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Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Willie O'Dea: The Labour Party opposed the bank guarantee, bank recapitalisation and the nationalisation of Anglo Irish Bank, while Fine Gael supports the guarantee and rejects the Labour Party's call for nationalisation. The pivotal moment was reached at the end of April when Fine Gael put forward a policy document on the floor of this House, Rebuilding Ireland, which encapsulates its fundamental...

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Willie O'Dea: The ever-widening gaps between the parties are not confined to economic issues.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Willie O'Dea: As Minister for Defence, I was interested to read what Fine Gael's Deputy Timmins had to say in his Ard-Fheis speech last April when he recommitted Fine Gael to abandoning our military neutrality and described the policies pursued by this and previous Governments as "a twilight zone". That is yet another vitally important area of policy where Fine Gael and the Labour parties are in polar...

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Willie O'Dea: -----and the firm resolve to get the economy moving again.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Willie O'Dea: We will achieve this with or without hindrance from the Opposition.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Willie O'Dea: We will not get out of our current difficulties with Deputy Kenny's rehearsed outrage, any more than we will get out of them with Deputy Gilmore's soft options.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Willie O'Dea: Telling the public that Fine Gael will cut spending-----

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Willie O'Dea: -----without telling them the areas in which it will make those cuts or telling them that it will spend more without identifying from where the money will come is dishonest politics.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Willie O'Dea: In return, the public has used Fine Gael, Labour and the Independents as a stick with which to beat the Government-----

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Willie O'Dea: -----but that is a very different proposition from electing the stick to govern the country.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Willie O'Dea: As we are debating this motion, there are people-----

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Willie O'Dea: Deputy Shatter should have some interest in this matter; people were systematically abused in institutions over many years and some of them are now broken adults. They are marching today in silent protest.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Willie O'Dea: They were led to believe, and they are entitled to expect, that the debate on the Ryan report would coincide with that march.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Willie O'Dea: I hope for that reason, if for no other-----

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Willie O'Dea: -----that every unwhipped Deputy will go into the lobbies tonight-----

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Willie O'Dea: -----to reject the amateur theatrics and the Punch and Judy politics to which Fine Gael has descended and let us get back to the business of governing this country.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Willie O'Dea: Captain Kirk.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Willie O'Dea: Deputy Shatter should not abuse the time of the House to pursue his narrow interests.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Willie O'Dea: Deputy Shatter will not bluff in the general election.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Willie O'Dea: We should be debating the Ryan report.