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Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Dec 2009)

Paul Connaughton Snr: It is a pity we do not have another half an hour of wisdom and fortitude.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Dec 2009)

Paul Connaughton Snr: Wisdom and fortitude.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Dec 2009)

Paul Connaughton Snr: I wish to share time with Deputy Varadkar.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Dec 2009)

Paul Connaughton Snr: I thank the previous speaker for the wisdom and fortitude that he has bestowed upon the Dáil in the superior role he has when he comes in here.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Dec 2009)

Paul Connaughton Snr: Exactly, a true enlightenment for all the persons who may not have got such wisdom from his world. Every party in the Dáil fully understood the financial consequences that beset our economy last week. No matter how one looks at it and no matter what spin the Government will put on it, in fairness to Fine Gael and the Labour Party, all the Opposition parties came to the table last week with...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Dec 2009)

Paul Connaughton Snr: I understand that many economists who looked at it since have given it the green light, that there were two or three other measures that could have been taken in difficult circumstances. My big problem with the budget is that while it is one matter to take out €4 billion, and there had to be severe cuts, the idea that the Government would cut its way, through this mechanism, out of trouble...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Dec 2009)

Paul Connaughton Snr: I thought Deputy Roche stated a while ago that it was only rude Deputies who interfered.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Dec 2009)

Paul Connaughton Snr: Deputy Roche is the type of a guy who cannot bear anyone to speak only himself. He speaks and he listens to himself.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Dec 2009)

Paul Connaughton Snr: He is in a fantasy world of his own, as everyone knows.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Dec 2009)

Paul Connaughton Snr: He never listened to anyone in his life.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Dec 2009)

Paul Connaughton Snr: Could the Acting Chairman stop that man from rudely interrupting me?

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Dec 2009)

Paul Connaughton Snr: Having been so rudely interrupted by a very rude Deputy who does not understand his place,-----

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Dec 2009)

Paul Connaughton Snr: -----can I just say-----

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Dec 2009)

Paul Connaughton Snr: I have not. Thanks be to God, I am blessed with a wonderful memory.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Dec 2009)

Paul Connaughton Snr: Deputy Roche has a superior one. He always believed that. He knows what I mean. A vital chance was missed last week here in the Dáil. It was missed because there was an unfairness in that budget. One fact I have always known about Fianna Fáil - I must admire that party for many of its actions - is that fairness is not its middle name. It displays fairness for its own crowd, but not for...

Social Welfare Cuts: Motion (15 Dec 2009)

Paul Connaughton Snr: I ask the Acting Chairman to alert me when I have a minute left. I am delighted to have this opportunity to say directly to the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, Deputy Mary Hanafin, that I am surprised by her at a personal level because I always believed there was an element of fairness in everything she did. However, on this occasion, she and the Government have got it wrong. A...

Social Welfare Cuts: Motion (15 Dec 2009)

Paul Connaughton Snr: From a bubble.

Garda Deployment. (10 Dec 2009)

Paul Connaughton Snr: Question 6: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of community gardaí in each county; his views on expanding the number of community gardaí and expanding the role of community gardaí within the force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46253/09]

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 Dec 2009)

Paul Connaughton Snr: Question 56: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if all patients in need of a colonoscopy are seen within her one month target waiting time; the number of patients waiting more than one month; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45590/09]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (8 Dec 2009)

Paul Connaughton Snr: Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on an application for an over 70 years medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45488/09]