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- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)
Thomas Byrne: Do not appoint him.
- Seanad: Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Discussion with Minister of State (8 Nov 2011)
Thomas Byrne: It was Deputy Eamon Gilmore who said it.
- Seanad: Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Discussion with Minister of State (8 Nov 2011)
Thomas Byrne: He said it was Labour's way or Frankfurt's way.
- Seanad: Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Discussion with Minister of State (8 Nov 2011)
Thomas Byrne: That is not true.
- Seanad: Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Discussion with Minister of State (8 Nov 2011)
Thomas Byrne: It is not true.
- Seanad: Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Discussion with Minister of State (8 Nov 2011)
Thomas Byrne: That is what the Senator is doing. He keeps repeating that we lost our sovereignty when anyone who has met the IMF has been told clearly by it that sovereignty is retained-----
- Seanad: Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Discussion with Minister of State (8 Nov 2011)
Thomas Byrne: It is just like the accusation that the pension levy was imposed for political purposes.
- Seanad: Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Discussion with Minister of State (8 Nov 2011)
Thomas Byrne: I assume I will be accorded the same time to speak. I compliment the Minister of State, Deputy Creighton, for the work she is doing, but it is rather unfortunate she has been briefed against by her own Government. That appeared to be the case judging from an article published last weekend. It is very fortunate she has support from Senator Terry Leyden on this side of the House, while I...
- Seanad: Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Discussion with Minister of State (8 Nov 2011)
Thomas Byrne: That does not mean I agree with everything she says.
- Seanad: Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Discussion with Minister of State (8 Nov 2011)
Thomas Byrne: I mean it in a genuine way. I wish to highlight some points. Many speakers have made statements, including the Minister of State. She stated, echoed by her colleagues, she is very supportive of enhanced economic governance. I am not, nor is my party. Page 8 of the communiqué explains what enhanced governance and surveillance means. It means adoption in member states of rules on a...
- Seanad: Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Discussion with Minister of State (8 Nov 2011)
Thomas Byrne: Are there only five or six?
- Seanad: Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Discussion with Minister of State (8 Nov 2011)
Thomas Byrne: Exactly. Any country with a deficit higher than 3% is included, thus most euro countries. Under these proposals the Commission and the Council would be able to examine national draft budgets and adopt an opinion on them before their adoption by the Parliament. Therefore, the entire secrecy in the budgetary process would be exempted in order to allow the Commission to decide what would be...
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)
Thomas Byrne: Is that a statement of intent?
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)
Thomas Byrne: First, it is appropriate to thank our Clerk, Deirdre Lane, for her role on the Referendum Commission-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)
Thomas Byrne: -----as she suffered a lot of brickbats, as did the entire commission, from a Minister of the Government.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)
Thomas Byrne: It is in regard to her other public role. She did the public a good service in the way she listened to the debate in this Chamber. She did not agree with us. It is important to note that she did not agree with the Government nor with the Opposition. That is welcome. We need a full debate on the-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)
Thomas Byrne: -----Referendum Commission and the Government's attitude to it. It is about the attack on the Referendum Commission by the Minister, Deputy Howlin, and the Minister, Deputy Phil Hogan, at a politics society event.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)
Thomas Byrne: Second, I would like the Leader to discuss a matter with the Minister of State, Deputy Shane McEntee. The Minister of State came into the House some weeks ago and stated that the Wildlife (Amendment) Act was to be amended in regard to stag hunting. I am a Member of this House partially because of that issue but the reality is that when the media queried that issue with the Government Press...
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)
Thomas Byrne: On a point of information, that is not correct.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2011)
Thomas Byrne: I also wish to call for a comprehensive debate on the agreement reached this morning. As with the Keane report, Government Senators and Deputies are rushing out to welcome this without actually reading the document. It may in fact be welcome and might require a constitutional referendum that we may support, but we do not know yet and will have to examine its implications. I would encourage...