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Seanad: Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (8 Mar 2006)

James Bannon: I understood from what Senator Leyden said that he was asking the Minister to investigate his own officials.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (8 Mar 2006)

James Bannon: Senator Leyden is asking the Minister——

Seanad: Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (8 Mar 2006)

James Bannon: This is a very serious issue within the Department.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (8 Mar 2006)

James Bannon: A very serious issue.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (8 Mar 2006)

James Bannon: Will the Minister respond to——

Seanad: Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (8 Mar 2006)

James Bannon: Allegations and requests have been made by Senator Leyden with regard to a conflict of interest.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (8 Mar 2006)

James Bannon: The Senator should dream on.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (8 Mar 2006)

James Bannon: The Senator is living in cloud cuckoo land.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (8 Mar 2006)

James Bannon: The Senator might be right there.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (8 Mar 2006)

James Bannon: That is nonsense. The Senator should come to Westmeath and see the state in which the Government has left the hospital there for 11 years.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (8 Mar 2006)

James Bannon: I am disappointed in Senator Ormonde, who has no respect for councillors.

Seanad: Order of Business. (8 Mar 2006)

James Bannon: I want a debate on the wastage. I thought the Progressive Democrats were the watchdog party in Government.

Seanad: Order of Business. (8 Mar 2006)

James Bannon: Will the Deputy Leader arrange a debate on the mismanagement of public finances and the wastage by this Government? We have seen a series of fiascoes by the Government such as PPARS, e-voting and the health care crisis. Recently we read that helicopter flights taken by the Taoiseach around the country last year cost in the region of €650,000. One trip between Dublin and Wicklow cost...

Seanad: Order of Business. (8 Mar 2006)

James Bannon: It has not.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (7 Mar 2006)

James Bannon: I thank the Minister for coming before Seanad Éireann and I am glad that we are finally in a position to debate the contents of this important Bill. I welcome the fact that the Minister has amended the Bill to provide for strategic gas pipelines. It is only a slight exaggeration to say that Ireland is a First World economy with a Third World infrastructure. There is an undeniable feeling...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (7 Mar 2006)

James Bannon: —— along with the lack of child care provision, all of which affects Senator O'Rourke's constituency as well as mine.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (7 Mar 2006)

James Bannon: For Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats it is all about the present. It is all about very significant increases in spending, about the economy as a goal in itself and about living in the moment. The result has been a very significant increase in personal wealth, which is a good thing, but a massive waste in everything from the health services to education. After all the years of...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (7 Mar 2006)

James Bannon: I will deal with Senator White later.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (7 Mar 2006)

James Bannon: There are 100,000 individuals still waiting for a council house. An estimated 120,000 children live in consistent poverty. Over 230,000 children are living in relative poverty. There is no rail link to any airport anywhere in this country and after a decade of prosperity this simply should not be the case. The people of this country work hard. The Government should be spending better and...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (7 Mar 2006)

James Bannon: Show the Minister the document you are presenting to Members today.