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Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Thomas Byrne: I call for this matter to be brought before the Committee on Procedure and Privileges. It is not an attack on the Cathaoirleach. I am trying to protect him. He is a very popular Cathaoirleach.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Thomas Byrne: He is a very popular Cathaoirleach, we are proud of him and we support him and will continue to do so. We will support him when he is being attacked by RTE and it contacts him to tell him-----

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Thomas Byrne: -----what we should discuss in the Seanad. It is not RTE's business.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Thomas Byrne: I demand a debate on this issue-----

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Thomas Byrne: -----and that the Leader brings it before the Committee on Procedure and Privileges. I hope my colleagues do so because it is a matter of serious concern. RTE has no business telling the Cathaoirleach what is in Standing Orders. The Cathaoirleach's response should have been very impolite and in the vernacular. I will not describe what it should have been here. He should have told RTE to...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Thomas Byrne: It is very important. We raise this in support of the Cathaoirleach and not to criticise him. We need an urgent debate on mortgages and not with the Minister of State, Deputy Penrose. He set this fire alight in regard to mortgages during the summer when we said there would be debt forgiveness. He clearly was not speaking with any expertise or on behalf of his Department. We do not want to...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Thomas Byrne: I am calling for a debate on that issue. We have been pushing to see when this proposal by Fine Gael will be implemented. We now find that the Keane report is complete rubbish. The difficulty we have with the Keane report is that many of the members of the group were on the committee which published a report last October. The Government has not done anything to implement the findings of...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Thomas Byrne: Every Bill we bring forward-----

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Thomas Byrne: Every Bill we bring forward is unconstitutional.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Thomas Byrne: On a point of order, the Fianna Fáil Party-----

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Thomas Byrne: The Fianna Fáil Party has tabled a Bill in the Dáil for discussion next week-----

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Thomas Byrne: ----- which deals with many of the issues raised in that debate. It amends the Family Home Bill by incorporating the Law Reform Commission proposals.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Thomas Byrne: We look forward to the Labour Party and Fine Gael, the Taoiseach in particular, supporting that Bill.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Thomas Byrne: Rubbish.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Thomas Byrne: Tell that to the Labour Party.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Thomas Byrne: We support the Senator, but the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, refused to meet them.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2011)

Thomas Byrne: I also wish to call for a comprehensive debate on the agreement reached this morning. As with the Keane report, Government Senators and Deputies are rushing out to welcome this without actually reading the document. It may in fact be welcome and might require a constitutional referendum that we may support, but we do not know yet and will have to examine its implications. I would encourage...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2011)

Thomas Byrne: No. The Government told us it was unsustainable and that it would renegotiate it.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2011)

Thomas Byrne: As regards bank recapitalisation, what we did last year, which was continued by the Government, to make our banks rocket proof was assailed and attacked by all those parties. Now, however, they are welcoming measures in today's document that do the same thing and, in fact, do not go as far. Without having read the document, they are welcoming terms and conditions — that are being given to...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2011)

Thomas Byrne: This document should be teased out and not welcomed immediately. I wonder why we are not getting a reduction like the Greeks. What is the reason? Senator Quinn is right and I agree with him but I would like to see it being properly teased out. In that context, a full debate in Seanad Éireann is necessary as soon as possible when everybody has read the document. I was on local radio...