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Seanad: Budget Statement 2005: Motion. (1 Dec 2004)

James Bannon: I have declared this on numerous occasions.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2005: Motion. (1 Dec 2004)

James Bannon: I am entitled to make representation on behalf of citizens of the State.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2005: Motion. (1 Dec 2004)

James Bannon: Road haulage is a neglected area and I make no apology to the Leader for supporting the industry.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2005: Motion. (1 Dec 2004)

James Bannon: It is on the record of the House and can be restated as often as necessary that I am nominee of the Irish Road Haulage Association.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2005: Motion. (1 Dec 2004)

James Bannon: Senator Mansergh did not deliver in Tipperary.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2005: Motion. (1 Dec 2004)

James Bannon: The Senator has not taken into account the stealth taxes.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Dec 2004)

James Bannon: In his opening remarks in today's Budget Statement, will the Minister for Finance apologise to the Fianna Fáil and Progressive Democrats Oireachtas Members——

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Dec 2004)

James Bannon: ——and also issue a statement on the Government's U-turn on the decentralisation issue?

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Dec 2004)

James Bannon: This matter should be a priority as many areas have been let down. On another issue, I ask the Leader to organise a debate on our competitiveness. As we know, Ireland is the third most expensive country in the EU and Dublin is the fourth most expensive capital after Paris, London and Copenhagen. We are pricing ourselves out of the tourism market as evidenced by a 7% drop in tourists visiting...

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Dec 2004)

James Bannon: We receive a constant stream of complaints. The Government needs to address the issue with urgency or we will shortly find ourselves in serious difficulty.

Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (30 Nov 2004)

James Bannon: It is very unfair to use the words Senator MacSharry used about former Minister John Bruton.

Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (30 Nov 2004)

James Bannon: John Bruton is the most honest, trustworthy and truthful politician that was ever elected to Dáil Éireann. He was left with a dilemma because of the mess in which Fianna Fáil left this country and the amount of taxpayers' money that was wasted because of the financial scandals created by Fianna Fáil Governments, and he had to rectify that.

Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (30 Nov 2004)

James Bannon: The public are paying dearly for it today. That Fianna Fáil Governments brought this country to the brink of bankruptcy as a result of one scandal after another is a matter of record.

Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (30 Nov 2004)

James Bannon: Fianna Fáil was a laughing stock in Europe and still is. I have been in various European countries and heard the talk of corrupt politicians in Fianna Fáil. The public are paying dearly for this today.

Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (30 Nov 2004)

James Bannon: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Deputy Parlon, to the House today. Words, as well as promises, are soon forgotten by this Government, but let me refresh the Minister of State's memory regarding the words of the former Minister for Finance, Deputy McCreevy, when announcing decentralisation plans last year. He said that it would be catastrophic if decentralisation...

Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (30 Nov 2004)

James Bannon: The Government has not delivered on decentralisation. Last week we heard that the plan to move 10,300 Dublin-based civil and public servants to 53 new locations by 2007 has been dropped, even though the Minister of State, Deputy Parlon, placed leaflets in every post office in Laoighis-Offaly on the eve of budget day last year announcing decentralisation to those locations. Unfortunately for...

Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (30 Nov 2004)

James Bannon: Before the ink was dry on the budget announcement last year, the Tánaiste hinted that targets for decentralisation could be reduced if staff resistance remained high. Shortly after decentralisation was announced, the two parties in Government were pulling in different directions like two goats. This is evident in Government even today.

Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (30 Nov 2004)

James Bannon: It appears that the Government could not even convince itself that decentralisation would go ahead as promised. It is incredible that plans for decentralisation were first mooted prior to the local elections in 1999. In the run-up to the last general election it was part of An Agreed Programme for Government to be delivered by 2002. Prior to last year's local elections it was announced yet...

Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (30 Nov 2004)

James Bannon: The Leader did not come to welcome us.

Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (30 Nov 2004)

James Bannon: The Leader would have been like a red rag to a bull in Athlone. The Government's plan to move 10,000 civil servants out of Dublin is in tatters.