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Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2012)

Tom Shehan: Are members of the Fianna Fáil Party in this House refusing to accept the judgment of the Attorney General prior to her making it?

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2012)

Tom Shehan: They are making allegations. As stated by a colleague on this side, they are jumping on the band wagon.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2012)

Tom Shehan: Yes. Fianna Fáil is, prior to the Attorney General making her decision-----

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2012)

Tom Shehan: I ask Fianna Fáil to wait until the Attorney General has made her decision.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2012)

Tom Shehan: Yes. Sinn Féin has stated that it will take the matter to the Supreme Court. That party has never accepted any legal decision in any court of law, except for the decision last year in respect of the by-election.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2012)

Tom Shehan: The question that must be asked is from where does that party get the money to take matters before the Supreme Court?

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2012)

Tom Shehan: I ask that the Leader arrange for an early debate on diabetes.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2012)

Tom Shehan: Does the Senator want him to come here now?

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2012)

Tom Shehan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2012)

Tom Shehan: Well said.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2012)

Tom Shehan: That is a cheap shot.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2012)

Tom Shehan: A charity used to use the catchphrase, "give a little, it will help a lot, " and I rise this morning on behalf of an advocacy group with that in mind. If that group could be given a little, it would help a lot. The group is Brí, a group for people with acquired brain injuries. For several years, it has sought an identity card to be provided for people with acquired brain injuries so they...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2012)

Tom Shehan: Is it possible to bring the Minister for Health to the House to discuss the fair deal scheme because it is not working and is unworkable because of the value put on properties in 2008 and 2009. Those properties are now worth only 20% of that value. I heard of a case recently in which a person was asked to pay up to €850 per week to keep a loved one in a nursing home, as it was 5% of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2012)

Tom Shehan: People with the cheques written are asking where to send them. That should be advertised locally.

Seanad: Investment in Education: Motion (8 Feb 2012)

Tom Shehan: The Minister of State, Deputy Cannon, and Minister of Education and Skills, Deputy Quinn, do not want to introduce cuts but must do so because savings have to be made. Pay and pensions account for 80% of the overall education budget, with the remaining 20% allocated to run education services. As pay and pensions are protected by the Croke Park agreement, only 20% of the budget is available...

Seanad: Investment in Education: Motion (8 Feb 2012)

Tom Shehan: I am stating what I have seen in my parish where parents pass the two-teacher schools and bring their children to the four-teacher and eight-teacher schools for greater inclusion, team games, sports and the quality of the education they receive. That is what people have told me and I am relaying it to the House. As I said, the Minister does not want to do this but savings must be made....

Seanad: Investment in Education: Motion (8 Feb 2012)

Tom Shehan: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Aerfort na Gaillimhe (8 Feb 2012)

Tom Shehan: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2012)

Tom Shehan: So the Senator engages with our site on a regular basis.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2012)

Tom Shehan: Those are wise words.