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Seanad: Order of Business (29 Oct 2009)

Liam Twomey: I also call for a debate on what the HSE is doing in regard to nursing home charges. It is basically saying that if one requires public nursing home care but does not manage to fulfil the criteria to qualify for the fair deal scheme, one could end up paying up to €3,000 per week to stay in a public nursing home. That amounts, basically, to bringing in a form of health apartheid, which is...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Oct 2009)

Liam Twomey: This is rubbish. The Senator should stop it.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Oct 2009)

Liam Twomey: A Fianna Fáil leader was dispatched to the Park and shafted as well.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Business Plan: Statements (29 Oct 2009)

Liam Twomey: I thank the Minister of State for his presentation. As he pointed out, we will be dealing with the NAMA Bill in the next two weeks, but it is nice to get an update on what is going on. There are significant concerns about NAMA and where it is going, including the figures thrown out by the Minister of State in his speech. He states that the original value of the loans taken over by NAMA was...

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Business Plan: Statements (29 Oct 2009)

Liam Twomey: Excuse me. The theory behind it is that, otherwise, one will never really know what developers did or did not do. We would be going on trust.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Business Plan: Statements (29 Oct 2009)

Liam Twomey: I hope not.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Business Plan: Statements (29 Oct 2009)

Liam Twomey: Will we not have an allotment on Leinster Lawn? That could be symbolic.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2009)

Liam Twomey: We hear much about the relevance of the Seanad. Despite the fact that thousands of children and adults have contracted swine flu and tens of thousands of those deemed to be at risk are being vaccinated against the condition, a debate on the issue has been pulled because three Ministers, none of whom is responsible for the Health Service Executive, are unable to make themselves available to...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2009)

Liam Twomey: It is 12 years since a Fianna Fáil-led Government initiated its policy of zero tolerance on crime. Subversive activity and home-grown organised crime are increasing and foreign criminal gangs are establishing themselves. I call on the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to come before the House to discuss rampant crime in certain parts of the country. The Government is...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2009)

Liam Twomey: The Senator is a crackpot. What is he going on about?

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2009)

Liam Twomey: Senator Hanafin has some cheek to say that in here. The Senator's party has controlled the media for ten years.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2009)

Liam Twomey: The Leader should be careful. He is digging a big hole in the sand.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2009)

Liam Twomey: Can I reply?

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2009)

Liam Twomey: On a point of order, as somebody who has never been privileged to be a member of any golf club and who has never played golf, that statement means very little.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2009)

Liam Twomey: Newstalk.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2009)

Liam Twomey: Deputy Kenny is not a member of the committee.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2009)

Liam Twomey: Yes.

Seanad: Mortgage and Debt Support Measures: Motion (4 Nov 2009)

Liam Twomey: I thank Senator O'Toole for agreeing to sharing time. Much of the motion is acceptable to most Members on both sides of the House. It should have been incorporated into the Government's motion. I am sad that this was not done. The Minister of State presented figures to suggest there is no problem but significant problems exist. The Minister of State should consider the percentage of...

Seanad: Mortgage and Debt Support Measures: Motion (4 Nov 2009)

Liam Twomey: The Government amendment contains no apology for the way the Government has landed the people in this mess. When the banks were giving out 100% mortgages over 30 years and suggesting there should be no interest repayments, Bertie Ahern was saying that everything was grand and people should belt away. The Government landed the people in this mess and gave them a false sense of security. The...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2009)

Liam Twomey: Not only would Deputy Kenny, as vice president of the European People's Party, EPP, and Fine Gael, as a member of the EPP, support John Bruton as the next President of the European Commission, but we will do everything we can to support the case of Ireland and every Irish person in the European project as we have done since joining the EU. We will continue to give our support to the...