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Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Paul Kehoe: -----Ministers of State came to deliver speeches on behalf of senior Ministers. The Fine Gael Party and the Labour Party would have treated them courteously, honourably and with some integrity and manners.

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Paul Kehoe: It is not my fault that Senator Wilson has no manners.

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Paul Kehoe: A Minister takes time out-----

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Paul Kehoe: -----to come to the House but the Senator does not have the manners and the integrity of other Members of the Seanad. It is unfortunate that the Senator must behave in this way and that he cannot accept the reality in regard to the way his party left this country over the past number of years.

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Paul Kehoe: Let me continue. I just finished on the way Fianna Fáil looked after the parochial interest rather than the national interest. That has always been the hallmark of a Fianna Fáil Government. We must tidy up the mess left behind. We must look after the policies for and the politics in this country. It is unbelievable that Sinn Féin would come into the House to talk about Army barracks...

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Paul Kehoe: I appreciate Senator Reilly was only born in the 1980s but she should read the history of Sinn Féin, when it was founded and the activities its founding members got up to.

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Paul Kehoe: Some of the Members actually spoke about it. I ask Senator Reilly to read the history books and educate herself. I am very proud of Fine Gael's past. I have no doubt the Labour Party is very proud of its past. If I was a member of Sinn Féin I would not be too proud of its past. I ask Senator Reilly to read the history books.

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Paul Kehoe: I have no problem taking on board Senator Wilson's arguments and those of other Members on his side of the House. I addressed the PDFORRA conference in Athlone recently and I met members from Cavan, Mullingar and Clonmel. I took their concerns on board and I have no doubt the Minister, Deputy Shatter, will take everybody's concerns on board tomorrow. I will finish with a short anecdote....

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Paul Kehoe: At least Fine Gael has a candidate.

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Paul Kehoe: At least we did not have to have 25 parliamentary party meetings about one rumour.

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Paul Kehoe: I apologise on behalf of the Minister for Defence who is unable to be present but he has addressed the issue on a number of occasions, including in the Lower House a few weeks ago. I am aware that he will meet Senator Landy and others and he is giving his time generously to meet delegations from the areas that people think are affected. I assure the House that no decision has been made on...

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Paul Kehoe: It simply has not registered with them that the electorate saw through their bluff last February and comprehensively rejected the outmoded form of politics in which they engaged. People want the truth, not bluster; they want effective action, not platitudes.

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Paul Kehoe: I did not interrupt the Senator once. Can I be afforded the same manners as I afforded him during his contribution?

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Paul Kehoe: The motion is completely at odds with the policy pursued by Fianna Fáil in government; it is mischievous and it is scare mongering of the worst type. It does nothing to help the Defence Forces and causes unnecessary worry to members of the force and their families. When in government, the party implemented two programmes of barrack closures and it closed ten barracks in all. I have no...

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Paul Kehoe: The magnesia has spread right up through the building because the Senators on the opposite side of the House are suffering from the very same magnesia.

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Paul Kehoe: If I was them, I would go away and think about this. Have they forgotten what happened when they were in government not so long ago? Fianna Fáil closed four barracks, which is only two years ago.

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Paul Kehoe: Fianna Fáil left a fair hames when it was thinking of the future when last in government.

Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2011)

Paul Kehoe: The Deputy should check the record.

Order of Business (19 Oct 2011)

Paul Kehoe: The Deputy should speak up. I cannot hear him.

Order of Business (19 Oct 2011)

Paul Kehoe: We discuss what to do for the country after Fianna Fáil's time in office.