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Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Bernard Durkan: I am glad and sad to speak on the budget. I am sad that we find ourselves in this situation and that the people must shoulder the burden they are expected to carry. I am also sad because those who were in government before the Government ran away from their responsibilities. They remind me of the guy who went into a pub, ordered a drink for everyone in the house, went to the washroom, got...

Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Bernard Durkan: The Deputy does not remember because he had his eye on something else at the time. There was a budgetary surplus and the economy was in pristine condition. What did the incoming Government do with it? Like the guys who built the Tower of Babel, it built people's expectations and handed out money left, right and centre-----

Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Bernard Durkan: -----and bought the elections of 2002 and 2007. There was no end to the money on offer. It created an expectation that this would work, but it did not and, like the people who built the Tower of Babel, the Opposition is now speaking in diverse tongues and its members cannot understand one another. I am not surprised by this, but they have certainly run away. What really takes me to the...

Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Bernard Durkan: The Deputy was speaking in diverse tongues before it because he saw the opportunity to jump overboard when it suited him. He would jump back in again if he thought the boat was big enough to carry the lot of them. It is now a smaller boat which will take fewer people.

Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Bernard Durkan: The Deputy must also accept responsibility and should send for his former colleagues, ring or text them to hear the other side of the story. Let us see what he has to say about this. Since members of the main Opposition party are not present, on their behalf, we should echo an apology to the people for what they did. The people will pay for an awful long time to come. Do people remember...

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (7 Dec 2011)

Bernard Durkan: Question 1: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if and when a passport will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39116/11]

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (7 Dec 2011)

Bernard Durkan: Question 2: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39117/11]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (7 Dec 2011)

Bernard Durkan: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has plan D medical insurance is better advised to obtain public or private treatment in order to undergo surgery in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39193/11]

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)

Bernard Durkan: The electorate were conned.

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)

Bernard Durkan: They were conned.

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)

Bernard Durkan: The Deputy's party bought the elections and mortgaged the country.

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)

Bernard Durkan: I am fed up of it.

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)

Bernard Durkan: I am sorry, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, but the Deputy needs his seat belt.

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)

Bernard Durkan: The Irish Times will not bring the Deputy too far.

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)

Bernard Durkan: Correct.

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)

Bernard Durkan: Correct.

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)

Bernard Durkan: It is called passion.

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)

Bernard Durkan: Stealing the election.

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)

Bernard Durkan: Those opposite should be ashamed of themselves. Why do they not admit their deeds and apologise?

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)

Bernard Durkan: We know what Fianna Fáil is about now.