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Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Mar 2010)

Michael McCarthy: This is a speech.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Mar 2010)

Michael McCarthy: This is a speech. The Senator has been going on for four or five minutes.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Mar 2010)

Michael McCarthy: During Private Members' Business in the Dáil this week, the Labour Party introduced a Bill that will allow for the downward review of rents. In these difficult, economically challenging times, businesses cannot afford the Celtic tiger rates set in the midst of economic lunacy in this country. The Taoiseach said advice from the Attorney General suggests we cannot do that. Will the Leader...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Michael McCarthy: The last time the trade unions were in Government Buildings to show leadership and negotiate a resolution on the unsustainable pay cuts for those in the public sector and private industry they were thrown out at 3 a.m. or 4 a.m. Leadership on the issue should be shown from the top down; it begins with the Taoiseach. I raise the issue, an exclusive on "Prime Time" last night, of the increased...

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Mar 2010)

Michael McCarthy: I appeal to the Government to ask the Taoiseach to get directly involved in regard to the negotiations between the unions and Government to determine how we can get out of the current industrial action. We must bear in mind that last December it was the Government that evicted those organisations from Government Buildings. We warned at that time that if that course of action was followed in...

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Michael McCarthy: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Michael McCarthy: While the point Senator O'Toole makes is well made, we must bear in mind that my party, like Fine Gael, has been in opposition since 1997. If we were on the other side of the House, the country might not be in the mess it is in.

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Michael McCarthy: Not only are we still paying the 2% PMPA levy, but there are people in this country who are paying a pension levy even though they will never see a pension. I refer to part-time firefighters in west Cork and cleaners in schools throughout the country, for example. It is a mystery that the PMPA levy still exists after 28 years, but it is also worth mentioning that legislation passed in this...

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Michael McCarthy: The Government's policies on land speculation and tax incentivisation encouraged the behaviour that led to the development of the blackest hole there has ever been in the Irish economy. The bailout, if I can borrow the Minister for Finance's expression, is "truly horrifying". The Government does not have a policy on job creation and protection. I ask Senators to reflect on what €40...

Seanad: Lost at Scheme: Motion. (31 Mar 2010)

Michael McCarthy: I wish to share time with Senator Norris. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Connick, and congratulate him again on his appointment as Minister of State with the responsibility for the marine. Last Wednesday, when he and I appeared on "The Late Debate" with Rachael English, I told him his brief is significant and offers considerable potential to re-boot the rural economy if we review...

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Apr 2010)

Michael McCarthy: It is in the Irish Examiner also.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Apr 2010)

Michael McCarthy: If we wait long enough, we will probably get a bedtime story. I wish to raise a number of issues, including Anglo Irish Bank. Is the Leader aware that directors' loans will be pursued? Last night I saw RTE reporter, Charlie Bird, being hunted from the door of a $4.5 million pad in the United States by someone who is now wanted by the Garda concerning the shenanigans in Anglo Irish Bank. We...

Seanad: Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: Second Stage. (20 Apr 2010)

Michael McCarthy: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important Bill and also welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Mansergh, and his officials. This Bill has been expected. It has been a long time on the horizon and it has arrived at last. Looking over the debate pack compiled for us by the library and research team, which was quite informative and well researched, I noted some interesting exchanges...

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Apr 2010)

Michael McCarthy: The mess in which the country finds itself is due to Irish crony capitalism. While the Government has saddled generations with the debts accrued from NAMA-----

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Apr 2010)

Michael McCarthy: -----the bailout and recapitalisation, it has turned to socialism for bankers. We now have the disgusting situation where the chief executive of the Bank of Ireland gets a top-up of €1.5 million on his pension while a former director of Anglo Irish Bank gets a pension of €10,000 per week and free Aer Lingus flights to Puerto Banus, the most expensive part of the Costa del Sol. The banks...

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2010)

Michael McCarthy: Senator Norris should call them balls, for God's sake.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2010)

Michael McCarthy: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2010)

Michael McCarthy: I join Members in seeking a debate about politics and in particular, as I have stated consistently, on the role played by the media. There has been a huge chipping away at the terms and conditions of Deputies and Senators and at those of their colleagues on cash-strapped local authorities. After the introduction of the swiping system on 1 March, one would have imagined that journalists'...

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2010)

Michael McCarthy: Nevertheless, when one public sector worker speaks out on behalf of his organisation, the response is over the top.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2010)

Michael McCarthy: Is that our fault?