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Seanad: Confidence in Government: Motion (8 Dec 2010)

Liam Twomey: I am entitled to make a point of order.

Seanad: Confidence in Government: Motion (8 Dec 2010)

Liam Twomey: There is still time to make a point of order.

Seanad: Confidence in Government: Motion (8 Dec 2010)

Liam Twomey: There were no weekly reports either.

Seanad: Confidence in Government: Motion (8 Dec 2010)

Liam Twomey: Does the Minister of State wish to go back to those days?

Seanad: Confidence in Government: Motion (8 Dec 2010)

Liam Twomey: Fianna Fáil was hitting the hammer so hard it did not mind what it was selling.

Seanad: Confidence in Government: Motion (8 Dec 2010)

Liam Twomey: I wonder what they will decide this time.

Seanad: Confidence in Government: Motion (8 Dec 2010)

Liam Twomey: I support this Private Members' motion. Listening to the Leader, one would think we lived in the land of milk and honey where everything runs free. The reality is Ireland has been completely abandoned by international investors since last April. No matter what the Leader may think, the Government has lost the complete confidence of the people. It does not matter whether it is the Kaiser...

Seanad: Confidence in Government: Motion (8 Dec 2010)

Liam Twomey: They hinted at it.

Seanad: Confidence in Government: Motion (8 Dec 2010)

Liam Twomey: Will they pass legislation on climate change, the Dublin mayoralty election and other matters? Have they presented six items of legislation to the Government? Is Senator Boyle saying they will pass this legislation over a weekend in January, as well as the Finance Bill?

Seanad: Confidence in Government: Motion (8 Dec 2010)

Liam Twomey: The Senator should be honest with the people and say exactly when the Green Party will go.

Seanad: Confidence in Government: Motion (8 Dec 2010)

Liam Twomey: Senator Boyle should tell the people when we will have a general election because we need to get rid of the chaos and confusion. The people are getting angrier and also becoming fearful which is having a knock-on effect on their lives. The Green Party put itself in the position of moral guardian of whatever was happening in government.

Seanad: Confidence in Government: Motion (8 Dec 2010)

Liam Twomey: As it has now lost confidence in the Government, it should step up to the plate and tell the people when they can expect a general election to be held. It should clear the timelines and let us get on with it because there is a need to turn the country around and provide strong leadership in the next four years. The Senator was his party's spokesperson on finance in the Lower House when I...

Seanad: Confidence in Government: Motion (8 Dec 2010)

Liam Twomey: That is all Senator Cassidy will leave behind him.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2011: Statements (8 Dec 2010)

Liam Twomey: Do I take it from the Minister of State's ad lib comments near the end of his contribution that it was not Lehman Brothers that got us into this mess but Government policy during the past decade? After we have had time to digest this budget and its impacts fully, it will be interesting to see whether it will contribute to getting us out of this crisis or whether it will be interpreted as a...

Seanad: Budget Statement 2011: Statements (8 Dec 2010)

Liam Twomey: These are the reasons we are where we are. The budget breaks down into cuts valued at €4 billion and taxes valued at €2 billion. Some €1.8 billion of the cuts will be made in the capital budget. This is a significant portion of the overall adjustments. As we pointed out, there is no clear policy on restoring jobs in the economy. The €1.8 billion would have been spent on building...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2010)

Liam Twomey: When we came in here on that night, the Minister stood across from us and said the bank guarantee was not going to cost us anything. When I tabled an amendment to that legislation to the effect that we should not spend more than €10 billion on bailing out the banks, the Minister stated neither he nor his Government envisaged spending anything like that sort of money. No one from that side...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2010)

Liam Twomey: Senator Boyle has tried to take the high moral ground with the Green Party as to how they would act in government.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2010)

Liam Twomey: They have been just as deceitful as their Fianna Fáil colleagues in the Cabinet with regard to giving information to the people. All through this year since the last budget and with regard to the banking crisis, it has been nothing but lies after lies after lies.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2010)

Liam Twomey: Quite clearly these lies go back even further than the budget last year.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2010)

Liam Twomey: My apologies. I withdraw it and substitute for it the word "untruths" if that is what the Cathaoirleach wishes.