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Seanad: Order of Business (6 May 2009)

Liam Twomey: All I am saying in the light of Senator Leyden's comments is that if these charges are to be made in this House, we do not really need to be lifting the duvet, as it were, in terms of looking at the connections between people in Fianna Fáil and RTE or many news and media outlets. Let us stay away from that because I assure Senator Leyden that Fianna Fáil will come out of it the wrong end...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 May 2009)

Liam Twomey: However, we will accept the Senator's comments as they stand for now and leave it at that.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 May 2009)

Liam Twomey: Was that George Lee or George Glee?

Seanad: Order of Business (6 May 2009)

Liam Twomey: I fully agree with the Cathaoirleach and I will only use this side of the House to defend individuals against whom wild charges have been made. On the wider issues we should be discussing, I second Senator Fitzgerald's proposal on what is happening with children's services and how the Ombudsman for Children has been abused, to say the least, by the Health Service Executive. I have often said...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 May 2009)

Liam Twomey: We have an even better candidate from the Seanad.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 May 2009)

Liam Twomey: The Leader should be careful in that respect.

Seanad: Swine Flu Outbreak: Statements (6 May 2009)

Liam Twomey: I compliment the officials in the Department of Health and Children on their handling of the potential crisis to date. The lessons learnt by the Department in how to deal with a pandemic were greatly enhanced following the outbreak of SARS in 2003. It is clear from the response of the Department that it has learnt a good deal from that potential SARS outbreak five years ago. All measures...

Seanad: Swine Flu Outbreak: Statements (6 May 2009)

Liam Twomey: Are the vaccines being bought?

Seanad: Swine Flu Outbreak: Statements (6 May 2009)

Liam Twomey: Is that a refundable purchase?

Seanad: Energy Resources: Motion (6 May 2009)

Liam Twomey: There is no doubt we have a very unusual future ahead of us. It is difficult to say what direction it is taking. We are looking at wind and wave power as alternatives to using gas and oil. They involve their own inherent costs which are quite significant, no matter how much we may say they are sustainable or easier on the environment than other forms of energy supply such as gas and oil....

Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2009)

Liam Twomey: Yesterday in the House, the impartial role of individuals working for the public broadcasting service and other media interests was raised. It probably warrants a debate to see how much this affects people's day to day work, given the scandalous remarks that were made. For instance, if we look at some of the people who work for the public broadcaster, they include Miriam O'Callaghan whose...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2009)

Liam Twomey: The Green Party's press officer is a former political correspondent. Gene McKenna, the former political editor of the Irish Independent-----

Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2009)

Liam Twomey: At this stage, these are all on the record.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2009)

Liam Twomey: If we are saying anything negative about these individuals we should refrain from using their names, but if we are not saying anything negative about them it should not matter because their good names are not being taken in vain.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2009)

Liam Twomey: I suppose that, in itself, is an insult.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2009)

Liam Twomey: We can mention it.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2009)

Liam Twomey: It is on the Order of Business. We can say that the person who was political editor of the Irish Independent prior to the general election got a job with the Government after the general election. Some of the political correspondents who currently work in Leinster House are either married to or connected to close family members who are standing for Fianna Fáil in the coming elections....

Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2009)

Liam Twomey: I think it was completely scandalous.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2009)

Liam Twomey: If we need to have a debate on that, the Leader should facilitate it. That sort of blackguarding is an insult to democracy. We should be bigger and more open than that.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2009)

Liam Twomey: They were subsumed.