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Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: It got to the stage at the end where they did not even know what Ministries they had.

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: They were running around without ministries. Sinn Féin had the same old speech today. It did not even have to use a photocopier.

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: They just threw out the same speech. They did not have to use the toner today at all. They gave the same speech last year as the year before.

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: Deputy Pearse Doherty ran out of ink today because he gave us the same old speech. I will come to Senator Cullinane in a second. He should not worry. He has not been let go.

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I congratulate the Minister of State on his work.

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: Sinn Féin's obsession with the Labour Party is gratifying because it shows how afraid it is. It reminds me of an old Latin phrase I learned in school. There was a Roman Senator who used to say "Delenda est Carthago", which means "Carthage must be destroyed", at the end of every speech, regardless of whether it was on agriculture, education or the Gods. Sinn Féin must have been reading a...

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I congratulate the Labour Party and Fine Gael for reaching agreement on it. The wealth tax proposed by Sinn Féin is the one of the most lazy budgetary proposals. It is taken directly from the French system. I have researched it almost word for word, and all they did was translate it into English.

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: Second, with regard to the people I talk about, the diaspora who have left this country and set up businesses in New York, California, Britain and Australia, the young people who had the guts to go out there and set up a business, Sinn Féin's contribution to them is to say "If you come back to Ireland, we will tax you on your American assets as well". That is their contribution to the...

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: The Senator should be looking for it because it goes into Gerry's back pocket.

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I have no problem-----

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I have no problem, if I insulted Deputy Adams, withdrawing it.

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I have no problem with that. The point I want to make is that Sinn Féin is talking about taking money from the wealthy in this country yet it is taking money from the wealthy in New York, California and the UK and putting it into the party. That is how close they are to the wealthy. There is no party in this Chamber apart from Sinn Féin that has $500 a night dinners in another country to...

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: Under false pretences. As for Irish unity, there is not a word out of Sinn Féin about a united Ireland any more.

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: The Chair might give me some leeway as I was interrupted. Senator MacSharry was about 20 minutes over his time. The Labour Party contribution to this budget was quite marked, with the Department of Social Protection maintaining social welfare rates and no cuts to education. I commend our Labour Party Ministers for the work they have done and I commend the Minister for Finance and the other...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I call on the Minister for Finance to come to the House to discuss the situation with Liberty Insurance which was formerly Quinn Insurance. I have been contacted by many people who run small businesses who are insured with Liberty Insurance but the insurance company is refusing to re-insure them and has given them 30 days notice. If they cannot get their businesses insured they will close....

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: Senator Landy has left the House but-----

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I compliment Senator Landy. We heard that Stormont is oppressive and must be closed down and that Sinn Féin would never enter Stormont but members are sitting there in their big fat seats.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: The principle behind the property tax is a fair tax on people who can afford to pay it.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: We debate the principle behind and the figures relating to it because the principle has already been established in the Six Counties and it works there. I wish to discuss the principle next week. I am sure Sinn Féin will have changed its mind on private property by the time that comes around.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I will appear next Monday night again for everyone.