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Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2009)

Liam Twomey: There will be a bualadh bos at the end.

Seanad: Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2009)

Liam Twomey: Are any amendments due to be tabled in the Dáil?

Seanad: Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2009)

Liam Twomey: I thank the Minister of State for that clarification.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Liam Twomey: Our economy will continue to change over the summer and the effects of the difficulties will become more apparent, for example in the health and education sectors. By the time we come back in September, Monaghan General Hospital will have closed, in effect, as an acute hospital. The effects of increased class sizes in schools throughout this country will start to be evident. The headlines...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Liam Twomey: A conflict of interest is a conflict of interest.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Liam Twomey: I hope it is better than the quality we got for the last decade.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Liam Twomey: When we come back in the new term, I hope the work of the House will be more structured and ordered and we will not be rushing legislation as we have done in recent days. I hope the Minister for Finance manages to come in today and stays for the full duration of the debate we will be having after the Order of Business.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Liam Twomey: Hopefully he will stay for the full debate we will be having this afternoon.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Liam Twomey: When the Minister for Health and Children comes into the House next week she should give clear answers on what is happening with community pharmacists. Some people have already mentioned in this House that the Minister has said that €1 billion worth of drugs costs €650 million to dispense to patients. Those figures seem ridiculous and the Minister needs to break them down and outline...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Liam Twomey: On a point of order, how is closing an accident and emergency department a smokescreen?

Seanad: OECD and IMF Reports: Statements (10 Jul 2009)

Liam Twomey: With the permission of the House, I wish to share time with Senator Eugene Regan. I do not know whether the Government has learned anything as regards what is actually happening in this crisis. There was an unbelievable episode around 15 months ago, in March 2008 I believe, where the Government announced it wanted to give itself pay increases of between 12% and 14%. At the time while it...

Seanad: OECD and IMF Reports: Statements (10 Jul 2009)

Liam Twomey: Where did I say that? The Senator is making it up as he goes along, which is stupidity.

Seanad: OECD and IMF Reports: Statements (10 Jul 2009)

Liam Twomey: Not really. I am not bothered either.

Seanad: OECD and IMF Reports: Statements (10 Jul 2009)

Liam Twomey: What happened to the economy?

Seanad: OECD and IMF Reports: Statements (10 Jul 2009)

Liam Twomey: The Senator is the candy man.

Seanad: OECD and IMF Reports: Statements (10 Jul 2009)

Liam Twomey: Neither is the Senator's own answer. He does not know what the Government is going to do either.

Seanad: OECD and IMF Reports: Statements (10 Jul 2009)

Liam Twomey: Yes, he is right.

Seanad: OECD and IMF Reports: Statements (10 Jul 2009)

Liam Twomey: It is the Government's responsibility to come up with the answers but it has not been able to do that.

Seanad: OECD and IMF Reports: Statements (10 Jul 2009)

Liam Twomey: My apologies.

Seanad: OECD and IMF Reports: Statements (10 Jul 2009)

Liam Twomey: How does the Senator know? This guy is a genius.