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Seanad: Banking: Statements (31 Mar 2010)

Pearse Doherty: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit úr agus déanaim comhghairdeas leis as na cúraimí nua atá aige. This is an important debate. When I speak after Senator O'Malley, my script usually goes out the window because she gives me so much food for thought and says so much with which I disagree that I must respond to some of her points. I have always said that what we say in the House is...

Seanad: Lost at Scheme: Motion. (31 Mar 2010)

Pearse Doherty: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit agus déanaim comhghairdeas leis as an ardú céime a fuair sé ar na mallaibh. I welcome the fact that the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Food agreed this morning to invite the Ombudsman, Ms Emily O'Reilly, to a meeting to discuss the report on the lost at sea scheme. I hope this will be the start of an overall investigation of the scheme,...

Seanad: Library Services (20 Apr 2010)

Pearse Doherty: I raise the issue of the public library in my parish of Gaoth Dobhair in County Donegal. I have an association with the library. I borrowed a number of books when I was approximately 11 and one of them was responsible for my ending up in this House. The book inspired me or led me to dig a little deeper into the history of our country. On 23 June last year, the parish of Gaoth Dobhair was...

Seanad: Library Services (20 Apr 2010)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Minister of State for the response. An announcement will be made very shortly. I have been discussing the matter with departmental and council officials. I understand the council fully supports the need for the library which, as the Minister of State said correctly in his reply, is not just for Gaoth Dobhair but for the wider Gaeltacht region. The proposal fits in well with...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2010)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome the requests for a debate on pension entitlements. I also welcome the decision on the part of former Ministers and Ministers of State to relinquish their pensions. However, if they think this is going to go down well with the public, they should realise that their action came far too late. The Minister for Finance should write to Mr. Joe Duffy and some of his colleagues in RTE to...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2010)

Pearse Doherty: I would welcome a debate on this issue. I accept that those to whom I refer are entitled, under law, to draw the pensions to which I refer. However, it is morally corrupt for them to continue to do so while they preach to us about tightening our belts and while we make decisions, defend decisions or put counter-decisions against other issues.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2010)

Pearse Doherty: On a separate issue, a number of requests have been made for a debate on the 1916 rising. I would welcome a continual debate on that matter, but not merely on what happened 94 years ago this week as the GPO was being shelled. We should consider not merely the events that took place but also how we are living up to the dream outlined in the 1916 Proclamation. We must also consider how we...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2010)

Pearse Doherty: On a point of order, no member of Sinn Féin is claiming expenses from Westminster.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2010)

Pearse Doherty: The Senator's colleague, who is sitting beside him, and others from their party should do the honourable thing and relinquish their pensions.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2010)

Pearse Doherty: That is the matter with which we must deal. The Senator should not be creating smokescreens. Fianna Fáil and its politics are morally corrupt and what they are doing is------

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2010)

Pearse Doherty: -----accepting pensions and attacking the least well-off at a time when a former Taoiseach gets €100,000 of a pension.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2010)

Pearse Doherty: When the men and women of 1916 to look down, they take pity-----

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2010)

Pearse Doherty: A copy of their Proclamation is-----

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2010)

Pearse Doherty: -----on the grounds of this building. Is this living up to the dream of what was proclaimed 94 years ago?

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2010)

Pearse Doherty: It is a disgrace.

Seanad: Women's Participation in Politics: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Pearse Doherty: Cuirim fáilte roimh an díospóireacht seo agus déanaim comhghairdeas leis na Seanadóirí a bhí ar an chomhchoiste a chuir an tuairisc seo chun tosaigh. Déanaim comhghairdeas fosta leis an Aire Stáit. Ceist thábhachtach é seo agus sinn ag plé cúrsaí ban agus an polaitíocht. Ní ceist fhurasta é seo le réiteach. Níl freagra amháin ar bith ach go leor freagraí amuigh ansin,...

Seanad: Smarter Travel Initiative: Motion (28 Apr 2010)

Pearse Doherty: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I would like to be able to support the motion and commend the Government on the great work it has done on smarter travel, public transport and initiatives to encourage people to leave their cars at home. Unfortunately, I am unable to do so. I say this sincerely and as someone who believes in sustainable transport. I look forward to the day I will be...

Seanad: Smarter Travel Initiative: Motion (28 Apr 2010)

Pearse Doherty: We have not seen the real energy that should be put into a policy to create a 21st century transport system. Different Senators spoke about their own circumstances and transport in their own area. I do not live on a Luas line or a rail line. Like hundreds of thousands of others, I live in rural Ireland. I live in one of three counties in this State, and one of five in the country, that has...

Seanad: Ministerial Pensions: Motion (5 May 2010)

Pearse Doherty: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Seanadóir Quinn as ucht a chuid ama a roinnt liom. I wish to support the Fine Gael motion although it is politically opportunistic. As I stated last week on the Order of Business, Fine Gael, the Labour Party and Fianna Fáil were all up to their necks in this until last week, when the parties realised the media and the mob, if one wishes to call it that, was...

Seanad: Vehicle Registration Tax (12 May 2010)

Pearse Doherty: I wish to raise the issue of the way vehicle registration tax is being applied by the Irish State and the fairness of that tax. We are well aware of the European Commission's dislike of this tax and that it has issued a directive that member states would phase out its application and move towards a road usage tax in the future. I appreciate the Irish State's sovereignty on this matter but...