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Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Oct 2007)

Martin Mansergh: Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to improve the orthodontic service in the south east region, and in particular the waiting times. [21512/07]

Written Answers — Architectural Heritage: Architectural Heritage (2 Oct 2007)

Martin Mansergh: Question 507: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on affording official recondition and funding to an organisation (details supplied). [21638/07]

Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)

Martin Mansergh: Deputy Higgins is obviously not familiar with the UN resolution of 2004.

Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)

Martin Mansergh: As the national spatial strategy acknowledges, in practical terms regions overlap. West Tipperary has a close relationship with the Limerick and Shannon region in terms of employment and services. Several people from there are employed at Shannon, including Aer Lingus employees. There is also a wider interest common to all counties outside the metropolitan area in maintaining regional...

Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)

Martin Mansergh: The Minister should reserve the right to hold Aer Lingus to its responsibilities.

Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)

Martin Mansergh: On a point of order, surely there is a difference between calling a statement a lie and calling a speaker a liar.

Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)

Martin Mansergh: Will Deputy O'Dowd ask Deputy Kenny to withdraw what he stated about the Taoiseach?

Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Martin Mansergh: I am happy to have, so early on, this opportunity to express my complete confidence in the most successful Taoiseach this country has ever had. It was my privilege to work closely with him as a political adviser from December 1994 to April 2002, both on Northern Ireland and a wide range of economic and other matters.

Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Martin Mansergh: During that period and since I found him motivated by public interest and dealing with fairness, integrity, an even temperament and, above all, a basic decency, with all the issues with which he was confronted. I am surprised the opportunity has arisen to express confidence so soon. The electorate has spoken only recently and a Government has only just been formed. There has been no...

Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Martin Mansergh: I would like to bring to the attention of the House some important financial transactions in December 1994 not referred to in the tribunal in which the then Minister for Finance was involved and which have been of lasting public benefit. Following the IRA ceasefire, the then Minister for Finance, Deputy Bertie Ahern, did all the groundwork leading up to the decision made by the European...

Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Martin Mansergh: ——but it was rapidly adopted by the party when it took office.

Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Martin Mansergh: During some of the period under examination by the tribunal, in addition to preparatory work on Estimates and the budget, the then Minister for Finance had already been elected party leader, was supervising detailed negotiations for government and did not have a great deal of time in which to attend to his personal affairs. Since that time, the Taoiseach, who returned to office in 1997, has...

Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Martin Mansergh: It is understandable that, facing into a further five years in opposition, Fine Gael and the Labour Party would like to overturn the result of the recent election and destabilise one of the most popular Taoisigh ever. There is no adequate explanation as to why, if they felt this way previously, they did not take a stronger line, except that the people would not have liked it. As far as the...

Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Martin Mansergh: I have a clear memory of the events that occurred on the date to which I refer. I was with the then Taoiseach, Albert Reynolds, in Budapest, the then Minister for Finance was in Brussels — I suspect on the business I outlined earlier——

Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Martin Mansergh: ——and telephone calls were going backwards and forwards as the Government of the day collapsed. There are many in the Labour Party who in retrospect — perhaps also at the time in question — deeply regret what happened.

Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Martin Mansergh: What is happening now is the playing of a game of ethical knockout, particularly in view of the fact that, in addition to a lack of recent experience in government, the merits of the parties opposite are insufficient to recommend them to the people. The idea is that if people cannot achieve total, consistent and coherent recall of all their dealings a dozen or more years ago, then they are...

Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Martin Mansergh: ——with lawyers earning amounts of money that are many multiples of the sums we are discussing. It is wrong that the tribunal should be taking up so much of the Taoiseach's time. There is no evidence whatsoever that the public has lost confidence in the Taoiseach. In my opinion, there has been no change in that regard since the election. If I might use a phrase that de Valera employed...

Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Martin Mansergh: Of which I am proud.

Written Answers — Institutes of Technology: Institutes of Technology (4 Jul 2007)

Martin Mansergh: Question 151: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received a report (details supplied) with regard to changing the status of the Waterford Institute of Technology into a university; when she proposes to publish the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19217/07]

Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (28 Jun 2007)

Martin Mansergh: They might just be busy.