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Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Apr 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: That is outrageous.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Apr 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: Was the Senator at the meeting?

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Apr 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I support Senator Buttimer's call for a debate on social partnership. It is correct and appropriate that union members and their executive officers will have an opportunity to understand, speak about and vote on the arrangement as quickly as possible. A clear fault in previous arrangements was that no role for the Oireachtas was provided for. It is remiss that many of the votes will take...

Seanad: Insurance Industry: Statements (1 Apr 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I welcome the Minister of State. I will make two points and ask a number of questions. If the Minister of State is unable to provide answers, I ask him to revert to me later. The message the Seanad wants to send out in the matter before us is that the employment provided by the Quinn Group and its contribution to the national economy must be maintained. In so far as it is legally...

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: So much happened yesterday of such scale that, at times, it is quite difficult for us to comprehend the nature of what is happening to our country. Two points that stood out yesterday have to be emphasised on the Order of Business. The effect of the decisions the Government took yesterday will be to double the national debt. As a consequence of all the moves that are being taken, some...

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: Why are Anglo Irish Bank's bondholders not being allowed to suffer the same losses as the bondholders in Independent News and Media, for example, or the bondholders in Waterford Wedgwood?

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: The answer is quite clear. In the run up to yesterday's announcement, many of us suspected that the Government was being run for the benefit of insiders. We now know beyond any doubt that this is the case.

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: The welfare and benefit of our country is not being given the same priority as the welfare and benefit of professional investors. Their interests and their profitability is being put ahead of the interests and profitability of our country. Many commentators said yesterday that this whole affair is a tragedy. On my way to the House, I read a definition of "tragedy" in today's Financial...

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: So it is somebody else's responsibility.

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: That is a bit rich.

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: It is great to be passionate now.

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: The Green Party has been thrown an extra Ministry. Deputy Cuffe has a job.

Seanad: Banking: Statements (31 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to share time.

Seanad: Banking: Statements (31 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank Senator McFadden. When I was preparing for this debate, I took some time to read the Minister for Finance's statement on banking and the supplementary documentation supplied to the Dáil yesterday. As I was reading the main content of the document, my eye caught the legal notice on the first page. It states: None of the Minister for Finance, the Department of Finance, the National...

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I support Senator Coffey's call for a debate on the Dublin Docklands Development Authority and the report on it. I find myself strongly disagreeing with what Senator O'Toole said, that it appears at this stage that the political classes may have had nothing to do with it. Even before this report is published, we can already be clear about two points. First, the set-up of the Dublin...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2010 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage. (25 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I move recommendation No. 16: In page 90, subsection (1), between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: "(b) in subsection (1)(a) in the definition of "group expenditure on research and development" by inserting the following after subparagraphs (i) and (ii): "(iii) expenditure (in this section referred to as 'relevant expenditure') on research and development incurred by a company which...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2010 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage. (25 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I was amused when he said he agreed with everything in the recommendation but could not accept it. I agree with all that the Minister of State has said, other than his refusal to accept the recommendation.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2010 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage. (25 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: We were doing so well until this point. I want to address some of the points raised by the Minister of State. This recommendation will help people to progress their ideas and encourage them to commercialise work that is under way. I know it is a good idea because people involved in this area have spontaneously suggested that it would help them do the kind of work we believe is important to...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2010 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage. (25 Mar 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to respond to a brief point. Senator O'Toole has raised a good point to which I refer. I wish to be generous on this matter because I sense from what the Minister of State has stated that there is an understanding that this could work. I wish to explore the matter to determine if progress is possible. I take a strong view of such matters and I have a love and appreciation of...