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Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jun 2009)

Liam Twomey: We must have the debate now.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jun 2009)

Liam Twomey: Is the Leader accepting the amendment for the debate on Friday?

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jun 2009)

Liam Twomey: The Leader either accepts it or he does not.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jun 2009)

Liam Twomey: On a point of order-----

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jun 2009)

Liam Twomey: Is the Leader's statement a throw-away remark or does it mean something?

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jun 2009)

Liam Twomey: Will there be a debate on Friday?

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jun 2009)

Liam Twomey: I consider this House to be as important as the Lower House. Is there-----

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jun 2009)

Liam Twomey: The Leader is making fun of the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jun 2009)

Liam Twomey: This is rubbish.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jun 2009)

Liam Twomey: And Senator Boyle.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2009 (Certified Money Bill): Second Stage (28 May 2009)

Liam Twomey: Let us suppose that when the Minister ran for re-election in 2007 I had told him my house was worth €350,000. Can he tell me now when my house will be worth that amount again? I do not believe he can. Too much is being made of speculation about growth returning to the economy, when we will start to see green shoots and what the future will hold. Two years ago, the former Taoiseach,...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2009 (Certified Money Bill): Second Stage (28 May 2009)

Liam Twomey: He is the only one who can afford it.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2009)

Liam Twomey: I accept that my Adjournment matter cannot be taken because, as the Cathaoirleach stated, it is repetitious to a motion on the adjournment on 7 May 2009, which is three weeks ago. However, I ask the Leader to look at the reply given to me by the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, on that occasion. She stated in relation to the accident and emergency department at Wexford...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2009)

Liam Twomey: It is endemic.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2009)

Liam Twomey: The nurses were told that there will be no knife work from September.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2009)

Liam Twomey: A hospital cannot have an accident and emergency department without nurses. Lies are being told about this.

Seanad: Monageer Report: Motion (27 May 2009)

Liam Twomey: I second the motion. When considering what happened in this case we should not focus on the family involved but on how it points to what is happening in the health service. As somebody who is involved in the health service, I am under no illusions about what is happening. There are numerous families with issues involving neglect, physical and emotional abuse and possibly even cases of...

Seanad: Monageer Report: Motion (27 May 2009)

Liam Twomey: The Senator probably does not want to move the Government amendment in light of what she has said.

Seanad: Monageer Report: Motion (27 May 2009)

Liam Twomey: She is back in the camp again; the Minister of State is okay.

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Liam Twomey: On a point of order, were the specific questions I asked the Leader of the House on Tuesday referred to the Minister and, if so, why were they not alluded to in the Minister's speech? If he is not aware of them it is clear that those questions were not conveyed to the Minister. I asked them specifically so the Minister could address them in his opening speech today. Like everyone else, I...