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- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)
Fidelma Healy Eames: We have to be able to run the country and the economy.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Mar 2012)
Fidelma Healy Eames: That was the fault of the Senator's party.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Mar 2012)
Fidelma Healy Eames: It is true.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Mar 2012)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Good.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Mar 2012)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I have noted Senators' comments and will refer to them as I proceed. Given the point at which we are in our economic cycle and the state of our finances, I compliment the Government on a number of the Bill's elements, but we should consider other measures to ensure greater equity and fairness in society so that people can stay afloat. I...
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Mar 2012)
Fidelma Healy Eames: That is a fair point.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Mar 2012)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Senator Barrett spoke about the aircraft leasing sector, which is very important to our trade links with China. Nine of the top ten aircraft leasing companies in the world have bases in Ireland, more than 3,000 aircraft valued at â¬83 billion are leased out of Dublin and the sector contributes â¬300 million in corporation tax annually and supports 2,000 jobs. It is worth a bit of an...
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2012)
Fidelma Healy Eames: This is a good day for Ireland. I do not agree with Senators Darragh O'Brien or David Norris that we can have no confidence in how the Government can manage into the future. The Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, has struck a significant deal for Ireland. We will have 13 years to pay off a legacy debt, which along with growth and inflation will go a long way towards helping us address it....
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2012)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I am confident the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, will now focus on addressing our large banking debt of â¬30 billion. I know from speaking to him that that is his intention. Our country is in safe hands.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2012)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I expect Sinn Féin to welcome this announcement today and to acknowledge that it is what it wanted.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2012)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I hope Sinn Féin Members will be positive and grateful.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2012)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I would welcome if the Minister, Deputy Noonan, could come to the House for a debate on banking in general, including the recently announced unreasonable charges which AIB proposes to impose on its customers and the commitment of banks, some of which have been nationalised, to this country and its people. It is timely, in the context of this good news, that the Minister would come into the House.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2012)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Let her finish.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2012)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Is it better to pay next week or pay in 12 years' time?
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2012)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Only Sinn Féin could turn it bad.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2012)
Fidelma Healy Eames: It is.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2012)
Fidelma Healy Eames: It gives us important breathing space.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2012)
Fidelma Healy Eames: The Senator knows well that it is better than paying it next week.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2012)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Is the Senator saying we should not pay it?
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2012)
Fidelma Healy Eames: The Senator is living in never-never land.