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Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)

Liam Twomey: I will keep it very simple for him.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)

Liam Twomey: Senator Leyden could not tell the difference between sterling and dollars.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)

Liam Twomey: The Senator does not even know what a good bank-bad bank solution entails. He does not know what he is talking about.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)

Liam Twomey: If I asked him to explain it, he would know nothing about it. He is only saying-----

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)

Liam Twomey: I would love to give Senator Leyden ten minutes of my time to explain the good bank-bad bank proposal.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)

Liam Twomey: We are delighted to respond.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)

Liam Twomey: I must give it the good bank-bad bank proposal also.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)

Liam Twomey: Could one drink and drive in it?

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)

Liam Twomey: On a point of order, the Members of this institution cannot close it.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)

Liam Twomey: We would appreciate a pre-budget speech.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)

Liam Twomey: Like for the banks.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)

Liam Twomey: Has the Minister an alternative?

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)

Liam Twomey: We would like to hear some of those.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2009)

Liam Twomey: It is ironic to receive the letter from you this morning, a Chathaoirligh, stating that Fine Gael's proposed home owner support amendment to the National Asset Management Agency legislation is ruled out of order when the headline in the newspapers is that 1,000 people are in trouble with their mortgages and only half of those individuals are receiving support from the State. I seek an urgent...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2009)

Liam Twomey: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2009)

Liam Twomey: That sounds like the Taoiseach. He has no mandate and the fellow before him had a false one.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2009)

Liam Twomey: Like all legislation, this boils down to politics, economics and the legislation itself. I read somewhere that the Title of this Bill is structured in such a way that it deals with this issue as if it is some sort of national emergency and, therefore, the Minister can take very strong powers upon himself because of the pressing need for the Irish economy to have this legislation.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2009)

Liam Twomey: I am not disputing that. I am simply stating that is the way I am reading it.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2009)

Liam Twomey: The Senator is getting support that it is definitely a national emergency. When I asked the Minister on Second Stage whether this Bill would be referred to the Supreme Court to test its constitutionality, he replied that he felt there was no need for that. He did not return to the issue when he responded on Second Stage, which I did not really expect him to, as almost every Senator in the...

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2009)

Liam Twomey: He does not want to hear about Japan or France.