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Seanad: Garda Deployment (24 Feb 2009)

Pearse Doherty: I appreciate the Minister of State's response and welcome the fact the Minister is committed to providing the resources necessary to tackle crime in Donegal and elsewhere. I know Deputy Haughey may not have the information at his fingertips, but will he ask the Minister to let me know when the next review in terms of resources available to the Donegal division will take place? Given that in...

Seanad: Development of the West: Statements (24 Feb 2009)

Pearse Doherty: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire go dtí an Seanad. Tá a fhios agam go bhfuil sé i ndáiríre mar a dúirt mé faoi go leor uaireanta anseo sa Seanad maidir le cúrsaí an iarthair. The Minister is very passionate about the west. I need to take him to task on a few matters. First, he is factually incorrect in stating that I only visited one island off the west coast during compilation of...

Seanad: Development of the West: Statements (24 Feb 2009)

Pearse Doherty: I have very little time. The other thing is——

Seanad: Development of the West: Statements (24 Feb 2009)

Pearse Doherty: If the Minister names the golden circle, I will name the islands. I visited Cléire, if I can refer to the west coast of Cork. The Minister argued that the report does not point out that the population of every county along the west increased between 2002 and 2006. I will read from the report: The total population of the Western region reached 762,335 in 2006. This was an increase of...

Seanad: Development of the West: Statements (24 Feb 2009)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister's point about my not acknowledging the increase in 2002 to 2006 is mentioned in the first paragraph of the report.

Seanad: Development of the West: Statements (24 Feb 2009)

Pearse Doherty: On a point of information, it is not clear that the Minister read the report because this is the second point on which he has made a mistake. I advise him because I know he is genuine on the issue. It would be wrong to say that I visited only one island.

Seanad: Development of the West: Statements (24 Feb 2009)

Pearse Doherty: No, the Minister must acknowledge I visited other islands. He should also acknowledge that——

Seanad: Development of the West: Statements (24 Feb 2009)

Pearse Doherty: The growth in population is acknowledged in the first point.

Seanad: Development of the West: Statements (24 Feb 2009)

Pearse Doherty: That is a point of order.

Seanad: Development of the West: Statements (24 Feb 2009)

Pearse Doherty: I am only trying to help the Minister. I accept his apology.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2009)

Pearse Doherty: As Members meet today, a couple of hundred yards away gardaí from the fraud squad are carrying out raids on the headquarters of Anglo Irish Bank. I am sure this will be welcomed by the public because there is a clear need to move on the bankers and gangsters who at least partially got us into this mess. There also is a need to stop the drip-feed of information. Undoubtedly, carrying out...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2009)

Pearse Doherty: People should be informed as to who are the ten individuals. If the Government does not have the brass neck——

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2009)

Pearse Doherty: ——or the liathróidí to do it, it should give me the names and I will use Seanad privilege to name and shame the people who have committed economic treason against the taxpayers of this State. The ordinary people demand it. Let us consider the example of what happened approximately a decade ago when bankers advised people from my constituency and many other constituencies. These were...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2009)

Pearse Doherty: Workers need to stand together in the public and private sectors. As a representative of workers and people who are not working at this time, I for one will not pass those pickets.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2009)

Pearse Doherty: I support the proposal for a debate on the impact of cuts on the health service. Senator Keaveney is correct. Bad management should not be rewarded. The €1 billion cuts will not be coming from the massive pay of Professor Brendan Drumm, Professor Keane or any others.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2009)

Pearse Doherty: They will come from people who provide front-line services. That is where the cuts will be imposed.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2009)

Pearse Doherty: The Government, as it has done for past year, is attacking the vulnerable, weak and the sick.

Seanad: National Insulation Programme: Motion (18 Feb 2009)

Pearse Doherty: Ní glacfaidh mé ach seal beag ama chun an méid atá le rá agam ar an gceist seo — an clár fuinnimh agus teasdíonta atá fógraithe ag an Rialtas — a rá. Sa chéad dul síos, caithfidh mé a rá go gcuirim fáilte roimh an rúin atá curtha síos ag páirtithe an Rialtais. Ní féidir liom tacaíocht a thabhairt do mhórchuid an rúin, áfach. Rachfaidh mé isteach sna nithe sin...

Seanad: Schools Building Projects (10 Feb 2009)

Pearse Doherty: Is ceist an-thábhachtach atá agam le chur os comhair an tSeanaid, ceist a leanann ar aghaidh as an díospóireacht a bhí againn níos luaithe leis an Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta, An Teachta Batt O'Keeffe, ar chúrsaí oideachais agus an faillí atá á dhéanamh ag an Rialtas ar chúrsaí oideachais sa Stát. My matter deals with two school building projects, both of which are in my...

Seanad: Schools Building Projects (10 Feb 2009)

Pearse Doherty: I am tired of hearing the same response to the position of these two schools. To clear up this nonsense once and for all, will the Minister write to Scoil Chonaill, Bunbeg, informing it that what was on the departmental website in 2006 was a complete and utter lie? Will he inform the school there is no intention to allow it to go to construction and tender as stated on the departmental...