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Order of Business (7 Feb 2007)

Liam Twomey: Do not be upsetting the PDs.

Health Service Reform: Motion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2007)

Liam Twomey: I am listening.

Health Service Reform: Motion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2007)

Liam Twomey: It is wrong.

Health Service Reform: Motion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2007)

Liam Twomey: It is wrong.

Health Service Reform: Motion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2007)

Liam Twomey: I refer some of those patients and they are not seen within two to five months.

Health Service Reform: Motion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2007)

Liam Twomey: When working as a full-time GP, I had between 12,000 and 15,000 consultations with patients every year, just like any other GP across the country. When I was on call, for example, going out at 12 midnight to see a sick child, admitting someone to hospital, ringing a local accident and emergency department or consultant, or chatting with an ambulance crew outside a patient's house, no one...

Health Service Reform: Motion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2007)

Liam Twomey: I will say that it was at variance with the truth. That is what is happening, and a recent report from the Irish College of General Practitioners — and the Irish Cancer Society in case the Minister of State thinks there is a vested interest — showed that 41% of public patients wait more than 12 weeks for a colonoscopy, which is what the patient known as Rosie required. In her case, it...

Health Service Reform: Motion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2007)

Liam Twomey: On the basis of the cancer strategy written by Deputy Noonan and presented to the Dáil.

Health Service Reform: Motion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2007)

Liam Twomey: It was funded by the Irish people. Fianna Fáil should not fool itself into thinking it did it. The economy was built on the backs of Irish people. The Government must identify weaknesses in services and improve them. It must protect patients by whatever means necessary. Our favoured means, the way forward, is a patient safety authority rather than a commission to examine the issue....

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (7 Feb 2007)

Liam Twomey: Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the equity of tax relief provisions for pensions. [4144/07]

Written Answers — Taxpayers' Advocate: Taxpayers' Advocate (7 Feb 2007)

Liam Twomey: Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance if he supports the establishment of a tax advocate with powers to monitor fair treatment of taxpayers. [4136/07]

European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (8 Feb 2007)

Liam Twomey: I was asked to speak about this by my party and, to be honest, I do not fully understand much of the Bill. As someone who has only been in this House for five years, I admit that I have not developed the intellectual scope to articulate the democratic concerns in the same eloquent way as Deputy Quinn. However, I think that what we are witnessing is a debasement of our democracy. It is a...

European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (8 Feb 2007)

Liam Twomey: Fianna Fáil people do not believe in that. They have a parochial view of holding on to power at any cost, of throwing up flags and pretending that they are marching for democracy.

European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (8 Feb 2007)

Liam Twomey: They have no idea——

European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (8 Feb 2007)

Liam Twomey: The Deputy interrupts when I comment that his party has no republican values. They play on the word "republicanism". The French genuinely feel it when they say those words. When one meets French parliamentarians and those involved in politics in France, they genuinely believe in fraternity, equality and liberty. They live it. The Government here considers itself part of a republican...

European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (8 Feb 2007)

Liam Twomey: We have always looked for those bypasses. The Minister of State should come down to County Wexford more often.

European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (8 Feb 2007)

Liam Twomey: I have been around long enough to understand what is going wrong. The Minister of State has been around long enough to know that he has not delivered for the people of County Wexford. The European Union has been very good regarding health services. We do not promote it much, but the EU would be a substitute for many of the weaknesses of the Irish health services if people better understood...

European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (8 Feb 2007)

Liam Twomey: I was talking about the role of the European Union in Ireland before we were interrupted. I suggested that a large percentage of the Members and citizens do not know where the EU's representative offices in this country are located. I estimate that many students in our secondary schools do not fully understand the difference between the roles of the European Parliament and the European...

European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (8 Feb 2007)

Liam Twomey: Does that include me?

European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (8 Feb 2007)

Liam Twomey: They are just getting hyper because they have been kept here so long. European Union legislation is usually initiated by the European Commission rather than the European Parliament. The Commission seems to have most of the authority in the EU. We need to engage in a strong public relations campaign to highlight how the EU works. Many of the concerns about the EU, some of which have been...