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Order of Business (9 Feb 2010)

Michael Creed: It is the first time the Ombudsman's report has been rejected by Government-----

Order of Business (9 Feb 2010)

Michael Creed: The Taoiseach is a disgrace.

Order of Business (9 Feb 2010)

Michael Creed: The Taoiseach is a disgrace by undermining the Ombudsman's office. He should be ashamed of himself. It is an independent office.

Order of Business (9 Feb 2010)

Michael Creed: This issue will not go away.

Order of Business (9 Feb 2010)

Michael Creed: It tramples on the little people; that is what the Taoiseach's Government is about.

Order of Business (9 Feb 2010)

Michael Creed: Has the Taoiseach a problem with farmers now as well?

Order of Business (9 Feb 2010)

Michael Creed: I do not have an acre of land in my name. The Taoiseach resorts to playing the man, not the ball. That is what he is at.

Order of Business (9 Feb 2010)

Michael Creed: The Taoiseach is a disgrace.

Order of Business (9 Feb 2010)

Michael Creed: The Taoiseach should not trample on the little people.

Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)

Michael Creed: On the previous occasion when the Ombudsman laid a report before the Houses of the Oireachtas, the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance and the Public Service considered it. The precedent is that the report goes to the committee. I welcome the fact there will be statements but that does not constitute consideration of the report as requested by the Ombudsman. The conclusions of the...

Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)

Michael Creed: The matter cannot be swatted by the might of Government or the mere force of numbers in a Dáil debate.

Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)

Michael Creed: That is not true.

Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)

Michael Creed: That is not true.

Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)

Michael Creed: On a point of order-----

Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)

Michael Creed: We have consistently raised this matter on this side of the House in the context that it should be debated initially as requested by the Ombudsman's office in both Houses of the Oireachtas and subsequently referred to committee for a forensically detailed examination. This is where it should rightfully be carried on. The Government is attempting to have a meaningless, sterile format,...

Special Ombudsman's Report: Statements (4 Feb 2010)

Michael Creed: The Minister of State is missing the point.

Special Ombudsman's Report: Statements (4 Feb 2010)

Michael Creed: At the outset it is important to reflect, as did the Minister of State, that at the centre of this report is a tragedy that took place on 31 October 1981. Francis and Jimmy Byrne and three crew members, namely, Tony O'Brien, James Lafferty and Des McGovern lost their lives in a tragic accident when the MFV Skifjord sank. During this debate Members should acknowledge what a great loss and...

Special Ombudsman's Report: Statements (4 Feb 2010)

Michael Creed: Deputy Fahey will have his day and I wish he would volunteer to come before a committee. I have never stated the original scheme was about financial compensation but the issue is about financial compensation now because to the complainant there is no tonnage on offer. The resolution to this difficulty as promulgated by the Office of the Ombudsman is based on the decommissioning scheme and...

Special Ombudsman's Report: Statements (4 Feb 2010)

Michael Creed: Does the Minister still accept that the tonnage has a monetary value?

Special Ombudsman's Report: Statements (4 Feb 2010)

Michael Creed: Collateral.