Results 2,601-2,620 of 4,810 for speaker:Liam Twomey
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Liam Twomey: It is about 400 years old now.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Liam Twomey: The Government cannot even do that.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Liam Twomey: On a point of order, when the Deputy Leader responds to questions asked during the Order of Business, does he have free reign to attack Opposition parties or must he respond to the questions asked in a non-partisan way?
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Liam Twomey: Does he have free reign to say what he likes, do what he likes-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Liam Twomey: I was just asking.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Liam Twomey: It is a car industry.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Liam Twomey: So one can bring cars in from Northern Ireland.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Liam Twomey: Bringing cars in from other jurisdictions affects our economy.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Liam Twomey: Did the Deputy Leader say it would be virtually impossible to get a Minister on a Thursday afternoon to debate a crisis matter?
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Liam Twomey: In the light of what we read in the newspapers this morning, that the country faces the worst economic crisis seen anywhere in the last 60 years, according to the IMF, and the fact that it calls for cuts in public sector pay and numbers, increased taxes and an end to universal payments, we should have an early debate on the wider economy. After the Order of Business we will discuss...
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Liam Twomey: What is that?
- Seanad: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (24 Jun 2009)
Liam Twomey: On Second Stage I asked what would happen with public nursing homes given that they are on average twice the cost of private nursing homes. This is often because they provide an additional range of services, including physiotherapy and occupational therapy, and have more staff. There are also wage agreements with the HSE that might not necessarily apply to people working in the private...
- Seanad: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (24 Jun 2009)
Liam Twomey: That is not true.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2009)
Liam Twomey: The Senator is like the Mad Hatter.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2009)
Liam Twomey: The economy is not dead at all. It is alive.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2009)
Liam Twomey: I hope when we debate economic policy that Mad Hatter thinking goes out the window so that we have some sort of a debate and not that rubbish.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2009)
Liam Twomey: My apologies a Chathaoirligh. I support Senator Fitzgerald's call for a debate on the role of the Oireachtas. Questions to Ministers about the National Roads Authority, the Road Safety Authority, the Health and Safety Authority and the Health Service Executive are often replied with claims the Minister has no official responsibility for the body in question or they are diverted down a...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (23 Jun 2009)
Liam Twomey: I add my support to the call for a proper debate on what is happening at Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin. We are getting so fixated with costs for the services provided that we are making a complete mess of this. The Government has no clear idea where it is going. There is a need for a serious debate on the matter. It is damaging the services being provided at the hospital by its...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (23 Jun 2009)
Liam Twomey: He would be fairly proud of the Government.
- Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)
Liam Twomey: The Senator's party is arrogant, it has nothing to do with gloating. It gloated for long enough, as I witnessed when I was a Member of the Lower House. Fianna Fáil gloated while the country went to pot.