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- Seanad: Budget 2012: Statements (6 Dec 2011)
John Gilroy: I wish I were welcoming the Minister to the House in different circumstances. This is a terrible day for our country, the 90th anniversary of the treaty overshadowed by the first recognition of the real consequences of the economic situation and consequences that will be felt in every household. If we are to take a similar amount of money out of the economy again next year, and the year...
- Seanad: Budget 2012: Statements (6 Dec 2011)
John Gilroy: Did we make certain pledges before the election? We did. Did we make them in good faith? We did. Should we be criticised for making these pledges before the election? We should. We should be criticised strongly for doing so and we need to acknowledge this. This budget is fairly brutal. We cannot take â¬3.8 billion out of the economy, on top of â¬20 billion in expenditure and revenue...
- Seanad: Budget 2012: Statements (6 Dec 2011)
John Gilroy: Will the Senator support us?
- Seanad: Budget 2012: Statements (6 Dec 2011)
John Gilroy: Polls do not affect us. We will do the right thing for the country.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)
John Gilroy: It is difficult to accept being shouted at by Sinn Féin Senators. When one examines its pre-budget submission, as we were invited to do, one finds that most of it is based on a newspaper report published four years ago, namely, The Sunday Times rich list, and informed by two reports compiled by the banking sector, an industry Sinn Féin has repeatedly accused of lying over the past three years.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)
John Gilroy: We also see in its submission a Kevin Cardiff type double accounting calculation which leaves a â¬200 million hole in Sinn Féin's figures. We see the cutbacks it is implementing in the North on behalf of Her Majesty's Government, yet it berates us.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)
John Gilroy: It is disappointing but I predicted I would be shouted at by Sinn Féin. I will not waste any more time of the House or invite any more abuse by the Sinn Féin side. I ask the Leader to arrange a debate on the budgetary process as a whole in the new year. The House needs ample time to discuss this issue.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)
John Gilroy: That is the fault of the Fianna Fáil Party.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)
John Gilroy: No proposal will be made next Friday.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)
John Gilroy: There is no proposal.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)
John Gilroy: Where is Senator Daly's proposal?
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)
John Gilroy: We should send Senator Daly over there to save us all.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)
John Gilroy: The Senator and his colleagues should be ashamed of themselves, on the 90th anniversary.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)
John Gilroy: They destroyed the country twice.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)
John Gilroy: The country has been destroyed by Senator Daly and his colleagues.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)
John Gilroy: Senator Daly is a great democrat.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)
John Gilroy: That is nonsense.
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)
John Gilroy: This is a technical extension of the-----
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)
John Gilroy: Is it technical or is it not?
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)
John Gilroy: Senator Thomas Byrne is constantly shouting down speakers. He did so last night also for reasons to do with petty party political point scoring.