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Seanad: Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 May 2010)

Liam Twomey: I move amendment No. 1: In page 4, line 16, to delete "year" and substitute "quarter". When we spoke on Second Stage earlier, we said we should consider a new way of doing business. The Government should be as open as possible in responding to this House, not just with regard to this Bill but in many other aspects of budgetary decisions that are being made and will be made in the coming...

Seanad: Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 May 2010)

Liam Twomey: That is all right.

Seanad: Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 May 2010)

Liam Twomey: I do not believe the commitment was as clear-cut as what the Minister of State has indicated. Following on from what Senator Alex White said, it would be welcome to see it incorporated in this legislation. If the Minister of State is saying it will be introduced in further legislation, I will not press the amendments, but it might have been more appropriate to include it in this legislation.

Seanad: Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 May 2010)

Liam Twomey: No.

Seanad: Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 May 2010)

Liam Twomey: I will withdraw the amendment and submit it for Report Stage.

Seanad: Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 May 2010)

Liam Twomey: I move amendment No. 4: In page 4, paragraph (a), line 21, to delete "year" and substitute the following: "quarter, giving a breakdown of the aggregate in respect of each individual advancement, confirming the amount of the loan, the net disbursement amount, the term, the redemption schedule, the interest rate payable by the borrower, the funding costs for the State, the disbursement date and...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jun 2010)

Liam Twomey: In the health supplement with yesterday's The Irish Times there was an article on the need for this country to set up its own umbilical cord blood bank. I ask the Leader to arrange a debate on the issue because umbilical cord blood can be used to cure many childhood leukaemias, but there are also major prospects of developing the IT sector in that regard because this is high end stuff. We...

Seanad: Whistleblowing in the Financial Sector: Statements (2 Jun 2010)

Liam Twomey: I would have been more impressed with the Minister of State's speech if he had focused on how we could overcome the problems he mentioned. For instance, he should have focused on what problems have been encountered in the United Kingdom where the Public Interest Disclosure Act of 1998 has been in place for the past 12 years. Could that legislation be transposed into Irish law? The whole...

Seanad: Whistleblowing in the Financial Sector: Statements (2 Jun 2010)

Liam Twomey: I refer to all of the things about which he has been talking. When Senators Ross and Norris speak later in this debate, I am sure they will be able to talk about their experiences and say where this can work. I do not believe the issues mentioned by the Minister of State cannot be overcome. We need to focus on the financial sector. Commercially sensitive information could easily be...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (3 Jun 2010)

Liam Twomey: With regard to the Civil Partnership Bill, how would people feel if members of my profession or the nursing profession decided not to treat patients on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation or religious persuasion? It would be completely unworkable. Members who are making speeches in this House must be a little more practical in their comments. Not agreeing with carrying out...

Seanad: Banking Reports: Statements (15 Jun 2010)

Liam Twomey: I wish to share time with Senator Bacik. Both reports are important in clearing up what happened in Ireland in recent years. It is sad that they show all the mistakes that were made during the latter years of the Celtic tiger, for which we will pay for decades. They conclude there was a great sense of hubris in the country from 2004 until the time the Celtic tiger died. They give a sense...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jun 2010)

Liam Twomey: First, I want to comment on the issue regarding the mental hospitals. I ask the Leader to have an urgent debate on this issue. Specifically, a number of facilities are due to close in February with no alternative in place and it seems strange that one agency in the State can dictate that these centres are supposed to close in February next and that the other State agency responsible for...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jun 2010)

Liam Twomey: We have no clear answers on the Dublin-Monaghan bombings, what exactly happened and if there was collusion, or on a number of other incidents. We are good at being critical or supportive of what happens outside this jurisdiction, but we are poor at looking at ourselves and openly discussing some of what happened on this territory during the course of the Troubles.

Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Liam Twomey: I second the motion. Senator Ó Brolcháin remarked that this motion is somehow irrelevant. In one month's time the concerns of what is happening within our political party will be old news. However, the effects of what has happened to our economy are being felt severely and will continue to be felt quite dramatically. Whatever about members of the Green Party, members of Fianna Fáil...

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (22 Jun 2010)

Liam Twomey: I, too, offer my condolences to Patrick and John, Sheila and family, and all of Peter's friends not only from Inishannon but from across west Cork and the rest of the country. For a youngish Fine Gaeler, I would have described Peter as old-style Fianna Fáil. He was decent, very fair and always good company from the first day I met him in the House. His family is well aware that I would...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2010)

Liam Twomey: The Rebel County.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2010)

Liam Twomey: He wants the Queen to come to Killarney.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2010)

Liam Twomey: He wants the Queen to come to Killarney.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2010)

Liam Twomey: It sounds like we had better get that train out.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2010)

Liam Twomey: When we gave the Government advice prior to 2007 it did not take it and look where that got us.