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Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)

Thomas Byrne: Will the Cathaoirleach ask the Leader to withdraw the allegation he made? He would not allow me to make such an allegation.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)

Thomas Byrne: The Leader should withdraw his allegation.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)

Thomas Byrne: The Cathaoirleach cannot allow the defamatory allegation which has been made to stand.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)

Thomas Byrne: The Leader referred to a conflict of interests.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)

Thomas Byrne: The Leader should repeat his allegation outside the Seanad.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)

Thomas Byrne: It is not a worse accusation.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)

Thomas Byrne: We are talking here about an allegation. The Cathaoirleach should oblige the Leader to withdrawn the allegation he made.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)

Thomas Byrne: What about the allegation? The Cathaoirleach does not need any guidelines to rule on that.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)

Thomas Byrne: On a point of order and as the Cathaoirleach rightly stated, we amended Standing Orders to cover the perception of bias. Those Standing Orders do not, however, cover the Leader of the House making an off-the-cuff allegation about one Member. In fact, I am of the view that the Leader has poisoned the banking inquiry in the context of the defamatory allegation he made. It is the...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)

Thomas Byrne: The allegation he made has nothing to do with the Standing Orders relating to the perception of bias.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)

Thomas Byrne: I congratulate Senator MacSharry and Senator Barrett on their appointment by the Committee of Selection last night. I presume the Clerk of the Seanad has notified the clerk of the banking inquiry of the appointments by the Seanad. Senator Bradford is correct that there is no requirement for the Seanad to approve or not approve this decision as that job has been done. There will be a...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)

Thomas Byrne: It is already done.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)

Thomas Byrne: On a point of order, there are very specific statutory procedures.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)

Thomas Byrne: The Leader has been pressed by Deputy Paul Kehoe.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)

Thomas Byrne: The Senator was handing them out

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)

Thomas Byrne: The person to whom you gave the discretionary medical card.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (4 Jun 2014)

Thomas Byrne: May I ask a quick question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (4 Jun 2014)

Thomas Byrne: I have been listening to this with interest. It is good that there is a discussion on it. It is good that the officials listened to some of the comments that have been made here, because there is the hangover of what happened when we effectively deregulated the banking sector in this country and there was no debate about it. How many jobs are there in this country in money market...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (4 Jun 2014)

Thomas Byrne: I think Mr. Carrigan is conscious of the balancing act that is needed here. That is what I am reading from the text and the debate, but one should never forget what happened in the past few years. I must go to a vote.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Irish Stability Programme Update: Minister for Finance (15 Apr 2014)

Thomas Byrne: I thank my colleague. I welcome that this document has been published in draft form because there is a glaring omission in it regarding the potential for a deal on the bank debt to move it away from the sovereign debt. Obviously, that would have a huge impact on the future public finances if it happened and I was surprised to see that it was not down as an upside risk. It is not down under...