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Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Report and Final Stages (29 Jan 2011)

Liam Twomey: We will finish this the way Fianna Fáil wanted.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Report and Final Stages (29 Jan 2011)

Liam Twomey: We have seen the passage of another Finance Bill that will inflict more hardship on the people of Ireland and the Minister may justify these harsh budgets-----

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Report and Final Stages (29 Jan 2011)

Liam Twomey: Our economy has been badly damaged-----

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Report and Final Stages (29 Jan 2011)

Liam Twomey: The Minister is not solely responsible for what has happened to our economy. Former taoisigh Deputies Bertie Ahern and Brian Cowen and former Minister Deputy Micheál Martin have collective responsibility for what has happened to the economy in the past three years.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Report and Final Stages (29 Jan 2011)

Liam Twomey: I accept that Members opposite may be touchy because they must face the people in four weeks time.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Report and Final Stages (29 Jan 2011)

Liam Twomey: Members on the Government side should stay quiet when other Members are speaking. There has been a sense of arrogance displayed by Government representatives during the day. Perhaps they should stand up and make speeches themselves if they wish to do so.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Report and Final Stages (29 Jan 2011)

Liam Twomey: They should show courtesy when Members of the House speak and they must accept responsibility for what they have done to the country.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Report and Final Stages (29 Jan 2011)

Liam Twomey: There is never a wrong time and I am trying to speak on the Finance Bill, but it is clear Members opposite are not happy for me to speak about the impact of the Bill.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Report and Final Stages (29 Jan 2011)

Liam Twomey: We have made speeches on the Finance Bill on many occasions and pointed out the impact it has had on those affected. There is a sense that somehow we must not acknowledge the hardship this Bill will inflict on people.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Report and Final Stages (29 Jan 2011)

Liam Twomey: I have never been given the opportunity to say what I wish to say here.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Report and Final Stages (29 Jan 2011)

Liam Twomey: This is the sort of thing that gives this House a bad name.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Report and Final Stages (29 Jan 2011)

Liam Twomey: I have not-----

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Report and Final Stages (29 Jan 2011)

Liam Twomey: I respect the Chair but the Cathaoirleach disrespected me.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Report and Final Stages (29 Jan 2011)

Liam Twomey: I conclude by thanking not just the staff of the House, but every civil servant in every Department for the work they do. I wish the Minister well. The problem with our political system is it is very adversarial and we acknowledge that in the debate. That is how the system works.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Report and Final Stages (29 Jan 2011)

Liam Twomey: It is important I take the opportunity to wish my colleagues in Fianna Fáil the best. I also wish the best of luck to my colleagues on this side of the House.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Report and Final Stages (29 Jan 2011)

Liam Twomey: My sentiments have been expressed by the previous speakers on how the measure will have a shocking impact on the most vulnerable people in society.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Report and Final Stages (29 Jan 2011)

Liam Twomey: That may happen anyway.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Report and Final Stages (29 Jan 2011)

Liam Twomey: Senator Feeney should watch her language.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Report and Final Stages (29 Jan 2011)

Liam Twomey: I support the recommendation. The reason many of the banks and financial institutions are either owned or majority owned by the State is the reckless decisions made in a short period of time. Many of these decisions would have been based on the bonuses being achieved for the work being done by the individuals concerned. The fact that the Government moved very slowly on this issue when it...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed). (29 Jan 2011)

Liam Twomey: The reason the Minister changed the legislation earlier in the Dáil was predominately to facilitate the farming community. Single farm payments are made in the middle of October and farmers would have been expected to pay tax on income earned two weeks after the deadline. It would have been a matter of great concern to farming communities to have to pay up-front based on a cheque expected...