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Midland Regional Hospital: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 May 2015)

Liam Twomey: But, Deputy, he has kept it open-----

Midland Regional Hospital: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 May 2015)

Liam Twomey: -----and it is actually functioning better.

Central Bank (Mortgage Interest Rates) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jun 2015)

Liam Twomey: Although I do not take too much notice of the members of the Opposition who take their banking policy from what was the old USSR, I was expecting a little more from a party that feels it actually should be in power some day. Deputy Pearse Doherty knows that when one puts forward legislation, one is supposed to look at things in totality. From my experience of watching Deputy Doherty in the...

Central Bank (Mortgage Interest Rates) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jun 2015)

Liam Twomey: The Deputies are taking the simplistic approach. Why does that difference exist?

Central Bank (Mortgage Interest Rates) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jun 2015)

Liam Twomey: There are three big issues, according to the Central Bank, but I bet the Sinn Féin Deputies have not even read the summary, never mind the actual report on why there is a difference. I heard some of the Deputies' speeches, although not all, but I heard nothing in any of them that made any reference to how we are going to deal with these other issues. It is just the usual rant. You are...

Central Bank (Mortgage Interest Rates) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jun 2015)

Liam Twomey: That is what you are.

Central Bank (Mortgage Interest Rates) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jun 2015)

Liam Twomey: They are just the same. I would not mind if it was just a Private Members' motion because motions can often be more simplistic, but when Sinn Féin went to the trouble of actually writing legislation-----

Central Bank (Mortgage Interest Rates) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jun 2015)

Liam Twomey: The trouble is I am not speaking for the bankers; I am speaking for all of the people who borrow money in this country. That is who I am speaking for. You say you can isolate your actions-----

Central Bank (Mortgage Interest Rates) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jun 2015)

Liam Twomey: I thought the Members opposite had a better understanding than that, but clearly not. They have a poor understanding of how legislation impacts across the economy. Even the Bill they want to put through would have significant impacts on other individuals with mortgages in Irish society. Their so-called solution could actually generate a bigger problem. This comes as a surprise to me. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Single Resolution Fund Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2015)

Liam Twomey: I remind members, delegates and those in the Visitors Gallery to ensure their mobile phones are switched off. This is important because it causes serious problems for broadcasting, editorial and sound staff. No. 8 is pre-legislative scrutiny of the general scheme of a Bill to provide for functions for the Minister for Finance and powers to spend regarding the agreement on the transfer and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Single Resolution Fund Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2015)

Liam Twomey: Was an impact regulatory analysis carried out of the impact of the legislation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Single Resolution Fund Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2015)

Liam Twomey: We will pay €1.8 billion, approximately 3.3% of the fund.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Single Resolution Fund Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2015)

Liam Twomey: It is approximately 3.3 % of the fund.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Single Resolution Fund Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2015)

Liam Twomey: Therefore, this is not a threefold increase, as Deputy Tom Barry suggested, but probably an increase of one and a half times for national banks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Single Resolution Fund Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2015)

Liam Twomey: I thank Senator Hayden. I call Deputy Tóibín.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Single Resolution Fund Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2015)

Liam Twomey: On behalf of the joint committee, I thank the witnesses from the Department of Finance and the Central Bank for participating in the meeting and for the material they supplied to the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)

Liam Twomey: I thank Professor McHale. We will adhere to our usual ground rules. I propose that the lead speakers for each of the groups present will have ten minutes, followed by other committee members, who will have five minutes. Anyone else who wants to come back in for further questions may then do so. I suggest, as with normal procedures, we start with Deputy Tóibín.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)

Liam Twomey: That is an interesting perspective. I call Deputy Tóibín.

Credit Unions: Motion [Private Members] (23 Jun 2015)

Liam Twomey: I have met with many representatives of the credit union movement in County Wexford. Like many Deputies, I admire the commitment of volunteers and workers in the credit unions. The support that members give to the credit unions is fantastic. Deputies are under no illusion about where we were just before we came into government, when we almost had a total financial collapse of our...

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Jun 2015)

Liam Twomey: Amendment No. 1 in the name of Deputy Catherine Murphy has been ruled out of order.