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Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Michael D'Arcy: I am addressing the matters involved in an open and fair manner. I know what I would like to tell the unsecured bondholders who account for a figure of €38 billion, but there comes a time when one cannot change course, even after one has been handed new information. For this reason, Fine Gael and the Labour Party in government are advancing the scheme. Handed it in mid-stream, we can...

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Michael D'Arcy: It has taken and taken, but it only gives to its clients when it is charged a fee. My accusation of treachery relates purely to its treachery towards its clients who are being overcharged. The State's third banking force is Ulster Bank. That there will only be two pillar banks is a concern. When there were only two banks in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, they loaned in a very conservative...

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Michael D'Arcy: On a point of order, Senator Byrne said the worst day for democracy was today but the worst day was the day the previous Taoiseach was drunk on the radio.

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Michael D'Arcy: I will withdraw those remarks.

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Michael D'Arcy: The Order of Business was agreed and there was no vote on it. Sinn Féin agreed to it.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2011)

Michael D'Arcy: The forked tongue speak from Sinn Féin always amazes me when the Government cutting most on this island is in Northern Ireland.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2011)

Michael D'Arcy: I refer to the REFIT price for wind energy. It is very important that we try to get a decision on this. I listened to the Minister yesterday replying to a question in the Dail. He is awaiting a response from the Commission. It beggars belief that we have an industry that has stopped even though it is crucial to the development of our country at a time when we need economic growth. One of...

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Michael D'Arcy: The Senator has repeated exactly what he said on the last amendment. He is saying it all again.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Michael D'Arcy: Senator Ó Domhnaill is saying the same thing as Gaeilge.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Michael D'Arcy: It is just the same thing over and over and over again.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Michael D'Arcy: Senator Ó Domhnaill did not say it twice but 12 times.

Seanad: Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Discussion with Minister of State (8 Nov 2011)

Michael D'Arcy: The Senator should have spoken faster.

Seanad: Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Discussion with Minister of State (8 Nov 2011)

Michael D'Arcy: I thought I could make a five-minute statement, sharing time.

Seanad: Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Discussion with Minister of State (8 Nov 2011)

Michael D'Arcy: I believed my time was to be shared.

Seanad: Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Discussion with Minister of State (8 Nov 2011)

Michael D'Arcy: I thank the Chair. I apologise for the mix-up.

Seanad: Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Discussion with Minister of State (8 Nov 2011)

Michael D'Arcy: As things stand it is not possible for current arrangements to deal with eurozone debtors Spain and Italy, but they can deal with Greece. The combination of both Spain and Italy would come to more than €2.2 trillion in public debt. That is almost twice as high as the proposed €1.25 trillion European Financial Stability Facility, EFSF, vehicle. That latter amount would have only enough...

Seanad: Reform of Junior Certificate: Statements (8 Nov 2011)

Michael D'Arcy: I refer to students who are at a physical disadvantage, not because they are physically disadvantaged personally but because the buildings they are in are dumps. All the research shows if children are taught in very poor facilities, such as prefabs or old buildings, which are inadequate before they go to post primary school, and then move into another building which is inadequate they are at...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2011)

Michael D'Arcy: Last week I referred to the issue of those who are collecting assets on behalf of lending institutions. When I sought legal opinion in respect of the current position in this regard, I was informed that it seems lending institutions are doing whatever they want and are flouting the law. Under the law as it currently stands, the only people who can take possession of properties from other...

Seanad: School Accommodation (19 Oct 2011)

Michael D'Arcy: Scoil Ghormáin Naofa in Gorey, County Wexford, is a standard two-classroom school built in 1950, similar to many older schools throughout the State. Today there are 128 pupils on the roll, who are largely accommodated in six prefabricated buildings, one of which functions as a disabled toilet. The school has six teachers and two resource teachers. The number in junior infants increased...

Seanad: School Accommodation (19 Oct 2011)

Michael D'Arcy: That was an appalling answer. I know the Minister of State did not write it but if I was her, I would have been embarrassed giving me that answer, and I do not say that lightly. If she was in the position I am in, she would not accept that answer. The bulk of the page and a half of the reply is about something else. There is one small fact contained in it, indicating an increase of 21%...