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Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2012)

Jimmy Harte: The left?

Seanad: EU Presidency: Statements, Questions and Answers (Resumed) (10 May 2012)

Jimmy Harte: The opportunity offered by our holding the Presidency should not be overlooked. This country was dependent solely on British markets for almost all of our trade until 40 years ago. Since 1973, the European market of 500 million people has been open to us and has also allowed us access to other markets globally. Anyone who suggests being in the EU is a backward step is living in the 1920s,...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I do not see any problem with getting 60 copies of the treaty in my pigeonhole, because I will distribute them around Donegal. Many households may have got them and thrown them in the bin.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I have no problem with getting them and if Senator Norris gives me his, I will use them.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2012)

Jimmy Harte: Thank you. I have a question related to the environment. Many people go out walking, jogging and cycling and in the summer time in particular they notice how many cans and bottles are on the sides of the roads, country roads in particular. We are trying to attract tourists here. In countries like Germany and other European countries the practice is - like we did years ago - to charge a...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I want to raise one issue and call for the Minister of State to come to the House again to speak on the fiscal treaty. This House should put a message out to the UK Independence Party, UKIP, and to Mr. Farage, Mr. Ganley, Mr. Messerschmidt and these other people who are coming to this country. I understand Mr. Ganley is a temporary resident of this country.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2012)

Jimmy Harte: This House should call on these people to desist from their campaign. Mr. Farage, in particular, has come into this country and is distributing leaflets that peddle untruths to every household. This is a departure we cannot accept, where a crowd of people from the UK who are anti-Irish and anti-foreign nationals in their own country want to come here and are being assisted by the usual...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I welcome back the Leader, Senator Cummins. I agree fully with Senator O'Brien on mortgages. I listened this morning to people outlining their difficulties on the Pat Kenny show. It is a nationwide issue, not just one that arises in rural and urban areas. People are affected drastically and suffer at the end of the month. The one point I heard today that I did not understand is that some...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2012)

Jimmy Harte: The wives, who will miss their husbands, will be ringing home from Poland also. When the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport is present on Thursday, could he consider calling on Vodafone and O2 to reduce their roaming charges during the championships or eliminate the charge for texts?

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Jun 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I also call for a debate on the referendum and its fallout and on who was telling the truth and telling lies during the campaign. This would become very clear if we had a frank debate in any forum. I agree with Senator Darragh O'Brien with regard to the €200,000 Sinn Féin is seeking from the taxpayer to pay for its grandstanding on the eve of the referendum. To put it in football...

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Jun 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I accept that any individual is entitled to claim fees if a legitimate constitutional question is raised. However, Sinn Féin is not an ordinary person on the street. It is the only party in the jurisdiction which has deposits in sterling and dollars.

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Jun 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I call for a debate on the referendum. Sinn Féin benefits from a fall in the euro but this is not the case for the Labour Party, Fine Gael or Fianna Fáil.

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Jun 2012)

Jimmy Harte: Tell the people at a child care meeting in Donegal next week that the €200,000 in fees will be taken from their budget.

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Jun 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I wish the Irish soccer team the best of luck-----

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Jun 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I do not spend any.

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Jun 2012)

Jimmy Harte: My question is whether we will have a debate on the referendum. I was not allowed finish my sentence about the Irish soccer team. I wish them, Giovanni Trapattoni and the Irish fans the best of luck. I was amused by Sinn Féin's sudden interest in the Irish soccer team. It was just like its sudden interest in the Donegal GAA team last year when it reached the all-Ireland semi-final. If...

Seanad: NAMA and Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Transparency Bill 2011: Second Stage (6 Jun 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I welcome Senator Daly's Bill because it gives us an idea of how people are thinking about NAMA. It is very confusing for many members of the public, including myself, to grasp how NAMA operates and how we ended up in this position. It was the result of the previous administration. I am not referring to the political Administration but to the developer-led economy in this country. If one...

Seanad: Credit Guarantee Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Jun 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I realise he has a passion for small business. His portfolio will give him great satisfaction if we can produce the necessary jobs in the country. Small and medium-sized enterprises have been the lifeblood of the economy and they will be the saviour of the economy in future. As Senator Keane noted, up to 900,000 people operate in the SME...

Seanad: Credit Guarantee Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Jun 2012)

Jimmy Harte: The first thing those running a business want is to open on Monday morning and then to have enough money on a Friday evening to pay the wages. This is the greatest concern for any small business at the moment. It is difficult to go through banking procedures and the Credit Review Office and spend a great deal of time and stress on that issue.

Seanad: Credit Guarantee Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Jun 2012)

Jimmy Harte: Anyone operating a small business knows how difficult it is to go to the bank for anything at the moment. I call on the banks to streamline their application systems and to have people doing less paper work and to spend more time meeting small business owners on their premises. They would get a better feel for the business rather than examining a spreadsheet, which might tell them a good...