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Confidence in Government: Motion (9 Jun 2009)

Simon Coveney: Did the Minister write this speech?

Confidence in Government: Motion (9 Jun 2009)

Simon Coveney: Did the Minister write this speech?

Confidence in Government: Motion (9 Jun 2009)

Simon Coveney: They certainly are.

Confidence in Government: Motion (9 Jun 2009)

Simon Coveney: Has that ever been done by a party in Opposition?

Confidence in Government: Motion (9 Jun 2009)

Simon Coveney: The Minister is quoting history.

Confidence in Government: Motion (9 Jun 2009)

Simon Coveney: Has the Minister nothing to say about his own Government?

Confidence in Government: Motion (9 Jun 2009)

Simon Coveney: Absolutely. Unlike the last time.

Confidence in Government: Motion (9 Jun 2009)

Simon Coveney: Maybe he did write this rubbish. That worries me.

Confidence in Government: Motion (9 Jun 2009)

Simon Coveney: I hope so.

Confidence in Government: Motion (9 Jun 2009)

Simon Coveney: Deputy Lee will not have 14 staff working for him, unlike someone else here.

Confidence in Government: Motion (9 Jun 2009)

Simon Coveney: I should hope so. The Government spent €50 billion a year of the people's money.

Confidence in Government: Motion (9 Jun 2009)

Simon Coveney: We supported that.

Confidence in Government: Motion (9 Jun 2009)

Simon Coveney: It was boom and bust economics. We are bust now.

Confidence in Government: Motion (9 Jun 2009)

Simon Coveney: It had nothing to do with us.

Confidence in Government: Motion (9 Jun 2009)

Simon Coveney: I wish to share my time with Deputy Deenihan.

Confidence in Government: Motion (9 Jun 2009)

Simon Coveney: Fine Gael threatened to put down a motion of no confidence, but the Government's motion today responded to that. Ireland needs a new Government. Despite what the Taoiseach said today, it is clear the public has lost faith and trust in the people who have been governing Ireland for nearly 12 years. The election result was no minor mid-term protest intended to give the Government a wake-up...

Confidence in Government: Motion (9 Jun 2009)

Simon Coveney: We have done so.

Confidence in Government: Motion (9 Jun 2009)

Simon Coveney: Our proposal on health care is not fantasy. A similar approach is being delivered successfully in the Netherlands and such a model can be delivered here. My party has also made proposals on job creation with the NewERA policy, on which Government members have taken a cynical position. Last night on "Questions and Answers", for instance, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Micheál...

Confidence in Government: Motion (9 Jun 2009)

Simon Coveney: The Minister has probably not read it. Since last January, the Fine Gael Party has deliberately focused on producing new policies and ideas and has done so in the areas of job creation, job protection, health care and third level education. The Government refuses to accept this is the case. My party wants to go directly to the people to have our ideas tested because we are confident the...

Written Answers — Energy Costs: Energy Costs (9 Jun 2009)

Simon Coveney: Question 69: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, further to Parliamentary Question No. 59 of 19 May 2009, the specific EUROSTAT publication she is referring to when she quoted that small and medium sized enterprises here pay 1% below the EU average for energy; the reference number or name of the EUROSTAT publication; the further breakdown of energy costs...