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Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Mar 2010)

Liam Twomey: The Green Party members have no role here, apart from taking the 30 pieces of silver.

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Mar 2010)

Liam Twomey: They do not want a debate on that matter either.

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Mar 2010)

Liam Twomey: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Mar 2010)

Liam Twomey: That is the way we feel about it. They got their junior Ministry and they are staying at home on the issue of what happened in the west.

Seanad: Mental Health: Statements. (23 Mar 2010)

Liam Twomey: It is fitting that, as we speak, Deputy Dan Neville and Miriam O'Callaghan are launching two books related to the issues surrounding suicide and mental illness. I wish them well. I am disturbed at the way we link any success in A Vision for Change to the remnants of a collapsed property market. Any money from the sale of properties in the mental health service in the last four years went...

Seanad: Mental Health: Statements. (23 Mar 2010)

Liam Twomey: On a point of order, I understood this would be a two way process in regards to the question.

Seanad: Mental Health: Statements. (23 Mar 2010)

Liam Twomey: I am only asking-----

Seanad: Mental Health: Statements. (23 Mar 2010)

Liam Twomey: If it is, I invite the Minister of State to come to St. Senan's with me and we can hold a good discussion about what to do with the mental health services in County Wexford.

Seanad: Mental Health: Statements. (23 Mar 2010)

Liam Twomey: I am asking the Minister of State in a very non-partisan way.

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Mar 2010)

Liam Twomey: The HSE is not accountable to the House. As a former junior Minister, the Senator knows it was established by the Government.

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Mar 2010)

Liam Twomey: It is nice to see a Senator on the other side coming alive.

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Mar 2010)

Liam Twomey: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Mar 2010)

Liam Twomey: The Minister for Health and Children needs to come to the House for an urgent debate on the newspaper headlines about the failure to read 58,000 X-rays in time for the patients affected. This means that either no one gives a damn about the results of the X-rays or the X-rays were irrelevant in the first place. The Government's response has been pathetic. There is almost a malaise and...

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Mar 2010)

Liam Twomey: I support the calls for a debate on local radio. I raised this matter with the Leader two weeks ago and he indicated at that point that he would be willing to allocate time for a debate on it. What is happening has the potential to put one or two local radio stations out of business in the coming months. The Minister should be brought before the House immediately in order that we might...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)

Liam Twomey: I ask again for a proper debate in this House on the banking crisis. The banking inquiries that are currently being carried out on behalf of the Government are taking place behind closed doors. The Government's terms of reference prohibit any investigation of the fateful night in September 2008 when the Taoiseach saddled future generations with massive debt. Last Friday, the Minister for...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)

Liam Twomey: Low-paid workers cannot afford to take such a hit. We need a proper debate on how these pension funds will be managed in the future.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)

Liam Twomey: Why?

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)

Liam Twomey: How many years did we wait?

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)

Liam Twomey: Does the Senator agree or disagree with Deputy Shatter? It sound like he is agreeing with him.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Mar 2010)

Liam Twomey: I call for a debate on the banking crisis because the Government's current socialist solution to a free market problem is causing jitters, not just in Government circles but across the economy. What will happen as a result of the banking crisis will cause untold concerns for everybody and will be a huge burden on every man, woman and child in the country. I wish to comment on some of the...