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Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2006)

Martin Mansergh: The figures refer to profit rather than income.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2006)

Martin Mansergh: They are inaccurate.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2006)

Martin Mansergh: There is no truth in them.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2006)

Martin Mansergh: Oh come on.

Seanad: Partnership Agreement with the Farming Pillar: Statements (16 Nov 2006)

Martin Mansergh: I welcome the Minister and her report. One County Tipperary Senator succeeds another, but while I appreciate that Senator Coonan was playing devil's advocate, it should be pointed out that the farming organisations backed the package. I accept they did not do so easily, but they are satisfied with what they have been given. I congratulate the Minister on her widely praised stewardship of...

Seanad: Partnership Agreement with the Farming Pillar: Statements (16 Nov 2006)

Martin Mansergh: He did not do so with sufficient emphasis that it caught my attention. The figure arose for a one-off reason.

Seanad: Partnership Agreement with the Farming Pillar: Statements (16 Nov 2006)

Martin Mansergh: Senator Coonan has made his point. I will make mine now. I accept the figures but there was a one-off reason. Beef prices are good this autumn. There is a problem with relative income and the fact that larger scale production is necessary to provide an income comparable to other sectors. However, a distinction must be made between farm income and farm household income. There are...

Seanad: Partnership Agreement with the Farming Pillar: Statements (16 Nov 2006)

Martin Mansergh: I do not misquote them. I am a member of the Joint Committee on Finance and the Public Service and listen to Deputy Burton, the Labour Party finance spokesperson, saying such things.

Seanad: Partnership Agreement with the Farming Pillar: Statements (16 Nov 2006)

Martin Mansergh: Senator Coonan is not the Labour Party spokesperson on finance.

Seanad: Partnership Agreement with the Farming Pillar: Statements (16 Nov 2006)

Martin Mansergh: I appreciate that the proposals of the Senators' potential partners might cause distress and that is why they try to shout me down.

Seanad: Partnership Agreement with the Farming Pillar: Statements (16 Nov 2006)

Martin Mansergh: If farmers want a supportive framework then this Government, and this partnership deal, provides it for them.

Seanad: Partnership Agreement with the Farming Pillar: Statements (16 Nov 2006)

Martin Mansergh: That is not what I find.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2006)

Martin Mansergh: The Book of Estimates will be published this afternoon and it would be helpful to hold a debate on the matter next week.

Seanad: UN Committee Report on Children in Ireland: Statements (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)

Martin Mansergh: While I am in favour of choice in education, including multi-denominational education, we should not lose sight of the fact that there is much de facto multi-denominationalism. My nephew and nieces have been educated without exception in Catholic schools, yet they are still members of the Church of Ireland. I am a member of a board of management of a school which is under Church of Ireland...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2006)

Martin Mansergh: I too commend members of the ad hoc judicial committee and thank them for their work. The matter underlines once again the almost infinite resources available to those who wish to slow the wheels of justice to prevent a decision being reached expeditiously. However, I hope that its work will shorten any future such procedures. We should debate the Leas Cross report but while private,...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2006)

Martin Mansergh: I hope that we will have a calm and rational debate and will be able to show leadership on the issue.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2006)

Martin Mansergh: People in glasshouses should not throw stones.

Seanad: Telecommunications Structures: Motion (8 Nov 2006)

Martin Mansergh: While I welcome the Minister of State and support the Government motion, I commend Fine Gael for putting down the topic for discussion as it is a matter of concern throughout the country. I agree in particular with the previous speaker and with all of the points made by Senator Dooley. Mobile telephones are of enormous benefit to individuals, families and the economy. In a Third World...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2006)

Martin Mansergh: I suggest we have a debate on Iraq, with particular reference to the sentence just passed on the former president, Saddam Hussein.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2006)

Martin Mansergh: While there is no doubt in any of our minds he deserves punishment greater than anyone can inflict, we need to ask ourselves whether the carrying out of the execution would prevent or contribute to more deaths or whether what for him would be un mauvais quart d'heure — as the French call it — which in certain people's eyes would give him the crown of martyrdom, is really in the...