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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (3 Dec 2015)

Liam Twomey: Is the council putting down a marker for the future as much as anything else?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (3 Dec 2015)

Liam Twomey: We will conclude on that point. On behalf of the joint committee, I thank all the witnesses from the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council for participating and for the material they supplied to the committee. I should also take this opportunity go say goodbye to Dr. O'Sullivan and thank her for her participation in the council over the past four years. As there is no other business, the meeting...

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: From the Seanad (9 Dec 2015)

Liam Twomey: There is a typographical error in the numbered list of amendments. Amendment No. 55 on the principal list of amendments, dated 4 December, refers to the deletion of "lines 21 and 34" on page 38, whereas the amendment made in the Seanad proposed to delete all of these lines. The text of amendment No. 55 should read: "In page 38, to delete lines 21 to 34, and in page 39, to delete lines 1 to 24."

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: From the Seanad (9 Dec 2015)

Liam Twomey: Amendments Nos. 1, 2, 167 to 174, inclusive, 181 to 183, inclusive, 187 to 189, inclusive, 196 to 206, inclusive, and 265 are related and may be discussed together.

Topical Issue Matters (9 Dec 2015)

Liam Twomey: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 27A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy David Stanton - the strategic importance and future of Ireland's only oil refinery in Whitegate in County Cork; (2) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan - the need for the Road Safety Authority to compile and monitor statistics on the...

Establishment of Independent Anti-Corruption Agency: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 Dec 2015)

Liam Twomey: It is offensive to many Members of this House and to people outside it who happen to be members of a political party to have Sinn Féin put forth the claim that we can be assumed to be corrupt. When the Sinn Féin party leader was embroiled in a controversy over issues of child sexual abuse, the Deputies opposite were very coy in condemning it. They would not like if the assumption...

Hospital Emergency Departments: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Jan 2016)

Liam Twomey: Fianna Fáil promised that.

Hospital Emergency Departments: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Jan 2016)

Liam Twomey: It was former Deputy Dermot Ahern.

Hospital Emergency Departments: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Jan 2016)

Liam Twomey: We should view the health service in the same way that doctors view it, in other words, through the lens of acute and chronic issues. The former include the issues Deputies have raised today, such as the way in which emergency departments operate and the need to have people seen and treated quickly in emergency departments. Deputies like to use the figures provided by trolley watch because...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Banking Sector and Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2016)

Liam Twomey: I remind members to ensure that their mobile phones are switched off. This is important as it causes serious problems for broadcasting, editorial and sound staff. Today's business is the overview of the banking sector and issues relating to the Central Bank of Ireland. I welcome Professor Philip Lane in his new role as Governor of the Central Bank. While this may be last committee meeting...