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Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)

Jimmy Harte: I stand here in incredulity regarding the bankers' pay. While I do not wish to go back over history, I am afraid I must. The Fianna Fáil road to recovery-----

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)

Jimmy Harte: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)

Jimmy Harte: We considered Senator O'Brien's motion. Before I ask the question, I wish to say that during the Celtic tiger, when the bankers were getting pay increases, there was silence from the Government.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)

Jimmy Harte: And the Fianna Fáil-----

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)

Jimmy Harte: We did not own the banks.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)

Jimmy Harte: Senator O'Brien has answered my question.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)

Jimmy Harte: I am just coming to the question. Senator O'Brien has answered my question. He says that the pay of bankers is not an issue for him. He said-----

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)

Jimmy Harte: I wish to clarify the position.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)

Jimmy Harte: Senator O'Brien said that during the Celtic tiger period we did not own the banks so it was okay then for bankers to earn €1 million a year.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)

Jimmy Harte: I want to ask the Leader to ask the leader of the Fianna Fáil group to give a response following a debate in the Fianna Fáil Ard-Fheis this weekend on why bankers' pay reached such levels. It was not because of this Government.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)

Jimmy Harte: It is really the Bertie legacy.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)

Jimmy Harte: We are dealing with the Bertie legacy.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)

Jimmy Harte: There is no shame on the other side of the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)

Jimmy Harte: There will be less shame at the weekend.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)

Jimmy Harte: It is the Bobby Ewing effect. One can come out of the shower and forget about everything that happened previously.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2013)

Jimmy Harte: I enjoy listening to Senator Darragh O'Brien every morning. I get up earlier in the morning to listen to his view of the country.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2013)

Jimmy Harte: I could go back to jogging. There are a lot of "-isms". We are bombarded with communism, fascism, racism, but the greatest "-ism" at the moment is revisionism. Fianna Fáil is probably taking lessons in revisionism.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2013)

Jimmy Harte: I call for the present leader of Fianna Fáil to come to the House to talk about revisionism. Three years ago the bankers were getting salaries of €2 million and €3 million.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2013)

Jimmy Harte: I am sure those salaries were discussed in the Galway tent at the time and there was no talk of reducing the €2 million to €800,000 or €500,000. I am totally opposed to any bank employee getting €800,000, €600,000 or €500,000 and I fully support the calls from my Labour Party colleagues in the Dáil that this should not have happened. The...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2013)

Jimmy Harte: I ask that the Leader invite Deputy Martin to come before the House to explain----