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Seanad: National Recovery Plan 2011-2014: Statements (24 Nov 2010)

Donie Cassidy: That is not sovereign debt.

Seanad: National Recovery Plan 2011-2014: Statements (24 Nov 2010)

Donie Cassidy: Of course, he is the expert.

Seanad: National Recovery Plan 2011-2014: Statements (24 Nov 2010)

Donie Cassidy: I wish to share three minutes of my time with Senator Walsh.

Seanad: National Recovery Plan 2011-2014: Statements (24 Nov 2010)

Donie Cassidy: I welcome the Government's initiative in introducing a four year national recovery plan. Those of us who have been in the House a long time remember what happened in the 1980s when the situation was even more difficult. Some 900,000 people were unemployed compared with a figure of more than 1.7 million in employment today. According to the Minister, our exports have grown by 6% this year...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2010)

Donie Cassidy: The Order of Business is No. 1, statements on Ireland's renewable energy potential, to be taken at the conclusion of the Order of Business and conclude not later than 2 p.m., if not previously concluded, on which spokespersons may speak for 12 minutes and all other Senators for ten minutes and Senators may share time, by agreement of the House, with the Minister to be called upon ten minutes...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2010)

Donie Cassidy: Senators Cummins, O'Toole, Alex White, Boyle, Donohoe, Walsh, Norris, Mooney, Coghlan, Healy Eames, Deary, Hanafin, Bradford and Carroll called for further debates on the four year national recovery plan. I thank all colleagues who participated in the magnificent debate we had yesterday in the House on the four year national recovery plan. The Seanad was the first House to debate the plan...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2010)

Donie Cassidy: I did not interrupt the Senator.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2010)

Donie Cassidy: It is crucial that those responsible for implementation of the Croke Park agreement are held accountable and that is what this House will do. Senators Cummins, O'Toole, Norris, Keaveney, Healy Eames and Mullen are correct to call for a debate on the 60,000 outstanding applications for student grants that are urgently needed. I will do all I can to highlight this issue with the Minister for...

Seanad: Renewable Energy: Statements (25 Nov 2010)

Donie Cassidy: At 2.30 p.m. next Tuesday.

Seanad: Vocational Education Committees (25 Nov 2010)

Donie Cassidy: Before the Minister replies, may I be allowed-----

Seanad: Vocational Education Committees (25 Nov 2010)

Donie Cassidy: Just 30 seconds.

Seanad: Vocational Education Committees (25 Nov 2010)

Donie Cassidy: I was a member of the VEC for four decades and served successfully with both Senator McFadden and her father. We all know what has happened with the HSE. I fully support Senator McFadden in her request. The VEC has 25 excellent staff and a terrific new building leased in Mullingar. It is a shining example of what should have been done in the case of the HSE. The counties in the Midlands...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2010)

Donie Cassidy: As Leader of the House, I congratulate Senator Pearse Doherty on his election to Dáil Éireann and commiserate with all other colleagues, especially Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill, who fought such a great campaign. Before detailing the Order of Business, the programme for national recovery agreed with the European Union and the IMF was the subject of much deliberation over the weekend. I am...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2010)

Donie Cassidy: Senator Buttimer should give his leader a chance.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2010)

Donie Cassidy: Speech.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (30 Nov 2010)

Donie Cassidy: Senators Fitzgerald, O'Toole, Alex White, Boyle, Norris, Ormonde, Coffey, Hanafin, Bacik, Ó Brolcháin, Coghlan, Walsh, Buttimer, Mooney, Mullen and Donohoe referred to the EU-IMF programme for national recovery. I intend to hold an all-day debate on Thursday and I will discuss the timeframe with the leaders after the Order of Business. My intention is that the debate will roll over....

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (30 Nov 2010)

Donie Cassidy: I hope we will have the latest information. I understand the Taoiseach will address the Dáil at 5.30 p.m. today on this matter and that from 3.45 p.m. to 7 p.m. tomorrow, the spokespersons will discuss it in the Dáil. We will have an all-day debate on it on Thursday. As the leaders know, I did everything I possibly could-----

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (30 Nov 2010)

Donie Cassidy: The budget is always voted on.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (30 Nov 2010)

Donie Cassidy: No. What I am explaining to the House - perhaps I did not explain it clearly enough - is that much of the content of the deal will be in the budget. Therefore, as usual, both Houses will have a chance to vote on the budget-----

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (30 Nov 2010)

Donie Cassidy: -----the Finance Bill, the social welfare Bill and other Bills which will have to come to the House before the dissolution of the Dáil. I assure the House we will have a long spring session.