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Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Oct 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: If the Leader's party is in opposition after the next general election, as I hope it will be, I assume it will be bound by that agreement and that it will not be able to oppose a new Government in its implementation. While the question of agreeing to a Tallaght strategy is one all Members of the House need to consider, it is one Fianna Fáil should be considering seriously also.

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Oct 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: Anglo Irish Bank, the biggest bank failure in the world.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Oct 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I ask the Leader to arrange a debate on a report in today's newspapers that an overtime bill of €1.74 million is being paid to clear the backlog at the Passport Office where staff went on strike causing major difficulty and upheaval for a large number of people. We now find that one of the consequences of clearing the backlog created by the strike was that the office paid an additional sum...

Seanad: Trading and Investing in a Smart Economy: Statements (7 Oct 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I welcome the Minister of State. He made the point that he has a greater investment in seeing this plan succeed as a father with young children then he does as a Minister of State. I will respond in kind in my comments on this plan as to how it can be improved and how Ireland's presence abroad can be strengthened in the difficult times in which we find ourselves. I will make a number of...

Seanad: Trading and Investing in a Smart Economy: Statements (7 Oct 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: My point is a very fair one.

Seanad: Trading and Investing in a Smart Economy: Statements (7 Oct 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: They actually do have time. If one talks to any of the businesses, they will make the point that they want to be listened to. Not a single one of the users of this strategy, upon whom its success depends, is included in the high-level group that led to its development. There are so many people who would be willing to be involved. Mr. Craig Barrett is an example and I know the Government...

Seanad: Trading and Investing in a Smart Economy: Statements (7 Oct 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: If we are to use the excuse that people do not have the time to do the work, which I know to be incorrect-----

Seanad: Trading and Investing in a Smart Economy: Statements (7 Oct 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: There are people with the expertise to do as I propose and who would be willing to engage in and support the work. This relates to the point I made on the document previously. Where are the choices that are being made therein? Where are we outlining what we will not do just as we are saying what we will do? Is the driver of the lack of choices being made the fact that the group that...

Seanad: Trading and Investing in a Smart Economy: Statements (7 Oct 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: The second area in which the lack of connectivity is beginning to affect us is tourism. I came across a business only this week that stated it is trying to provide tourism services in a new area in Ireland. It stated its biggest impediment is that it cannot get people into the country in the way it would want to. The ability to get people into the country is being eroded month by month...

Seanad: Trading and Investing in a Smart Economy: Statements (7 Oct 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: Fitch.

Seanad: Trading and Investing in a Smart Economy: Statements (7 Oct 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I have.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: Consensus politics worked for our country in the late 1980s but I do not believe it will work now. It will not work now because things are so much more serious for our country than in the 1980s. We have a banking system that is under catastrophic pressure, a higher rate of unemployment and our main export markets, on which we are so dependent, are not showing the flickers of life we need....

Seanad: National Spatial Strategy Report: Statements (14 Oct 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I welcome the Minister of State and acknowledge that this is a very important debate on a number of different levels.

Seanad: National Spatial Strategy Report: Statements (14 Oct 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I welcome the Minister of State. This is an important debate on a number of levels. There is a need for the review and analysis of the national spatial strategy on the basis of my experience travelling outside Dublin through small towns and villages which are the backbone of our society. I notice repeatedly how quiet these towns and villages are at night, as well as the slow and steady...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Oct 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I will make two brief points. Senator Phelan spoke about the widening deficit being faced by the country. The Opposition spokespersons on finance were given the role of communicating that information to the country yesterday. If this side of the House is willing to come forward to engage with the Government on the perilous state the country is in, the Government owes it to the Opposition...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Oct 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: Today marks an unprecedented day for Irish politics. The leader of Fine Gael will meet the Taoiseach and the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to review the crisis our country is in. This unprecedented day for our politics arrives during an unprecedented economic era. As this country's problems are so serious, today should not be a day for glib soundbites, or for...

Seanad: Announcement on Banking by the Minister for Finance: Statements (20 Oct 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I welcome the Minister of State. This afternoon's meeting between the party leaders featured strongly on the Order of Business this morning when Senators from all sides welcomed the talks. It is vital the political system responds to the unprecedented economic times in which we find ourselves. I hope this afternoon's discussions will help create confidence in the measures being taken to...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to pick up on what Senator Boyle said about the ESRI report which has introduced into our discussion something that is misleading. A headline in one of our main newspapers indicates that the EU target could spell disaster. Let us be clear that we are not looking and do not need to reduce our borrowing commitments because of our membership of the European Union or a target set in...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: On a day like this.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: Like my colleagues, I strongly condemn what happened yesterday to the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney. The biggest wonder about it is not the actual event but, unfortunately, that it has taken so long to happen. We acknowledge time and again in this House the desperate state of the economy. Let us consider what the bond markets are saying today. Colleagues have already...