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- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jun 2010)
Frances Fitzgerald: Roisin Ingle's first two sentences on the front page of The Irish Times this morning are revealingly chilling and I am sure for many they were overwhelming. Everyone who read them will have been hugely moved by them: At 3.25 p.m. yesterday, with the sun beating down on a packed Guildhall Square in Derry, a pair of hands poked through the metal grille covering the windows high up in the...
- Seanad: Provision of Health Services by the HSE: Statements (16 Jun 2010)
Frances Fitzgerald: I welcome the Minister to the House. I agree with the Leader's comment about the time she gives to the House and I thank her for that. She listens to the contributions we make and takes up the issues we highlight. She gives a response in so far as she can on the day on the issues we raise. She referred to improved life expectancy as one of the factors that proves we have a better service....
- Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)
Frances Fitzgerald: I move: That Seanad Ãireann has no confidence in the Taoiseach, Deputy Brian Cowen. Moving a motion of no confidence in a member of the Government in the Seanad is not a decision I, or Fine Gael, take lightly. Such confidence motions are rare in this House. However, even more rare is the publication of independent reports into a banking crisis which point the finger of blame squarely and...
- Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)
Frances Fitzgerald: The two banking reports published in recent weeks shatter the myths, illusions and spin which the Government has tried to force on the people. The words "I am sorry" were slow to come from the Taoiseach with him instead preferring to hide behind another two words, "Lehman Brothers". Now the jury has returned, however, and the independent verdicts are in with a clear result. The reports...
- Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)
Frances Fitzgerald: The Government was protecting property developers. Somebody had to speak for first-time buyers.
- Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)
Frances Fitzgerald: We needed justice for first-time buyers after the overheating of the property market.
- Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)
Frances Fitzgerald: The Greens are like that.
- Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)
Frances Fitzgerald: What things?
- Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)
Frances Fitzgerald: Why does the Senator not name them?
- Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)
Frances Fitzgerald: The public know all about their reality.
- Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)
Frances Fitzgerald: It is 75% home grown.
- Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)
Frances Fitzgerald: That is absolute rubbish.
- Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)
Frances Fitzgerald: The times are specified.
- Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)
Frances Fitzgerald: They are still in disarray.
- Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)
Frances Fitzgerald: Look at today's report. They are still in disarray.
- Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)
Frances Fitzgerald: I thank all Senators who have contributed. It comes at a most appropriate time, with the publication of two reports that strip away any possible defence the Taoiseach, Deputy Cowen, could proffer for the actions he took as Minister for Finance. They strip away the defences and expose the damage that has been done to this economy by his actions, the consequences of which every family in the...
- Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)
Frances Fitzgerald: However, we must remember he was appointed by the former Taoiseach, Deputy Bertie Ahern, a man who hand in hand with the Taoiseach, Deputy Brian Cowen, is culpable for the mess we are in. These are not only my sentiments, but those of the international experts who wrote the two recent reports. It is there in black and white. Senator Boyle is deluding himself if he believes people need...
- Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)
Frances Fitzgerald: The ordinary people of this country are paying the price for the series of mistakes made by him and his Government with the help of a Progressive Democrat ideology and PD Government Members. This is why we have tabled the motion and this is why I call on Senators to support it. The facts are clear. He is guilty of these crimes on the Irish people. I ask for support in thisââ
- Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)
Frances Fitzgerald: It is a political crime.
- Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)
Frances Fitzgerald: Serious political crimes have been committed on the Irish people and the Irish economy.