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Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: I am rebutting the argument made by Senator Ó Domhnaill that the Labour Party changed its position. I wish to show him in a very fair and even-handed manner that in 2010 the Fianna Fáil position was exactly this, that there would be a charge-----

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: -----that it was not a tax and that it would wait for the metering which would come down the track. Now it seems, as if by magic, Fianna Fáil has changed its position entirely and now wishes for all of this to just disappear. I wanted to make this point.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: Probably the mess Fianna Fáil made is what has changed since 2010.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: Not as much as Fianna Fáil knew, because you were in power.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: Thank you so much. I am entitled to be here.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: That Fianna Fáil never fixed.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: That your party never put into water.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: Have a bit of respect.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: He has given his attention to speakers.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: That is an odd way to structure democracy.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: Oh, please, Senator.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (18 Dec 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: I do not have the exact quote to hand but Mr. Nyberg indicated yesterday that he felt there probably would not be a different outcome from this inquiry and that we already know the causes of and reasons for what happened. He was more or less asking why we are holding an inquiry. What is Mr. Wright's view on this inquiry? What does he believe - in light of his close up but very brief...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (18 Dec 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: Not for retribution.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (18 Dec 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: So it is worthwhile.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (18 Dec 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: Mr. Wright talk about the significance of the Department’s engagement with Europe and with European organisations. In his meetings with those between ten and 100 people, did he meet members of any of the European organisations, the European Central Bank or any of the others?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (18 Dec 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: Did Mr. Wright ask them? Did he invite them?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (18 Dec 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: Mr. Wright talk about how our Central Bank, because it is part of a European-wide eurozone, has less impact. Is it that it has been neutered? What is the word Mr. Wright would use?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (18 Dec 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: Of course.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (18 Dec 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: And Mr. Wright is saying the Irish Central Bank Governor does not have that kind of power?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (18 Dec 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: Finally, if I may, when Mr. Wright talks about the three key reasons in his report for the failure of fiscal policy, he says the extraordinary expectations of Government, the budget process being completely overwhelmed by the programme for Government and the social partnership, and then he talks about the Department of Finance and he says it should have done more.