Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: I will come to that and I am glad that the Senator is giving me the opportunity to deal with it. This morning it was stated here and outside the House that any money raised in the budget would go towards payment of the promissory notes, but that is incorrect. It is wrong and demonstrates either a misunderstanding or a deliberate attempt to portray something as what it is not. If there was...
- Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: Absolutely, I agree.
- Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: That was a mistake. It was a mistake to do so. We tried, but we could not do so. I put up my hands on that one.
- Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: There is a lot more I could talk about-----
- Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: Senator Mark Daly asked if the Government had asked the troika for any deal. The Budget Statement from the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, referred to the sale of State assets and the fact that we could now use the money garnered to invest in structural change and job creation. When the sale of State assets was first mooted, the idea was that the entire...
- Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: I welcome the Minister of State back to the Chamber. It it good to see him again. I welcome the opportunity to speak on the changes made in the budget today. The first thing we should acknowledge is that the changes made today will certainly have an impact on the lives of our citizens. Of that there is no question.
- Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: It is not possible to remove ¤3.5 billion from the economy without causing pain. We should be honest about this and we need not and should not try to hide this unpleasant fact or hide behind any statistic that would camouflage it. The Opposition has a job to do and it is required to do it; that is fair enough. I welcome Senator O'Brien back to the Chamber. I imagine he brings a new-found...
- Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: I could spend my entire eight-minute slot outlining why these adjustments are necessary. Senator O'Brien, being the decent person he is, will acknowledge that these are necessary because of the mess his party made of the economy. However, I will say no more about that.
- Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: I will give an honest account and I hope others will do so as well. I note there is no representative from Sinn Féin present. Anyway, Sinn Féin has made certain remarks about its pre-budget submission. At 4.55 p.m. this evening Deputy Mac Lochlainn - Senator O'Brien was not long after him - stated that the pre-budget submission of Sinn Féin was costed by the Department of Finance. He...
- Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: In response to a parliamentary question received only yesterday, the Minister for Finance has confirmed that such a facility exists.
- Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: He further confirmed that neither of the Opposition parties had used the service in regard to their submissions.
- Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: Either the Minister is telling lies or someone else is.
- Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: It is important that the parties place accurate information on the record of the House, and I would welcome clarification on the matter. Since the beginning of the crisis successive Governments have removed ¤24 billion from the economy. The Minister for Public Enterprise and Reform, Deputy Howlin, has stated that this represents the vast bulk of the total adjustment required. It is a...
- Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: Wrong - the second worst.
- Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: Fianna Fáil decided it and have done it three times.