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- Seanad: Finance Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Mar 2012)
Tom Shehan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. It is easier to ask him to come to the House than any other Minister because he spent some time here and appreciates the work we do. To put things in perspective, as stated, last year â¬13.4 billion was spent on health while the income tax take was â¬13.397 billion. There are measures in the Finance Bill that are tough on ordinary people. It...
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Mar 2012)
Tom Shehan: I ask my colleague, Senator Byrne, to please refrain from interrupting when one is in mid-flow.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Mar 2012)
Tom Shehan: There is not a great deal of interest from the Senator's side of the House.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Mar 2012)
Tom Shehan: There are positive aspects to the budget and the Finance Bill, particularly in regard to the universal social charge where the exemption threshold increased from â¬4,000 to â¬10,000. That exemption was most helpful to those on the lower pay scales. I compliment the members of Cabinet on the work they did last week on behalf of the country in selling Ireland abroad and conveying the message...
- Seanad: Sale of State Assets: Statements, Questions and Answers (19 Apr 2012)
Tom Shehan: I will do my utmost to save the Minister â¬1 billion.
- Seanad: Sale of State Assets: Statements, Questions and Answers (19 Apr 2012)
Tom Shehan: Interest included.
- Seanad: Sale of State Assets: Statements, Questions and Answers (19 Apr 2012)
Tom Shehan: The public-private partnership with Treasury Holdings on the conference centre will cost the State â¬47 million per year for its first five years and â¬24 million for each of the following 20 years. The Minister should sell the convention centre. I am sure somebody is interested in it and the sale would save â¬750 million, or close to â¬1 billion when interest is included. I was one of...
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Apr 2012)
Tom Shehan: I wish to make reference to the decision of some trade unions, announced at the weekend, to oppose the fiscal treaty. I ask the Leader to write to these unions and to other parties who oppose the treaty and ask the following question. Should Ireland need further assistance from the EU, where do these unions, and others who are against the treaty, suggest that we get the money to fund their...
- Seanad: Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Apr 2012)
Tom Shehan: I welcome the Minister of State. Much of what has been said on both sides of the House has been directed towards people living in the real world. Listening to the contributions I have been thinking to myself that every one of the Senators who spoke must be on the plus side with his or her bank, given the way he or she has been talking. I am surprised by the point made on the preamble by...
- Seanad: Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Apr 2012)
Tom Shehan: We should not speak out of both sides of our mouths. If Sinn Féin can accept it and live with it in Northern Ireland, it should not be so populist and patronise people by suggesting there is no need for them to take it. They do not have to take it but Sinn Féin is ramming it down the throats of the people they represent and those whom they guide in the North through the power-sharing...
- Seanad: Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Apr 2012)
Tom Shehan: Does Sinn Féin not have a vote there? Every Sinn Féin member has a vote there as well.
- Seanad: Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Apr 2012)
Tom Shehan: Sinn Féin could pull out of government there.
- Seanad: Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Apr 2012)
Tom Shehan: I am sorry.
- Seanad: Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Apr 2012)
Tom Shehan: This is more of the honest debate to which I referred.
- Seanad: Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Apr 2012)
Tom Shehan: That is the blame game.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)
Tom Shehan: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)
Tom Shehan: Senator Mooney misrepresented Senator Keane.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)
Tom Shehan: My question relates to the tourism industry, particular in the south of the country, in advance of the impending tourism season. The potential for job creation in the tourism sector in counties such as that in which I live, namely, the kingdom of Kerry, is enormous. In the short to medium term, the best prospects for growth in local economies is to exploit the solid product that exists in...
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2012)
Tom Shehan: It was a secret plan.
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2012)
Tom Shehan: With regard to the treaty, it is the stability treaty. I am surprised by my esteemed colleagues on the opposite side. If we do not pass this treaty, it will cause instability. If there is instability in this country, it will affect inward investment. Who will invest in a country that is labelled unstable and where there is no stability?