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Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2009)

Liam Twomey: Newstalk.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2009)

Liam Twomey: Deputy Kenny is not a member of the committee.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2009)

Liam Twomey: Yes.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Business Plan: Statements (29 Oct 2009)

Liam Twomey: I thank the Minister of State for his presentation. As he pointed out, we will be dealing with the NAMA Bill in the next two weeks, but it is nice to get an update on what is going on. There are significant concerns about NAMA and where it is going, including the figures thrown out by the Minister of State in his speech. He states that the original value of the loans taken over by NAMA was...

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Business Plan: Statements (29 Oct 2009)

Liam Twomey: Excuse me. The theory behind it is that, otherwise, one will never really know what developers did or did not do. We would be going on trust.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Business Plan: Statements (29 Oct 2009)

Liam Twomey: I hope not.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Business Plan: Statements (29 Oct 2009)

Liam Twomey: Will we not have an allotment on Leinster Lawn? That could be symbolic.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Oct 2009)

Liam Twomey: I request the Deputy Leader of the House to arrange for an urgent debate early next week on the threatened industrial action by public sector unions, which will affect schools, hospitals and local authorities throughout the country. There is a serious need for us to debate this issue. A massive industrial crisis is about to happen across the public sector, which will have a huge knock-on...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Oct 2009)

Liam Twomey: I also call for a debate on what the HSE is doing in regard to nursing home charges. It is basically saying that if one requires public nursing home care but does not manage to fulfil the criteria to qualify for the fair deal scheme, one could end up paying up to €3,000 per week to stay in a public nursing home. That amounts, basically, to bringing in a form of health apartheid, which is...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Oct 2009)

Liam Twomey: This is rubbish. The Senator should stop it.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Oct 2009)

Liam Twomey: A Fianna Fáil leader was dispatched to the Park and shafted as well.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Oct 2009)

Liam Twomey: I was under the impression that the issue of derelict sites was being dealt with in the Lower House this week because NAMA is dealing with derelict sites, commercial and residential, throughout the country-----

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Oct 2009)

Liam Twomey: -----which will cost the taxpayer €54 billion and the Government is setting up a special purpose vehicle this week to hide from the Irish taxpayer the burden of the debt we are carrying as a country.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Oct 2009)

Liam Twomey: We should have more than one debate.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Oct 2009)

Liam Twomey: We should have debates in this House on a regular basis on the economy. The deficit is not €4 billion this year and it will not be €4 billion next year; it will be €25 billion every year, by the looks of things, for the foreseeable future. That is so big it could end up breaking this country. We all need to be realistic about what we say in debates on this issue. I ask that...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Oct 2009)

Liam Twomey: I must sit up for this one.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Oct 2009)

Liam Twomey: It took you by surprise, anyway.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Oct 2009)

Liam Twomey: You were there long enough to do it yourselves.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Oct 2009)

Liam Twomey: They have a lot of experience.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Oct 2009)

Liam Twomey: There is no worry about that.