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Seanad: Budget 2010: Motion (16 Dec 2009)

Liam Twomey: Blathering out remarks at will does nothing to improve the situation we are in. This is just another slash and burn budget. The Government has shown little imagination and thinking and it will do nothing to improve the situation. Sadly we will find ourselves in exactly the same position next year because we have seen no action for improving the job prospects of people in the workforce.

Seanad: Budget 2010: Motion (16 Dec 2009)

Liam Twomey: Senator O'Malley wants us to congratulate this Government not for improving the unemployment rate and not for stopping the loss of jobs in the economy but to congratulate the Government for slowing down the rate of the numbers losing their jobs. If that is her standard for improving things-----

Seanad: Budget 2010: Motion (16 Dec 2009)

Liam Twomey: The Senator is great at quoting international literature. Anything that shows the Government debt is increasing massively and unemployment is still increasing, does not bode well for the future. The guys on the Government side need to be more imaginative and come up with solutions to sort out this country pretty quickly. Attacking the Opposition does nothing to improve the situation. We...

Seanad: Budget 2010: Motion (16 Dec 2009)

Liam Twomey: In answer to Senator O'Malley it is on the Fine Gael website but it might be too much for her to read the fuller version of those documents.

Seanad: Budget 2010: Motion (16 Dec 2009)

Liam Twomey: I will provide one if it is that difficult for the Senator. I will endeavour to get her a copy.

Seanad: Budget 2010: Motion (16 Dec 2009)

Liam Twomey: I am hoping the Government will take on board our proposals. I will start by sending a copy of the Fine Gael proposals to Senator O'Malley because this Government needs a few new ideas, it needs to be more imaginative and it needs to wake up and get this country working again otherwise it will not be funny anymore.

Seanad: Budget 2010: Motion (16 Dec 2009)

Liam Twomey: No.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2009)

Liam Twomey: In recent years there have been amazing developments in the field of biomedicine. Two miles from my front door in County Wexford is a company that is heavily involved in the storage of biological tissue for some of our major hospitals. It is currently developing links with international companies for the biological treatment of serious illnesses within our health care system. It is also...

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Dec 2009)

Liam Twomey: I hope the Minister of State is right. If he is going there, I hope he enjoys the day. It is quite a special occasion to be at Newgrange for the winter solstice. This Bill, in many respects, is the end of year accounts detailing how much the Government spent and where the money was spent. I propose that a third Schedule be included in the Bill listing details of the Government's income for...

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Dec 2009)

Liam Twomey: I disagree. I will break with precedent and urge Senator Boyle to continue.

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Dec 2009)

Liam Twomey: What is the Chair's opinion?

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Dec 2009)

Liam Twomey: The section refers to the reduction in excise duty on alcohol. The Minister wants publicans to reduce the cost of alcohol immediately. Is it correct that if they do not pass on the reduction immediately, he will revoke this measure?

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Dec 2009)

Liam Twomey: Does the Minister support a refund of excise duty to wholesalers, considering they had paid excise duty at the previous rate? Publicans will reduce the price. Does the Minister of State support a refund for wholesalers? This is a significant industry and a number of jobs will be put at risk if wholesalers are expected to carry an overdraft to pay the excise duty on behalf of the State. I...

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Dec 2009)

Liam Twomey: This is a difficult issue and I had hoped we could pass the Bill without a division but the Minister of State should clarify this for wholesalers. Separately, I refer to the carbon tax. County Wexford has significant industries and a major hospital but they have no access to natural gas. However, they will be hit with a carbon tax, which will mean they will be unable to compete with...

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Dec 2009)

Liam Twomey: We at least need Government support to ensure Bord Gáis moves in that direction because the company has shown no interest in providing natural gas to Wexford town. It will build a pipeline to the power generating station near New Ross but that is as far as the company will go.

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Dec 2009)

Liam Twomey: Time is something industries in Wexford do not have. The carbon tax will be introduced on 1 January.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Dec 2009)

Liam Twomey: I do not know if it has dawned on Members how serious is the issue raised by Senator O'Toole. If what he is saying is true, I ask the Minister of State to ask the Taoiseach to clarify some of the remarks made by the Senator. He is suggesting that essentially the Government collapsed the partnership talks because it would not be able to sell what was being negotiated by the Secretaries...

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Dec 2009)

Liam Twomey: The Minister of State will have to round them up.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Dec 2009)

Liam Twomey: Deputy Mansergh is obviously changing tack.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (18 Dec 2009)

Liam Twomey: I move amendment No. 13: In page 6, after line 47, to insert the following: "(8) The Minister may, by order, decrease the scale of the reduction under this section, in whole or in part, in the event of demonstrable improvements in the efficiency of delivery of individual areas of the public service.". One of the issues that emerged during the debate on Second Stage was the relationship...