Results 2,181-2,200 of 4,810 for speaker:Liam Twomey
- Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)
Liam Twomey: Do not talk down to any Member of the House.
- Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)
Liam Twomey: The Senator could obtain a good lesson from Members on that side of the House.
- Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)
Liam Twomey: I never personalised my remarks in the way the Senator is doing.
- Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)
Liam Twomey: The Government should give the people the option of deciding between the two parties.
- Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)
Liam Twomey: It is difficult medicine to take. That is what is wrong with the Senator.
- Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)
Liam Twomey: I hope so. I thank the Senator for her concern.
- Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)
Liam Twomey: It is a very obvious limp. One does not need to be a doctor to spot it.
- Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)
Liam Twomey: Absolutely.
- Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)
Liam Twomey: I took the pain when it came to me.
- Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)
Liam Twomey: They were shafted by the Government.
- Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)
Liam Twomey: The Government is bringing back rates.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (23 Jun 2009)
Liam Twomey: I add my support to the call for a proper debate on what is happening at Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin. We are getting so fixated with costs for the services provided that we are making a complete mess of this. The Government has no clear idea where it is going. There is a need for a serious debate on the matter. It is damaging the services being provided at the hospital by its...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (23 Jun 2009)
Liam Twomey: He would be fairly proud of the Government.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2009)
Liam Twomey: The Senator is like the Mad Hatter.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2009)
Liam Twomey: The economy is not dead at all. It is alive.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2009)
Liam Twomey: I hope when we debate economic policy that Mad Hatter thinking goes out the window so that we have some sort of a debate and not that rubbish.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2009)
Liam Twomey: My apologies a Chathaoirligh. I support Senator Fitzgerald's call for a debate on the role of the Oireachtas. Questions to Ministers about the National Roads Authority, the Road Safety Authority, the Health and Safety Authority and the Health Service Executive are often replied with claims the Minister has no official responsibility for the body in question or they are diverted down a...
- Seanad: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (24 Jun 2009)
Liam Twomey: On Second Stage I asked what would happen with public nursing homes given that they are on average twice the cost of private nursing homes. This is often because they provide an additional range of services, including physiotherapy and occupational therapy, and have more staff. There are also wage agreements with the HSE that might not necessarily apply to people working in the private...
- Seanad: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (24 Jun 2009)
Liam Twomey: That is not true.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Liam Twomey: In the light of what we read in the newspapers this morning, that the country faces the worst economic crisis seen anywhere in the last 60 years, according to the IMF, and the fact that it calls for cuts in public sector pay and numbers, increased taxes and an end to universal payments, we should have an early debate on the wider economy. After the Order of Business we will discuss...