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Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2010)

Liam Twomey: I know it suits Government Members to seek consensus now. For the first time in my eight years in the Houses I have started to hear the word being uttered. Perhaps the issue is worthy of debate because the need for consensus in Northern Ireland was put to the people in a referendum. For the people to buy into something, they need to feel part of it, but the Government does not have their...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2010)

Liam Twomey: He did not do so in the dying days of a Government which had been completely and utterly discredited. The problems are not just those caused by the Governments in power before 2007, as many have been generated by the Government in office since 2007. If Government Members want to have a debate, they should try to be factual and realistic about it. Consensus will not work at this point. If...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2010)

Liam Twomey: It is a matter for the Senator to write to the committee if he has a complaint to make.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2010)

Liam Twomey: The Senator should not fear an election.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2010)

Liam Twomey: He has no respect for the Chair.

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Oct 2010)

Liam Twomey: It is his party's job to govern.

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Oct 2010)

Liam Twomey: I want to speak about what I have heard. What Senator Harris spoke is cant dressed up as rhetoric. If Fianna Fáil was so interested-----

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Oct 2010)

Liam Twomey: I will seek a debate on this. If Fianna Fáil was so interested in protecting this country, why do we not have a reverse Tallaght strategy? Why does Fianna Fáil not present its four-year plan, go to the people and then offer its support to the new Government? We all know that what will happen when Fianna Fáil comes back into power is it will continue with the same old nonsense, which it...

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Oct 2010)

Liam Twomey: -----how to work consensus politics in this country if it is necessary. I would not take too much from what the Department of Finance is saying. It is the same Department that has been advising the Minister, Deputy Brian Lenihan, for the past two years on his banking policy, which is turning out to be more like a Monty Python film than high finance. Two years ago the Minister told us it was...

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Oct 2010)

Liam Twomey: Does the Senator mean it is only a myth?

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Oct 2010)

Liam Twomey: The Government was made a fool of.

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Oct 2010)

Liam Twomey: That is what we need - a new mandate.

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Oct 2010)

Liam Twomey: I am reminded of the Leader's prophecy on house prices.

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Oct 2010)

Liam Twomey: The Leader's predictions are very dangerous.

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Oct 2010)

Liam Twomey: The Leader should read some more of Fine Gael's ideas.

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Oct 2010)

Liam Twomey: He could start by reading Deputy Bruton's ideas on youth employment.

Seanad: Schools Patronage (6 Oct 2010)

Liam Twomey: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Haughey. As this issue relates to his Department, it is good that he is present and I hope he will be able to give me a comprehensive answer. The Department of Education and Skills is evaluating the patronage of a proposed new post-primary school in Gorey, County Wexford. When I attended a recent meeting hosted by the Department, at which the two...

Seanad: Schools Patronage (6 Oct 2010)

Liam Twomey: Both patrons offer great potential as both are highly regarded in the field of education. Diversity should be the key in this regard for Educate Together and I hope the Department can continue providing the appropriate funding for the VEC because it is the major provider of education in County Wexford.

Seanad: National Economy: Statements (30 Sep 2010)

Liam Twomey: The news being announced on the airwaves just adds to the calamitous situation we are facing for the next couple of years. I want to focus on three major issues that are important for our recovery and perhaps the Minister of State might reply to some of the issues being raised, because they are important, in addition to some of the matters we are reading about today on banking. There are...

Seanad: National Economy: Statements (30 Sep 2010)

Liam Twomey: It has certainly committed taxpayers to paying for commitments entered into by the Government for the next 30 years, never mind the next four. The other point the Minister made this morning was that the budget in December would be much harsher than the public was expecting. It is only common sense to cancel any more bond issues before the end of the year because what the bondholders would be...