Results 561-580 of 4,810 for speaker:Liam Twomey
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report - November 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2014)
Liam Twomey: Is Sweden the best comparison?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report - November 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2014)
Liam Twomey: If the council has any material on this, will it send it on to the committee for its consideration? Some members tried to give the impression that the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council is unloved by the Government. I can assure the council that if some of the Opposition parties were in government, then it would be even more unloved. If there is a change in Europe and a move towards a stimulus...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report - November 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2014)
Liam Twomey: Does the council believe the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland could help improve the economy?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report - November 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2014)
Liam Twomey: I believe the council’s work is good. It speaks about fiscal stability but we have to keep an eye on the political aspects of it. We find it terrible to think we might lose the general election in 2016 and the council was wrong because the economy was better than it said.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report - November 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2014)
Liam Twomey: Has the council done much work on the comprehensive review of expenditure?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report - November 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2014)
Liam Twomey: Do the witnesses mind if I proceed to Deputy Mulherin? I will return to Dr. Donovan. I want to keep to the schedule.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report - November 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2014)
Liam Twomey: I thank Professor McHale. Is Deputy Tóibín a member of the committee?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report - November 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2014)
Liam Twomey: Okay. I call Senator Barrett.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report - November 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2014)
Liam Twomey: I will have to postpone a response to the question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report - November 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2014)
Liam Twomey: In the context of the question-and-answer session, I propose that we adhere to the same rules we have used at recent meetings. Those rules assist in terms of ensuring that everyone has an opportunity to ask questions and that proceedings run as smoothly as possible. The lead speakers of each group will have ten minutes and other members will have five. Anyone else who wishes to post...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report - November 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2014)
Liam Twomey: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report - November 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2014)
Liam Twomey: The purpose of today's meeting is to discuss the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council's fiscal assessment report of November 2014. I welcome the delegates from the council: Professor John McHale, chairman; Dr. Thomas Conefrey, chief economist; and council members, Professor Alan Barrett; Mr. Sebastian Barnes; and Dr. Donal O'Donovan. I understand Dr. Róisín O'Sullivan is unable to attend...
- Health Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (3 Dec 2014)
Liam Twomey: I listened to Deputy Kelleher's contribution last night and thought he almost acknowledged that previous administrations, in which his party was to the fore, made many mistakes in regard to how our health services were arranged. Looking back, we can see that when the economy went into a severe downturn, our health services were poorly positioned to deal with it. No meaningful reform had...
- Social Welfare Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (3 Dec 2014)
Liam Twomey: Can the Deputy move the adjournment?
- Message from Select Committee (3 Dec 2014)
Liam Twomey: The Select Sub-Committee on Health has completed its consideration of the Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2014 without amendment.
- Estimates for Public Services 2014: Message from Select Committee (3 Dec 2014)
Liam Twomey: The Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality has completed its consideration of the following Supplementary Estimates for public services for the year ending 31 December 2014: Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary); and Vote 36 - Defence (Supplementary).
- Social Welfare Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (3 Dec 2014)
Liam Twomey: Deputy Tommy Broughan is next. Before you start, Deputy, please note I will have to stop the debate within a few seconds.
- Social Welfare Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (3 Dec 2014)
Liam Twomey: I call on Deputy Clare Daly and apologise as I should have called her earlier.
- Social Welfare Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (3 Dec 2014)
Liam Twomey: Amendment Nos. 11 and 12 in the name of Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh have been ruled out of order. Amendments Nos. 13 and 14 in the name of Deputy Joan Collins have also been ruled out of order.
- Social Welfare Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (3 Dec 2014)
Liam Twomey: Amendment No. 15 is in the name of Deputy Joan Collins who is not present in the Chamber.