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Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2010: Motion (Resumed) (29 Sep 2010)

Liam Twomey: What about Anglo Irish Bank and AIB?

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2010: Motion (Resumed) (29 Sep 2010)

Liam Twomey: I would like to hear the Senator's views on AIB.

Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Banking Sector) Order 2010: Motion (8 Jul 2010)

Liam Twomey: I welcome the investigation of the banking reports by the Joint Committee on Finance and the Public Service, the establishment of a banking inquiry and the review of the Department of Finance over the period to which the Minister of State referred. However, there are other very important issues. There is a need to ensure there is a rapid investigation by the Garda and State authorities to...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Banking Sector) Order 2010: Motion (8 Jul 2010)

Liam Twomey: Yesterday's man.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2010)

Liam Twomey: The Rebel County.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2010)

Liam Twomey: He wants the Queen to come to Killarney.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2010)

Liam Twomey: He wants the Queen to come to Killarney.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2010)

Liam Twomey: It sounds like we had better get that train out.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2010)

Liam Twomey: When we gave the Government advice prior to 2007 it did not take it and look where that got us.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2010)

Liam Twomey: Read the record of both Houses.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2010)

Liam Twomey: The Government was being well advised but unfortunately it was blinded by hubris and its own ignorance.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2010)

Liam Twomey: The Government has made its bed and must sleep on it. It is its problem to deal with.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2010)

Liam Twomey: We will give it the best advice we can but that is the most we can do for it.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2010)

Liam Twomey: As we are on the issue, we should have a debate on the economy because there is much positive sentiment to the effect that we may have growth of 2% next year. This must be balanced with the acknowledgement that we will borrow €20 billion for the foreseeable future to balance the Government's spending. This is the equivalent to approximately 15% of our GDP. We need this debate to show...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2010)

Liam Twomey: The Government will have it banned by then.

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (22 Jun 2010)

Liam Twomey: I, too, offer my condolences to Patrick and John, Sheila and family, and all of Peter's friends not only from Inishannon but from across west Cork and the rest of the country. For a youngish Fine Gaeler, I would have described Peter as old-style Fianna Fáil. He was decent, very fair and always good company from the first day I met him in the House. His family is well aware that I would...

Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Liam Twomey: I second the motion. Senator Ó Brolcháin remarked that this motion is somehow irrelevant. In one month's time the concerns of what is happening within our political party will be old news. However, the effects of what has happened to our economy are being felt severely and will continue to be felt quite dramatically. Whatever about members of the Green Party, members of Fianna Fáil...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jun 2010)

Liam Twomey: First, I want to comment on the issue regarding the mental hospitals. I ask the Leader to have an urgent debate on this issue. Specifically, a number of facilities are due to close in February with no alternative in place and it seems strange that one agency in the State can dictate that these centres are supposed to close in February next and that the other State agency responsible for...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jun 2010)

Liam Twomey: We have no clear answers on the Dublin-Monaghan bombings, what exactly happened and if there was collusion, or on a number of other incidents. We are good at being critical or supportive of what happens outside this jurisdiction, but we are poor at looking at ourselves and openly discussing some of what happened on this territory during the course of the Troubles.

Seanad: Banking Reports: Statements (15 Jun 2010)

Liam Twomey: I wish to share time with Senator Bacik. Both reports are important in clearing up what happened in Ireland in recent years. It is sad that they show all the mistakes that were made during the latter years of the Celtic tiger, for which we will pay for decades. They conclude there was a great sense of hubris in the country from 2004 until the time the Celtic tiger died. They give a sense...