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- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2009)
Frances Fitzgerald: The Senator misunderstands. Trade union reform needs to be made.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2009)
Frances Fitzgerald: It is not point scoring. The Senator misunderstands.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2009)
Frances Fitzgerald: That is what it is.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2009)
Frances Fitzgerald: It is clear the Government has created a climate of fear and anxiety about the budget in bringing the country to the edge of a financial precipice and I do not believe the people have confidence that it will bring us back from it. I want to raise questions today - we will be discussing the budget tomorrow - about the values it will foster. I point to one issue about which serious questions...
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2009)
Frances Fitzgerald: I point to another issue, the welfare of children. We will discuss the Murphy report later. We have had the Ryan report and an implementation plan for it from the Minister of State, Deputy Barry Andrews. The implementation plan is excellent but will resources be made available for it? We have heard so much talk about the need to protect children in the aftermath of the Ryan and Murphy...
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2009)
Frances Fitzgerald: It is responsible when it suits.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2009)
Frances Fitzgerald: They take more than alcohol.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2009)
Frances Fitzgerald: My goodness; look at where that experience has brought us.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2009)
Frances Fitzgerald: There were 93.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2009)
Frances Fitzgerald: That is the other side of the story.
- Seanad: Report by Commission of Investigation into Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin: Statements (Resumed) (9 Dec 2009)
Frances Fitzgerald: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Barry Andrews, to the House. He has a critical role in the issues that arise from the Ryan and Murphy reports. Ms Justice Murphy has done an excellent job. In fact, I would like to quote so much from this report and put it on the record of this House, but I do not have time to do that today....
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)
Frances Fitzgerald: The Leader suggests we take No. 1 on the Order Paper, a report from the Joint Committee on European Affairs and the Joint Committee on European Scrutiny on the role of the Houses of the Oireachtas in the implementation of the Lisbon treaty. It seems that would be a perfect issue to discuss in the House and the Leader might consider having a debate on it at another time, rather than merely...
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)
Frances Fitzgerald: Yesterday I stated it was critical that the budget pass the test of fairness to families and the test of competitiveness and creating jobs, as well as protect children. On each of these three criteria, it failed. Families will not forget how much this budget failed them. We in this country took a decision to invest in children over a long period of time and a budget that cuts that...
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)
Frances Fitzgerald: That is outrageous. It is unfair.
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)
Frances Fitzgerald: They were walked up the hill last week.
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)
Frances Fitzgerald: Pay the â¬6 billion to Anglo Irish Bank.
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)
Frances Fitzgerald: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)
Frances Fitzgerald: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)
Frances Fitzgerald: Absolutely.
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)
Frances Fitzgerald: His budget decisions.