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Seanad: Budget 2010: Motion (16 Dec 2009)

Liam Twomey: That is what the Government was telling the people.

Seanad: Budget 2010: Motion (16 Dec 2009)

Liam Twomey: We were not expecting the Senator to want so much information.

Seanad: Budget 2010: Motion (16 Dec 2009)

Liam Twomey: The Senator has not forgotten her roots.

Seanad: Budget 2010: Motion (16 Dec 2009)

Liam Twomey: Ray MacSharry was not too keen on Charlie McCreevy and Bertie Ahern is not too keen on the Taoiseach. The Senator's side is good at internal fighting itself.

Seanad: Budget 2010: Motion (16 Dec 2009)

Liam Twomey: Considering the mess the Government has made of the country, the Senator has a fair cheek. It has banjaxed the country.

Seanad: Budget 2010: Motion (16 Dec 2009)

Liam Twomey: The Senator has a fair cheek.

Seanad: Budget 2010: Motion (16 Dec 2009)

Liam Twomey: The Government has banjaxed the country and this is the rubbish she is coming out with.

Seanad: Budget 2010: Motion (16 Dec 2009)

Liam Twomey: I apologise. I will respond in time to that rubbish the Senator has spoken after banjaxing the country herself.

Seanad: Budget 2010: Motion (16 Dec 2009)

Liam Twomey: At long last.

Seanad: Budget 2010: Motion (16 Dec 2009)

Liam Twomey: It did in its eyeball.

Seanad: Budget 2010: Motion (16 Dec 2009)

Liam Twomey: I move: That Seanad Éireann: noting that: the Budget forecasts a further cut in employment levels of 65,000 in 2010, after the estimated fall of 165,000 this year; the OECD, the European Commission and the IMF have concluded that, after the end of the debt-fuelled property and public spending bubbles, a return to the export-led economic growth of the 1990s is the only route for Ireland out...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (15 Dec 2009)

Liam Twomey: To continue where Senator O'Toole finished in regard to the Minister's comments on Sunday night, in reality the Minister has no plan or strategy so this is replaced with hubris, with big man talk from Ministers, with each one sending out a different message depending on which part of the country they are interviewed in and which Minister is being interviewed. Basically, nobody has a clue...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2009)

Liam Twomey: Why is that? Why are we in crisis?

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2009)

Liam Twomey: Public health nurses cannot even call to the people they are supposed to see.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2009)

Liam Twomey: Listen to that now.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2009)

Liam Twomey: I welcome Senator Ó Brolcháin to the House but until we have worked out what his temperament is, we will not rile him in case we experience a linguistic outburst similar to that in the Lower House last Friday.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2009)

Liam Twomey: I second the proposed amendment to the Order of Business. The population is concerned that the Government has gone soft on crime and its causes. Hardened and petty criminals are not fearful that the Government will do something serious to restrict their activities, which is why the country is up in arms about what is happening. The media are wrong when they criticise the House for not being...

Seanad: Budget 2010: Statements (10 Dec 2009)

Liam Twomey: It is the Taoiseach's new office.

Seanad: Budget 2010: Statements (10 Dec 2009)

Liam Twomey: It is his office.

Seanad: Budget 2010: Statements (10 Dec 2009)

Liam Twomey: When listening yesterday to the Budget Statement by the Minister for Finance, Deputy Brian Lenihan, an image came to mind of Frank Kelly who played Fr. Jack in the comedy series "Father Ted". He was known for using only three words during the course of the programme - "feck," "arse" and "drink." This budget should be called the Fr. Jack budget. The first word could refer to the public...