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Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Thomas Byrne: The Labour Party does not care about the people.

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Thomas Byrne: This is sickening.

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Thomas Byrne: "Just ignore it," is that what cancer sufferers in County Sligo are saying?

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Thomas Byrne: The Governor of the Central Bank also recommended it last year, when Senator Gilroy's party voted against it.

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Thomas Byrne: We said that last year and the Labour Party voted against it.

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Thomas Byrne: Fianna Fáil is doing the right thing now, not just opposing it.

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Thomas Byrne: This is the worst day for democracy in this country ever.

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Thomas Byrne: We are supporting the scheme.

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Thomas Byrne: The House will excuse the passion of my interjections today but I am passionate about this issue because I am passionate about consistency, honesty and decency in politics.

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Thomas Byrne: I have never done that on the radio, and I have never told people with cancer that they would get services when I knew they would not be delivered.

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Thomas Byrne: I will withdraw the L-I-E word from earlier because I realise that it is unparliamentary. This is a dark day for democracy, it is a day that proves there is no honesty and the public are right to be cynical about politicians. All of us are done down because of that.

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Thomas Byrne: Fine Gael was opposed to the very same motion last year; it voted against it. Now it comes in with a straight face hoping we will support this very necessary measure. Yes, we will support it, we have a consistent position, it is our policy and we will not run away from it, we will not do a U-turn, we will not lie to the people, we will not tell them one thing and then do another, which is...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)

Thomas Byrne: Talk to Phil Hogan.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)

Thomas Byrne: What about the small schools in Galway that are going to have to close in view of the pupil-teacher ratio? What about the guidance counsellors? What about the Protestant schools?

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)

Thomas Byrne: They have all been affected.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)

Thomas Byrne: You are up there and -----

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)

Thomas Byrne: Tell that to the small schools of Connemara.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)

Thomas Byrne: I second Senator Darragh O'Brien's amendment to the Order of Business. What is particularly appalling about this budget is the targeting of specific sectors in society, for instance, the targeting of the young disabled, the targeting of the old, the sick and the handicapped who depend on the fuel allowance and the targeting of small schools for a cut in the pupil-teacher ratio, contrary to...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)

Thomas Byrne: The Senator should read the Minister's document yesterday.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)

Thomas Byrne: I refer Senator Healy Eames to the press release and the leaflet issued by the Minister, Deputy Ruairí Quinn, yesterday and distributed to all of us. I also refer to the RTE news bulletin which reported that a Department spokesman told those schools to consider their future and that they would be better able to do so with a higher pupil-teacher ratio. While Senator Healy Eames is...