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Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jun 2009)

Liam Twomey: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business that No. 34, motion 31, is taken immediately after the Aviation (Preclearance) Bill 2009. I object strongly to any time limit being placed on it. It is unnecessary in that if Members wish to speak, they should be allowed to do so without any time limit on the debate. By refusing to accept this motion, the Government parties are trying to...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jun 2009)

Liam Twomey: The last of the Mohicans.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jun 2009)

Liam Twomey: Yes.

Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)

Liam Twomey: I thank the Minister of State for taking this debate. I am disappointed the Leader failed to agree to a motion on which we could vote.

Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)

Liam Twomey: I am especially disappointed in that regard. The Minister of State failed to admit the Government's mistakes in leading us into this crisis. In 2007, when the then Taoiseach, Deputy Bertie Ahern, and the current Taoiseach, Deputy Brian Cowen, were re-elected, the people were in debt to the tune of approximately €100 billion, the Government debt was approximately €40 billion and the...

Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)

Liam Twomey: That is the lamest excuse I have heard for retaining the current shower in government.

Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)

Liam Twomey: Should we leave them in place for another ten years to see if they get any better?

Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)

Liam Twomey: When the Leader responds, he can explain how the Government managed to banjax the State to the extent that the national debt has been doubled in a short timeframe.

Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)

Liam Twomey: There is a general perception that the Government is embedded too deeply with particular sectors. Everybody knows it is too closely associated with developers.

Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)

Liam Twomey: What did the Governor of the Central Bank say about the alleged green shoots on the day of the election? We have not heard a word from him since. He was playing politics. That is why people want rid of this Government. It is too embedded with all these interests. We cannot get accurate information on these matters. That is why this Government will be kicked out. The Government claims...

Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)

Liam Twomey: The Leader does not know the answer to these questions.

Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)

Liam Twomey: The Government has brought us into the worst financial mess in the history of the State.

Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)

Liam Twomey: The figures are there.

Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)

Liam Twomey: The Government has brought us into the greatest mess in the history of the State. It allowed the property bubble to grow and burst. It allowed public finances to run out of control. It was caught by a global financial crisis.

Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)

Liam Twomey: If the Leader had not persisted in interrupting me, I might have said much more about this.

Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)

Liam Twomey: The Leader has attempted to make a mockery by referring to 1983 and so on.

Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)

Liam Twomey: The Government should bear in mind Eamon de Valera's remark that we did not rear our children so that they could be exported like cattle.

Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)

Liam Twomey: The Government has returned us to that situation.

Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)

Liam Twomey: The Senator's party is arrogant, it has nothing to do with gloating. It gloated for long enough, as I witnessed when I was a Member of the Lower House. Fianna Fáil gloated while the country went to pot.

Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)

Liam Twomey: Do not talk down to anyone.