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Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Thomas Byrne: This measure relates to deposits of more than €100,000.

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Thomas Byrne: No more than the guarantee which the Senator's party has bitterly opposed for the past few years but for which it is now voting.

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Thomas Byrne: That is what the Labour Party accused us of doing. I got that phrase in the neck on the streets of my constituency. I was an "economic traitor". The Senator's party leader accused us of that because of the guarantee the Labour Party is now cynically supporting.

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Thomas Byrne: The Labour Party does not care about the people.

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Thomas Byrne: This is sickening.

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Thomas Byrne: "Just ignore it," is that what cancer sufferers in County Sligo are saying?

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Thomas Byrne: The Governor of the Central Bank also recommended it last year, when Senator Gilroy's party voted against it.

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Thomas Byrne: We said that last year and the Labour Party voted against it.

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Thomas Byrne: Fianna Fáil is doing the right thing now, not just opposing it.

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Thomas Byrne: This is the worst day for democracy in this country ever.

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Thomas Byrne: We are supporting the scheme.

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Thomas Byrne: The House will excuse the passion of my interjections today but I am passionate about this issue because I am passionate about consistency, honesty and decency in politics.

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Thomas Byrne: I have never done that on the radio, and I have never told people with cancer that they would get services when I knew they would not be delivered.

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Thomas Byrne: I will withdraw the L-I-E word from earlier because I realise that it is unparliamentary. This is a dark day for democracy, it is a day that proves there is no honesty and the public are right to be cynical about politicians. All of us are done down because of that.

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Thomas Byrne: Fine Gael was opposed to the very same motion last year; it voted against it. Now it comes in with a straight face hoping we will support this very necessary measure. Yes, we will support it, we have a consistent position, it is our policy and we will not run away from it, we will not do a U-turn, we will not lie to the people, we will not tell them one thing and then do another, which is...

Seanad: Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2011)

Thomas Byrne: The point raised by Senator Barrett is an important one. If a person had been convicted many years ago, I think the Minister said that would be taken into account anyway. Am I correct in saying that if a person committed an offence, say, 40 years ago and the Minister refused him, that he would not be able to take a judicial review on the grounds that the Minister did not consider the length...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2011)

Thomas Byrne: It is a public company involved.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2011)

Thomas Byrne: I agree with Senator Mooney on the issue of decentralisation. It is about time we had a debate on the issue because it seems that many Government Senators and Deputies think the Government has abandoned decentralisation. That is not the case. In fact, it has continued with many decentralised projects and has pledged to review many others. With regard to Carrick-on-Shannon, it is ludicrous...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2011)

Thomas Byrne: It is appropriate.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2011)

Thomas Byrne: We are having this debate, but we need a full-scale debate on health policy. Before the election, I warned that Fine Gael policy was to transfer from public to private care where there would be no cutbacks.