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Seanad: Supplementary Budget Statement 2009: Statements (9 Apr 2009)

Liam Twomey: No, that is Fianna Fáil.

Seanad: Supplementary Budget Statement 2009: Statements (9 Apr 2009)

Liam Twomey: The Senator has the wrong party.

Seanad: Supplementary Budget Statement 2009: Statements (9 Apr 2009)

Liam Twomey: No Ministers.

Seanad: Supplementary Budget Statement 2009: Statements (9 Apr 2009)

Liam Twomey: The Minister of State is safe enough for the moment.

Seanad: Supplementary Budget Statement 2009: Statements (9 Apr 2009)

Liam Twomey: I interrupt briefly the Minister of State. He answered some of my questions but I asked a question about smaller banks being more solvent than larger banks and whether we could examine this with regard to getting money into the system quickly. Has the Minister of State considered this?

Seanad: Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Programme: Statements (23 Apr 2009)

Liam Twomey: I congratulate the Minister of State, Deputy Brady on her appointment. She has a difficult task ahead but that is the job of Ministers. If we look at the Government's response to diabetes and the issue of the diabetes crisis in our health care system during the good times in this country, I have very little confidence we can really deal with this crisis when money is in short supply for the...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2009: Second Stage (29 Apr 2009)

Liam Twomey: When I heard Senator O'Malley lecturing Senator Buttimer on budgets, the words, "kettle", "pot" and "black" came to mind. Unfortunately, we are in the middle of one hell of a budget buster, the worst ever seen in the State's history. This has been a disastrous budget for the people. There is a need for more honesty from the Government as to what exactly will happen in the coming months....

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Apr 2009)

Liam Twomey: I wish to correct the record of the House. Reference was made in the House either yesterday morning or possibly on Tuesday to the availability of BreastCheck in the north west and west. A statement from the Irish Cancer Society makes it clear there is no BreastCheck service at present in counties Donegal, Leitrim or Clare. It is not available and there are no plans for it in the future...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Apr 2009)

Liam Twomey: There are more than enough experts in the HSE to advise it. If they did their jobs we would not have to listen to this rubbish on the airwaves. I ask the Leader to write to Professor Drumm and tell him to get a grip of himself and his communications director.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Apr 2009)

Liam Twomey: It is an insult to the people of Ireland. Reference was made to patriotism and shopping north of the Border. I ask the Leader to write to all State agencies. I hear that a major number of State agencies and State bodies are giving contracts to businesses outside Ireland.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Apr 2009)

Liam Twomey: This is an important issue and we must debate it. This business is going outside the island of Ireland. Often Irish businesses can do this work.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Apr 2009)

Liam Twomey: I accept that Senator Callely likes to make light of the issue that Irish people are losing their jobs at a rate of 13,000 per month. Businesses in Ireland can do jobs for local authorities and State bodies and the contracts are being given to companies in Europe that are entitled to apply for them. They are getting these contracts even though Irish businesses can do the job, but are not...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Apr 2009)

Liam Twomey: Senator Callely is part of the Government under which unemployment doubled in the past 12 months. That is the sense of isolation here. Unemployment has doubled in the past 12 months and it is not a laughing matter. Laboratory technicians who are highly trained and skilled in carrying out smear tests are being laid off in the health service——

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Apr 2009)

Liam Twomey: ——because the contract was given to a company in the USA by the Minister for Health and Children.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Apr 2009)

Liam Twomey: This is the same Government that told us to be patriotic. This is where contracts are going and it must be examined. We are rapidly losing confidence in the Government, the Taoiseach and his Ministers. The talk of national unity and working together is nonsensical because clearly Government Members have not a clue what is going on and are refusing to sort out major problems in this...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Apr 2009)

Liam Twomey: The second one might be due to the Senator's celebrity status.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 May 2009)

Liam Twomey: Now that George Lee has gone, no doubt the public finances will be all correct in the morning. There is nothing wrong with the economy and everything is fine now that George Lee has left RTE. George Lee reports on the mess Fianna Fáil has made of the economy.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 May 2009)

Liam Twomey: If Senator Leyden believes nothing is wrong with the public finances, then he is living in an even more-----

Seanad: Order of Business (6 May 2009)

Liam Twomey: As the Cathaoirleach always says, these individuals cannot defend themselves because they are not Members of this House. Therefore we should defend them.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 May 2009)

Liam Twomey: If we are going to make wild charges against individuals outside the House, there is nothing wrong with Members on this side of the House defending such people. If Senator Leyden really wants to go through most of the people in public-----