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Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2010)

Pearse Doherty: I wish to clarify for the record of the House that when I was referring to the case of the two calls that it was a colleague here in the Oireachtas who referred that story to me. For correction, it was not a member of the Department's staff, unless they are doing constituency work in Donegal. My more general point is whether it would be acceptable for a social welfare inspector to refuse on...

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2010)

Pearse Doherty: We appreciate that.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (29 Sep 2010)

Pearse Doherty: I do not oppose the first motion but I wish to raise a point of order on it.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (29 Sep 2010)

Pearse Doherty: The first motion deals with each group leader. I seek clarity in terms of how many groups exist in the Seanad. I understand five Members are required to form a group. Is that correct?

Seanad: Business of Seanad (29 Sep 2010)

Pearse Doherty: Will you name the groups, a Chathaoirleach, and indicate under which standing order the number required for a group is defined?

Seanad: End of Life Care: Motion (29 Sep 2010)

Pearse Doherty: Cuirim fáilte roimh an rún seo. Is maith an rud é go bhfuil an t-ábhar seo á phlé againn ar ár gcéad lá ar ais sa téarma seo. Molaim an Seanadóir Mullen fá choinne an rún seo a chur chun tosaigh ar son an ghrúpa Neamhspleách. I welcome and fully support the motion. It is a very important issue. It is interesting that we are discussing end-of-life care in hospitals as the...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2010)

Pearse Doherty: All of us are taken aback by the statements early this morning. I want to focus on one point, namely, political accountability. Government Members in this Chamber have mentioned that the scale of the debts is manageable but the reality is that the people who will manage them are not the Minister for Finance or the Taoiseach but the people in our communities who will see more cuts inflicted...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2010)

Pearse Doherty: ——or whether he got it completely wrong is irrelevant. The reality, as we know today, is that €34 billion is the price tag of that decision. The Minister for Finance got it absolutely and terribly wrong. There needs to be political accountability. We cannot allow somebody who is charged by and has the confidence of these Houses to make decisions, to brief Members of these Houses, to...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2010)

Pearse Doherty: ——when the information was out there in the public arena——

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2010)

Pearse Doherty: ——and put us in a position where we guaranteed a bank which is costing us €34 billion. I formally propose an amendment to the Order of Business that Seanad Éireann debate a motion of no confidence in the Minister for Finance, Deputy Brian Lenihan, today.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2010)

Pearse Doherty: On a point of order, is the Cathaoirleach accepting my amendment to the Order of Business, or is he just pushing it aside because it is a motion of no confidence in the Minister for Finance?

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2010)

Pearse Doherty: I am proposing a change to the Order of Business in order that we can debate——

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2010)

Pearse Doherty: Will the Cathaoirleach accept the amendments to the Order of Business proposed earlier, in respect of which no formal notice was given? I am asking that we hear statements to express no confidence in the Minister for Finance. I formally propose an amendment that statements be taken.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2010)

Pearse Doherty: It is an amendment to the Order of Business.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2010)

Pearse Doherty: Yes, that statements to express no confidence in the Minister for Finance be taken.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2010)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Cathaoirleach.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2010)

Pearse Doherty: He got it terribly wrong.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2010)

Pearse Doherty: No matter how good or nice the man is, he got it terribly wrong.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2010)

Pearse Doherty: I am sorry. Did the Minister get it right? If it was just a cash flow problem, we would not be paying €34 billion.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2010)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister got it wrong.