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Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

James Bannon: The Senator is looking after them.

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

James Bannon: The Senator got the second worst deal in the midlands.

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

James Bannon: This budget is a shame and a disgrace to the democratic process. Even by the Government's standards, it is an exercise in extortion that would in any other circumstance result in it having to face legal accountability. A year ago, I referred to the Minister for Finance as "Charlie the Slasher". This has proved an apt title for a Minister who over the past year has single-handedly caused more...

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

James Bannon: The rent allowance supplement has become another victim of the Government's cavalier attitude to the less well-off.

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

James Bannon: Applicants for rent allowance must be renting property for at least six months before they can apply for the allowance. This amounts to another bureaucratic stranglehold on the needy.

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

James Bannon: —at the way community employment schemes have been affected.

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

James Bannon: It will be extremely difficult—

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

James Bannon: There will be an opportunity for the Minister of State to address this.

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

James Bannon: We saw evidence yesterday of the great discontent in the Progressive Democrat Party. The bed is beginning to burn under it. Its members are walking away. We will see resignations within the next 12 months.

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

James Bannon: While I am not a believer in Old Moore, I agree with his prediction on the collapse of the Government in the not too distant future. We saw evidence of this yesterday when the Longford Member walked out in disgust. The heat is becoming too much for her.

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

James Bannon: It is difficult for people who are displaced from community employment schemes – due to cuts imposed by the Fianna Fáil-Progressive Democrats Government – to avail of other job opportunities on the open market. Despite the upsurge in capital, the Minister refused to give extra funding to these essential schemes.

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

James Bannon: Do I not have a further minute?

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

James Bannon: This is another trick from the Government. The same will not be said tomorrow or the next day.

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

James Bannon: God bless us. The Government is not living in the real world.

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

James Bannon: That is an insult.

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

James Bannon: The Government will get it back in development levies.

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

James Bannon: The people have been harmed today.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Dec 2003)

James Bannon: I would like the Leader to invite to the House as soon as possible the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to debate Sellafield. The Irish Sea has recently been used as a dumping ground for nuclear waste and in the last week there was evidence in the form of chunks of pipe washed up in the vicinity of Windscale. This could occur at any point on our coastline. It is...

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Dec 2003)

James Bannon: The Government was informed—

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Dec 2003)

James Bannon: On another matter, I support a debate on Northern Ireland. It is very important to hold such a debate as the Government is in its weakest position on Northern Ireland since the foundation of the State.