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Risk Equalisation (Amendment) Scheme 2007: Motion (26 Apr 2007)

Liam Twomey: Good.

Risk Equalisation (Amendment) Scheme 2007: Motion (26 Apr 2007)

Liam Twomey: There is no capacity.

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Instruction to Committee (26 Apr 2007)

Liam Twomey: It is important this legislation is passed. Legislation often falls behind progress in society. Economic developments change society and we follow up with social legislation. Many people would never have imagined we would see most parents out working and 67,500 children would be in non-parental child care services. This is good legislation that continues the idea of child protection and...

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Instruction to Committee (26 Apr 2007)

Liam Twomey: I do not mind if the Minister of State quotes me. I give credit where credit is due. There is not a huge amount due to that side of the House but the Minister of State seems to have a clear commitment in the context of the legislation he brings forward in the House and that is to be commended. In any case, I wish him the best of luck in the general election.

Commissions of Investigation: Motions (26 Apr 2007)

Liam Twomey: Leas Cross is a legacy of gross failure and abuse of the elderly by this Government. It is high time this commission was set up to investigate what happened in Leas Cross and, more appropriately, why the Government failed so dramatically to protect patients in that nursing home and why it took it so long to respond to what was happening there. The Minister involved should have known to some...

Departmental Staff. (26 Apr 2007)

Liam Twomey: The Minister is getting complacent.

Departmental Staff. (26 Apr 2007)

Liam Twomey: The Minister will use the Civil Service.

Departmental Staff. (26 Apr 2007)

Liam Twomey: Slippery standards.

Departmental Staff. (26 Apr 2007)

Liam Twomey: I was able to read a newspaper when Charlie Haughey was around and it has not changed much since then with you lot.

Employment Support Services. (26 Apr 2007)

Liam Twomey: Are the people of Tallaght happy with that?

Written Answers — Regulatory Programme: Regulatory Programme (26 Apr 2007)

Liam Twomey: Question 69: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his view of the recommendations of the report of the Joint Committee on Enterprise published in April 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15551/07]

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2007)

Liam Twomey: Before I came into this House I felt it was the sleepy backwater of national politics.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2007)

Liam Twomey: That was my impression and we will see whether it will change in the next couple of months. Talking about Seanad Éireann keeping its eagle eye on foreign policy regarding Burma and the Middle East is almost as useful as keeping an eagle eye on the Russian Tsar in the early 20th century. We must be realistic about what we can achieve in this House. Whereas I do not necessarily agree with...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2007)

Liam Twomey: I hope we will talk more about Shannon. There are differing views in this House but the Government Members must be extremely clear, because it is not just Aer Lingus that has migrated to Northern Ireland — it seems Fianna Fáil is planning on migrating north as well. Maybe they are neglecting the west and they should be quite clear on how they are going to move in that direction.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2007)

Liam Twomey: The Minister for Finance, Deputy Cowen, said he would like to see a slowdown in the housing market and, according to the Construction Industry Federation, he has got his wish as we now have a significant slowdown which will cause concerns for the economy for the next couple of years. The CEO of the Construction Industry Federation said on a news bulletin this afternoon that three of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2007)

Liam Twomey: In the next couple of weeks, during debates on Shannon and the health services, I look forward to the Government representatives on the other side telling it as it is. Maybe some of them will explain why Senator Ross is completely wrong in regard to Government policy and that Fianna Fáil really does look after the west, instead of moving to Northern Ireland.

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Liam Twomey: I congratulate the Minister, Deputy Harney, on her reappointment as Minister for Health and Children. It is three years since the Minister was first appointed to this office. One can ask what success has been achieved within the health service. There is no doubt money has been spent but the successes are few. Part of the problem is a combination of incompetence and complacency about what...

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Liam Twomey: On a point of clarification, is the Senator agreeing with the cutbacks?

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Liam Twomey: I would like a straight answer from the Senator. That is all I want.

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Liam Twomey: The Senator should check the record of the Dáil. I backed the Minister on that issue two years ago.