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Seanad: Medical Cards: Statements (5 Nov 2008)

Liam Twomey: It is not.

Seanad: Medical Cards: Statements (5 Nov 2008)

Liam Twomey: It is a cheap price.

Seanad: Medical Cards: Statements (5 Nov 2008)

Liam Twomey: The Senator should get real. Where is she coming from, asking people to pay?

Seanad: Medical Cards: Statements (5 Nov 2008)

Liam Twomey: That is rubbish.

Seanad: Medical Cards: Statements (5 Nov 2008)

Liam Twomey: It was the Minister, Deputy Micheál Martin. The Senator is using parliamentary privilege to make false claims.

Seanad: Medical Cards: Statements (5 Nov 2008)

Liam Twomey: Is Senator Feeney saying the Minister, Deputy Martin, was an imbecile?

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Oct 2008)

Liam Twomey: Will the Leader confirm that the House will have an opportunity to debate health issues with the Minister, Deputy Harney, next week, even though the Government was fairly and squarely handbagged by the elderly when it attempted to steal the medical cards from them? This week we are seeing what can only be described as schoolyard bully tactics in the Government's handling of the education...

Seanad: Health Promotion Priorities: Statements (23 Oct 2008)

Liam Twomey: I am sorry Senator Norris was cut short because he was making a fine contribution to the debate. It is a pity a few more people are not here to listen to what is being said. Health promotion is linked to disease prevention. We have not exactly covered ourselves in glory with regard to implementing many of the health promotion initiatives referred to in this debate. The smoking ban has...

Seanad: Health Promotion Priorities: Statements (23 Oct 2008)

Liam Twomey: Recent events show how badly the Government negotiated on behalf of the people. Deputy O'Reilly's job at the time when the capitation fees were agreed was to negotiate on behalf of——

Seanad: Health Promotion Priorities: Statements (23 Oct 2008)

Liam Twomey: If Ministers are useless at their jobs, they are useless at their jobs. It is as simple as that.

Seanad: Health Promotion Priorities: Statements (23 Oct 2008)

Liam Twomey: Senator Keaveney should not be so crass and stupid.

Seanad: Health Promotion Priorities: Statements (23 Oct 2008)

Liam Twomey: When Ministers renegotiate the deal, they should try not to make fools of themselves a second time. They should try to ensure that points being made by many people, including me, that——

Seanad: Health Promotion Priorities: Statements (23 Oct 2008)

Liam Twomey: ——a proper primary health care service is delivered to the people. Senator Keaveney and I served in the Lower House. She may remember that I raised this issue with the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, who, like the Senator, was smug and smart about it.

Seanad: Health Promotion Priorities: Statements (23 Oct 2008)

Liam Twomey: That is why Senator Keaveney ended up in the Seanad.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2008)

Liam Twomey: I think we missed something.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2008)

Liam Twomey: I agree with many of the Senators that we should have a number of strong debates. Our first should be on democracy because the comments of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform yesterday in the Dáil were more akin to those that would be made by some jack-boot Minister in a Nazi country than those of a Minister responsible for justice in a democracy like ours. Many Members on...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2008)

Liam Twomey: It is arrogance. The people who arrived in Dublin yesterday were very annoyed over what happened in the budget a week ago, a budget in favour of which many Members on the other side of the House voted.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2008)

Liam Twomey: Senator Leyden is seeking a Tallaght strategy-type approach. There may be merit in it and we should consider it. We could start by sacking the Minister for Finance, Deputy Brian Lenihan, and replacing him with Deputy Richard Bruton because the latter has been well recognised nationally and internationally for having handled this crisis very well. The Leader of the House should consider...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2008)

Liam Twomey: That is how we can adopt a bilateral approach to government to get out of this mess——

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2008)

Liam Twomey: The Government got us into this mess over recent years and it should let the Opposition help it to get out of it in the next two to three years.