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Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2012)

Jimmy Harte: While I am sure Senator Thomas Byrne has read the Regling-Watson report, he has obviously forgotten it, like most of the Members on the other side of the House. It was quite clear in stating 70% of the country's financial problems were related directly to the policies of the former Government, to which the Senator was affiliated. He was a cheerleader for the breed of people-----

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2012)

Jimmy Harte: Some 70% of the problems were caused by the policies of the former Government, according to the independent Regling-Watson report. Denial is a great art.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2012)

Jimmy Harte: The Government has taken the burning torch from the Senator's party. It is burning stronger now and we must ensure this will continue to be the case. The Senator and his colleagues come to the House and tell us we are doing nothing for distressed mortgage holders. One newspaper informs us today that there may be a ray of hope for those who took out 100% mortgages. What is being engaged in...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2012)

Jimmy Harte: The Senator may interrupt all he likes.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I did not interrupt the Senator.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2012)

Jimmy Harte: Had the Senator not been on his phone, he might have listened to what I had to say.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2012)

Jimmy Harte: We should respect each other. I hope those who have 100% mortgages and may be in serious negative equity will be given some glimmer of hope. However, I express caution as the article to which I referred refers to the diminished role of the Central Bank regarding the many mortgage and loan books sold by financial institutions to outside venture capital funds. I strongly recommend that the...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I ask the Leader to invite the Minister for Health to the House to explain the situation regarding medical card reviews in the north west. I have been contacted by people in my constituency in this regard. One was the friend of a 91 year old cancer patient who received a letter and medical card review form and, as a result, had not slept for three or four nights. This seems to be a...

Seanad: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (28 Nov 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the Chamber and Senator Quinn for introducing his Bill to the Seanad. It is a very practical Bill. The judge in this court proceeding wrote to the Ceann Comhairle in what may be the first act of its kind. He obviously felt so strongly about this injustice to Mr. Younis that he had no other course of action open to him. There was an anomaly in...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Medical Cards (28 Nov 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I thank the Minister of State for taking the time to attend the House. A practical problem is arising in the north west over medical cards, particularly in County Donegal. In other parts of the north west the review letters have gone out. I have been contacted in many cases by people with family members in nursing homes, sometimes over 90 years of age, who are being asked to resubmit the...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Medical Cards (28 Nov 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I thank the Minister of State for that reply. The fact it seems to be geographically specific, perhaps there are more medical card reviews in Donegal because of the population profile and unemployment but the local office should contact the families of those in nursing homes. People have to ask their relations in nursing homes about their assets and they are not perhaps compos mentis. The...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Nov 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I agree wholeheartedly with the sentiments of Senator Mooney. The former French President Clemenceau said that a patriot loves his country and extreme nationalists hate all others. We are seeing a growth in extreme nationalism in Europe that 100 years ago broke up Europe and caused the deaths of up to 100 million people. We should be careful when we slag off our European neighbours that it...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I am amused that Senator MacSharry castigated the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn, in the Chamber. When the Minister was a member of Cabinet in a previous Administration, university fees were abolished. Perhaps the Senator might explain how the registration fee rose from ¤200 to ¤2,000 during the economic boom.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I understand that tomorrow's budget will include a property tax, which is unavoidable. I remind Fianna Fáil Senators that their party also signed up to the introduction of such a tax. The House should engage in a debate on how the relevant legislation will be presented to the people. I suggest that when citizens have paid their property tax, they should receive a breakdown from their...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: The developers.

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: Fianna Fáil already did that.

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: Come dancing.

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I welcome the Minister of State. We all know that the task we faced today would have been a difficult one for any Government. Senator MacSharry said that he defended the previous Government when he sat over here. He defended that Government's policies, whereas we are defending a budget that has had to be introduced to clean up after those policies. He must have been confused by the...

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I ask the House to imagine what would have happened if the last Government, which was led by Fianna Fáil, had been in power for the last two years.

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: If Fianna Fáil had stayed in power for another two years, we would be in a worse position than Greece. The country was destroyed by the Fianna Fáil Government that left office two years ago. If it had been given another two years in office, the mess would have been even worse.