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- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2009)
Alan Kelly: I welcome the Government's announcement yesterday about its plans. However, I would prefer if it used real language, rather than spin, and told it like it is. For a long time, most of us have been saying there was a need for another budget, and now the Government is saying it will do this but is not calling it a budget. It brought in levies and did not call them taxes. People will not buy...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (25 Feb 2009)
Alan Kelly: I welcome the action taken by the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement in the past 24 hours, which is essential from a symbolic perspective. While one must await developments, the people must see action. Although they now are seeing it, they need to see more such action from the Government to indicate how the investigation into the banks will be advanced and to create the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Feb 2009)
Alan Kelly: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Feb 2009)
Alan Kelly: If our former colleague, Conor Cruise O'Brien, were still alive, he would justly say we are entering a second GUBU era. The current banking crisis is rolling on and on. People in banking circles are constantly telling us lies, in effect. It has to end now, in the interests of this House, the Oireachtas as a whole and the Government. If that does not happen, we might as well close the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Feb 2009)
Alan Kelly: I am coming to that. A number of questions arise and they have been stated already. This Government must come out and state what it knew, when it knew it and how it was dealing with this issue. Were any members of the Cabinet aware of the â¬300 million that was being put into the bank? When were they aware of it and under what circumstances? If we do not have that information the public...
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)
Alan Kelly: The news about Anglo Irish Bank is not only deeply disturbing but is unbelievable. People have not questioned the role of Irish Life & Permanent. Why did it behave in this manner? We have heard the phrase "cosy arrangements" before but if there was ever an example of it, this is it. We know there will be investigations into this matter. However, the Labour Party has advocated that a High...
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)
Alan Kelly: I asked the Leader a specific question on hospital consultant contracts.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2009)
Alan Kelly: It was novel to see the leader of a country such as the United States apologise in his first month in office for a mistake he made. It is a lesson that our current Government could learn quickly, which would be great for all of us. It should certainly be apologising. I agree with the sentiments of colleagues who said it should apologise for the way it has stumbled in this crisis. Its...
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2009)
Alan Kelly: I appreciate that.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2009)
Alan Kelly: Equity is good too.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2009)
Alan Kelly: Yes, a Chathaoirligh, as I always do.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2009)
Alan Kelly: There were no smart remarks. All I am looking for is fair treatment.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2009)
Alan Kelly: With regard to the package of cuts in the public service announced yesterday, how can one justify low and middle income public servants having to pay up to â¬2,000 in tax? It is a tax and we should call it that. We might as well get used to it. Members should not be so vain as to call it a contribution to pensions; it is a form of tax. Some of the low income earners will be paying a...
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2009)
Alan Kelly: It has been done in America, so why could it not be done here? That is something on which all Members of the House would agree. It would have been a commonsense approach and would have bought the public's good will. In conclusion, I agree with much of what Senator Coffey and Senator Prendergast said about the HSE. I visited St. Patrick's recently. As I have said previously, I agreed with...
- Seanad: Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jan 2009)
Alan Kelly: After the Minister of State's bewildering statement, I will press the amendment.
- Seanad: Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jan 2009)
Alan Kelly: I move amendment No. 2: In page 6, before section 2, to insert the following new section: 2.â(1) The Minister may, and shall if required to do so pursuant to a resolution under this section passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas, apply to the High Court for an order under the Companies Acts for the appointment of one or more inspectors to investigate the affairs of Anglo Irish Bank, having...
- Seanad: Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jan 2009)
Alan Kelly: The Taoiseach asked all Members to behave responsibly and that is what they are doing by tabling this amendment.
- Seanad: Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jan 2009)
Alan Kelly: Were Members to ask certain questions or make statements in a a certain manner, they might be giving oxygen to the Taoiseach's concerns. However, they are not doing so, even though they do not have the requisite information to make an honest assessment of the Bill. We are seeking to insert a clause that will ensure the taxpayer can be confident that everything that needs to be dug out will...
- Seanad: Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Bill 2009: Second Stage (20 Jan 2009)
Alan Kelly: It is interesting that the previous speaker asked us to be angry. I am sure he knows we have such a history. Before I address the substance of the Bill, I ask the Minister what is the rush in ramming it through the Oireachtas today. History teaches us that rushed legislation is bad legislation. What difference would it make if the Bill was passed tomorrow and if we had more time to debate...
- Seanad: Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Bill 2009: Second Stage (20 Jan 2009)
Alan Kelly: ââor even Government Senators.