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Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)

Liam Fitzgerald: We have to make serious choices. The debate at present is about a review. A review is justifiable unless the Opposition parties have decided that reviews, evaluations and cost benefit analyses are no longer relevant. It will be interesting to hear what Opposition Members say about that.

Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)

Liam Fitzgerald: I quoted others – eminent educationalists.

Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)

Liam Fitzgerald: I quoted others. The Senator should acknowledge that I quoted eminent educationalists.

Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)

Liam Fitzgerald: I never said it.

Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)

Liam Fitzgerald: The Senator should acknowledge the fact that I did not say it.

Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)

Liam Fitzgerald: Methinks the Senator flatters to deceive.

Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)

Liam Fitzgerald: That is not the Senator's cover.

Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)

Liam Fitzgerald: What would Fine Gael do?

Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)

Liam Fitzgerald: Senator Ryan is the most right wing of all.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 May 2003)

Liam Fitzgerald: With reference to the third level funding debate, which is rightly in the public arena, a concern was expressed about the Minister being hung out to dry. I reassure the Member who raised that concern that our Ministers are quite robust and they have no great difficulty in that regard. I have every confidence that they are able to stand their own corners. (Interruptions).

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 May 2003)

Liam Fitzgerald: As a result of the anomalies in the area of third level funding, there is a moral obligation on any Government – where such anomalies are so evident – that the issue be addressed and constantly reviewed. In that regard, the public debate is quite healthy. The concern that has been expressed about parents' worry and anxiety refers to very wealthy parents and only them, which is clear from...

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 May 2003)

Liam Fitzgerald: If clarity is needed, we would welcome such a debate in the interest of allaying unnecessary fears and anxieties—

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 May 2003)

Liam Fitzgerald: —among certain categories of parents.

Seanad: Order of Business. (14 May 2003)

Liam Fitzgerald: I am sympathetic to some of the sentiments expressed by Senator Brian Hayes in respect of teaching in disadvantaged areas. I am aware that there is an ongoing turnover of staff in that area and this is, for many reasons, unsatisfactory. Will the Leader provide for a debate on disadvantage in education? Many of the issues to which Senator Brian Hayes referred might be discussed in such a debate.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Apr 2003)

Liam Fitzgerald: I am forced to rise to request a debate on crime. A number of recent sad and high-profile crimes seem to have catapulted the Minister for Justice Equality and Law Reform to the fore as the Minister to be bashed at present. I am not here to defend him; he is more than capable of doing so himself. This debate is going completely off the rails. Crime is at a serious level and the statistics are...

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Apr 2003)

Liam Fitzgerald: I would welcome a debate on crime, but we should not lose the run of ourselves by projecting an image of Ireland and Dublin that is totally at variance with reality.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Apr 2003)

Liam Fitzgerald: Because crime hit the high street – Grafton Street – of this city, it is now projected as being out of all proportions—

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Apr 2003)

Liam Fitzgerald: —but that is not true and is not in accordance with the facts. I look forward to a debate on crime so that we can have some sense of balance and perspective on it.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Apr 2003)

Liam Fitzgerald: It is nothing to the promises on which the Deputy's party has reneged.

Seanad: Official Languages (Equality) Bill 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed). SECTION 9. (9 Apr 2003)

Liam Fitzgerald: Rinne mé iarracht inné cúpla focal a chur le chéile le mo smaointe a leíríu don Teach ach ní raibh an t-ádh liom. I will revert to Irishman's English. A fundamental issue is being raised in terms of the current position of the Irish language and how the Minister envisages the evolution of the programme for its ongoing development. It begs the fundamental question that has existed down...