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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of AIB: Discussion (31 Oct 2012)
Thomas Byrne: Have the Departments given any indication of whether they are prepared to agree with AIB or whether they see this as necessary?
- Seanad: Amendment to Terms of Reference of Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (24 Oct 2012)
Thomas Byrne: I support the proposal of the Government in the Seanad. It is most important we allow the Smithwick tribunal to get on with the work it is doing, including the taking of evidence, when that is appropriate, and the examination of the new evidence. The murders of Harry Breen and Robert Buchanan were very cowardly and were carried out, allegedly, on the basis of inside information. They were...
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Garda Vetting (24 Oct 2012)
Thomas Byrne: Is there scope for rationalisation of all these organisations? They all do tremendous work but there are many of them and it is an inefficient way to run the health service. I acknowledge this is the way it has built up over many years and we will take the flak for that. Many of them are charities. They do outstanding work and run their own separate fund raisers. There seems to be a...
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Garda Vetting (24 Oct 2012)
Thomas Byrne: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Garda Vetting (24 Oct 2012)
Thomas Byrne: It is just gas. We are reforming the health service and we have a Bill which is a carbon copy of what was there before. One word is different in the Minister's Bill and he has decided to go back to the way it was before. Just in case we might change anything, we had better keep the exact wording. This emphasises the point that this is a sham. There is no reality to what is going on here....
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Garda Vetting (24 Oct 2012)
Thomas Byrne: I am opposing it to make the point that changes-----
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Garda Vetting (24 Oct 2012)
Thomas Byrne: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Garda Vetting (24 Oct 2012)
Thomas Byrne: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Garda Vetting (24 Oct 2012)
Thomas Byrne: I second this amendment in the strongest possible terms. The Government proposes to hand-pick an individual and I must note this debate is not about the individual person but about the principle itself. He could be the saviour of the health service for all one knows. However, the point is one will not know that unless there is an open recruitment process. In its programme for Government,...
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Garda Vetting (24 Oct 2012)
Thomas Byrne: On openness and transparency.
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Garda Vetting (24 Oct 2012)
Thomas Byrne: I hope the Minister can provide many examples and precedents for what he is doing now.
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Garda Vetting (24 Oct 2012)
Thomas Byrne: I second the amendment. It is a very important issue and it should be supported.
- Seanad: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (24 Oct 2012)
Thomas Byrne: I second the amendment. It is a very important issue and it should be supported.
- Seanad: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (24 Oct 2012)
Thomas Byrne: I second this amendment in the strongest possible terms. The Government proposes to hand-pick an individual and I must note this debate is not about the individual person but about the principle itself. He could be the saviour of the health service for all one knows. However, the point is one will not know that unless there is an open recruitment process. In its programme for Government,...
- Seanad: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (24 Oct 2012)
Thomas Byrne: On openness and transparency.
- Seanad: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (24 Oct 2012)
Thomas Byrne: I hope the Minister can provide many examples and precedents for what he is doing now.
- Seanad: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (24 Oct 2012)
Thomas Byrne: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (24 Oct 2012)
Thomas Byrne: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (24 Oct 2012)
Thomas Byrne: It is just gas. We are reforming the health service and we have a Bill which is a carbon copy of what was there before. One word is different in the Minister's Bill and he has decided to go back to the way it was before. Just in case we might change anything, we had better keep the exact wording. This emphasises the point that this is a sham. There is no reality to what is going on here....
- Seanad: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (24 Oct 2012)
Thomas Byrne: I am opposing it to make the point that changes-----