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Seanad: Investment of the National Pensions Reserve Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2009: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2009)

Liam Twomey: That is about all we get.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Mar 2009)

Liam Twomey: Mná na hÉireann are not happy.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Mar 2009)

Liam Twomey: The Leader will have to take in a candle.

Seanad: Telecommunications Services: Motion (25 Mar 2009)

Liam Twomey: I second the amendment. The Minister is aware of the difficulties Eircom faces in providing infrastructure because Babcock & Brown does not have the necessary funding. The national broadband scheme he recently announced has been granted to 3 Ireland. I would like to take issue with some of the points Eircom made at the committee last week. It was stated that it is not possible to get...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Mar 2009)

Liam Twomey: I seek a debate on the national debt. In 1997 we tried to spend our way into utopia and that failed miserably. We should put on record that while our national debt is low at this time, the debt of the people, the ordinary men and women in the street, is at an unprecedentedly high level. It was never that high in the 1980s. When one adds the national debt to the debt of the people one will...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Mar 2009)

Liam Twomey: It does not matter what the debt is in other European countries. I refer to what will happen in this country in the next couple of years.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Mar 2009)

Liam Twomey: We are planning on borrowing at least another €20 billion a year. We are also planning on supporting the banks to the tune of at least another €20 billion a year. Let us be realistic about where we are putting ourselves. Yesterday the United States Treasury could not sell United Kingdom bonds at auction. We could find ourselves in a similar situation next year. I would not like to be...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Mar 2009)

Liam Twomey: That is what the Garda said.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Mar 2009)

Liam Twomey: It was not in Wexford.

Seanad: Forthcoming Budget: Statements (26 Mar 2009)

Liam Twomey: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Mansergh, back to the House. He is a frequent visitor. He has been coming here so often his attendance is almost as good as when he was a Senator. In terms of the next budget, unfortunately for the Government it will be "damned if it does and damned if it doesn't". We cannot discuss the budget because we do not know the details of it and therefore...

Seanad: Forthcoming Budget: Statements (26 Mar 2009)

Liam Twomey: I support the Minister's view.

Seanad: Fishing Fleet Decommissioning Scheme (26 Mar 2009)

Liam Twomey: This issue arose in the courts and I was informed the case was settled two weeks ago, but that does not seem to be so. The issue relates to the decommissioning of a fishing boat. No vessel can be decommissioned until the Department has given permission for that and permission is usually given on the basis that decommissioning is approved. In this case, because the decommissioning was...

Seanad: Fishing Fleet Decommissioning Scheme (26 Mar 2009)

Liam Twomey: The problem is the High Court has made a decision. However, there was nobody in court from the Department to accept that decision. That is the reason I am asking the Minister of State to clarify the situation as it is the Minister who is involved. A decision was made this morning with regard to costs, but nobody turned up to represent the Minister. There is, therefore, a difficulty. It...

Seanad: Fishing Fleet Decommissioning Scheme (26 Mar 2009)

Liam Twomey: I will have to accept what the Minister of State is saying but the judgment made should have been sought by or given to him in preparation for this reply. As he is well aware, this is a very serious issue and a huge financial burden is being placed on the individual involved. There is a sense of David and Goliath in that the individual does not have the financial resources of the State. If...

Seanad: Fishing Fleet Decommissioning Scheme (26 Mar 2009)

Liam Twomey: I appreciate that.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Liam Twomey: I second Senator Fitzgerald's amendment to the Order of Business which calls on the Minister for Health and Children to come to the House to discuss her plans for the cystic fibrosis unit at St. Vincent's Hospital. There is a serious need for discussion on this issue because it is Government policy to not invest in the long-term development of the Irish health care service but instead to...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Liam Twomey: I have listened to them for the past four years.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Liam Twomey: Senator White should vote against the Government on this proposal. That would be far more useful.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Liam Twomey: Shame on it. The Government should be sacked.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Liam Twomey: Bring in the Minister.