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Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Diarmuid Wilson: I outlined the logic in my introduction, and I will repeat it.

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Diarmuid Wilson: This is a debate about Army barracks.

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Diarmuid Wilson: It is about time the Government started giving it to them.

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Diarmuid Wilson: The Minister for Justice and Equality is not man enough to deliver his own speech.

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Diarmuid Wilson: The Minister of State outlined that. We are discussing the future and people's lives and concerns.

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Diarmuid Wilson: The Minister of State should stick to the subject in hand.

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Diarmuid Wilson: This is very difficult to deal with. The Minister, Deputy Shatter, did not have the guts to come into this House to read this scurrilous speech which he obviously wrote and which he handed to his junior Minister to deliver. He is doing a very good job at-----

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Diarmuid Wilson: -----inciting hatred. It is a disgrace that the Minister does not have the guts to come to the House to deliver this scurrilous speech, which he obviously wrote. This is about 700 soldiers, their families and their children.

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Diarmuid Wilson: It is not about the past; it is not about lies which the Minister of State is trying to portray here. This is about people.

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Diarmuid Wilson: It is very hard to take that the Minister does not have the guts to come into this House to deliver his own speech.

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Diarmuid Wilson: I was a Member of the last Seanad and was very proud-----

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Diarmuid Wilson: Our Ministers had a bit of decorum.

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Diarmuid Wilson: Our Ministers had a bit of decorum and manners-----

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Diarmuid Wilson: -----but the Minister of State obviously does not.

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Diarmuid Wilson: Untruths and scurrilous remarks.

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Diarmuid Wilson: Who is in government?

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Diarmuid Wilson: I thank colleagues on all sides for their contributions. I regret the Minister of State made a scurrilous contribution to this debate and did not take seriously the amendment put down in good faith by my party and out of genuine concern for the 700 members of the Army and their families. I regret the issue was not taken seriously by the Minister of State. I regret also that the Minister...

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Diarmuid Wilson: ------that is taking place seven miles from Dún Uí Néill Army barracks in Cavan town, which barracks, I repeat, the Minister, Deputy Shatter, proposes to close.

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Diarmuid Wilson: I am disappointed that the Minister of State did not take this debate seriously. He simply went into a rant about the EU and IMF, the usual rant from all Government Ministers to try to justify unpopular decisions. To those colleagues opposite who may not realise it, I say, "You are in Government now and you have to make decisions". Make the decisions and take the responsibility for making...

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Diarmuid Wilson: As pointed out by a number of speakers on this side, it is up to the Government to decide where savings are to be made. While I accept that savings must be made within the Department of Defence, taking this out on 700 soldiers and their families is not the way to go about it. The document I have before me details the wages of the top rank and file of the armed forces. Most of the people...