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Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (21 Mar 2012)

Denis Landy: They are not listening to the Senator because-----

Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (21 Mar 2012)

Denis Landy: But you are marching against it.

Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (21 Mar 2012)

Denis Landy: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Costello, to the House. This motion appears to me to be an attempt at political cleansing by Fianna Fáil. It is attempting to wipe clean the slate in terms of the ills it brought on this country, which were handed over to the current Government. Fianna Fáil is asking us to forget what happened during the 14 years when it was in Government, in...

Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (21 Mar 2012)

Denis Landy: The Government has brought forward an action plan for jobs, a pathways to work initiative and an internship scheme. There has been massive direct investment in this country during the past couple of months despite that the Government has been only in office for one year. The Government intends to reform local government and to divide the national legislature from local practitioners, an...

Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (21 Mar 2012)

Denis Landy: My colleague, Senator Cullinane from Waterford, who unfortunately is not here, made great play of the Labour Party losing support. He obviously only took note of the poll which showed Sinn Féin at 25%. The Labour Party is holding strong at 16%, which is where it stood in the run up to the election. We must be doing something right. Senator Cullinane stated that Sinn Féin is not telling...

Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (21 Mar 2012)

Denis Landy: Sinn Féin wants to be a 32-county party. It is asking the ordinary people of Ireland to believe that while its supports implementation of the household charge of approximately €1,400 for a standard three bedroom house in the Six Counties it is against the introduction of this charge in the South. Most people can decipher for themselves what is and is not true. Sinn Féin has set out in...

Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (21 Mar 2012)

Denis Landy: We have been through all of this.

Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (21 Mar 2012)

Denis Landy: This Government, which has been in office now for only 12 months, is steering the ship in the right direction. It has reinstated our reputation at international level and is bringing foreign investment into the country, thus creating jobs. More important, it is giving the people faith and vision in our country. I commend the Government amendment to the House.

Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (21 Mar 2012)

Denis Landy: Look at the record.

Seanad: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (15 Mar 2012)

Denis Landy: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and first wish to acknowledge there was good news for Carrick-on-Suir earlier this week. I commend the Minister for Education and Skills on including a new VEC school for Carrick-on-Suir in the five-year capital programme. The Minister of State, Deputy Kelly, visited Carrick-on-Suir within the past ten days, when he and I discussed this matter,...

Seanad: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (15 Mar 2012)

Denis Landy: I thank the Minister of State for his reply on behalf of the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn. The school in question is preparing its appeal which I understand has almost been finalised. I hope common sense will prevail, as the school wants to continue to operate. It is already operating in difficult circumstances. I have outlined the position of disadvantage in...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2012)

Denis Landy: In response to the rather timid effort by Senator Byrne to comment on the Labour Party presence in the House-----

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2012)

Denis Landy: Is Senator Daly finished?

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2012)

Denis Landy: Senator Byrne referred to the achievements of the Labour Party in government and the proposal by Fine Gael to have a photocall this afternoon. He might reflect on the legacy of his own party in government for 14 years. There were queues outside the RDS last Saturday not to go into the Fianna Fáil Ard-Fheis but to leave the country after Fianna Fáil's failure to provide economic stimulus...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2012)

Denis Landy: The greatest insult last Saturday was the standing ovation given to a former Taoiseach. Such an ovation is supposed to be a rare occurrence. However, all and sundry at the Ard-Fheis gave a standing ovation to a failed Taoiseach, someone who-----

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2012)

Denis Landy: It has already been discussed.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2012)

Denis Landy: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2012)

Denis Landy: That Mr. Cowen, who destroyed this country, could be given a standing ovation by all and sundry last Saturday shows that-----

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2012)

Denis Landy: -----the Fianna Fáil side of the House still has its head in the sand. Fianna Fáil Members have not recognised that they destroyed the country.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2012)

Denis Landy: My question is on the household charge. Now that we are nearly half way through March, will the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government attend the House to outline the other methods of payment that will be available to people? It has been suggested in the House that An Post be used. During our preliminary discussions, I suggested to the Minister that all local...