Results 541-560 of 4,810 for speaker:Liam Twomey
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Liam Twomey: That is not relevant to the debate.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Liam Twomey: It is not. It is about charges and I am not sure if-----
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Liam Twomey: I do not think that is relevant to the debate.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Liam Twomey: I ask the Deputy to be careful with his language in the House. He said private thugs were employed by people.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Liam Twomey: I advise the Deputy to be careful with his use of language. He can make his argument without taking people's character and reputation into account.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Liam Twomey: The Deputy did. I call Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Liam Twomey: There is actually about referring to people as "thugs".
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Liam Twomey: Unless one has proof that they are.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Liam Twomey: We do not know if they did.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Liam Twomey: I will give the list of speakers as provided to me. Deputies Cowen, Timmins, Paul Murphy, Boyd Barrett, Donnelly, Joan Collins, Fitzmaurice, Stanley and Halligan. Any Member who is not on this list and wishes to speak may inform me and I will take the name.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Liam Twomey: The Garda Síochána.
- Palestine: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (10 Dec 2014)
Liam Twomey: The next speaker is Deputy Tóibín, who is sharing time with Deputies Ó Caoláin and Adams.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report - November 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2014)
Liam Twomey: When we look at this comprehensive review of expenditure, this will obviously be seen as a very political issue and no doubt, the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council will be referenced in respect of it. If the council has any background work, we would really appreciate it and it would really help make it a very good debate because we will also be requesting the same background work from the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report - November 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2014)
Liam Twomey: That is everybody's role here. When these meetings started a few years ago, it used to be impossible to get out of here. Things have improved slightly from that point of view. Does Senator Barrett wish to make another comment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report - November 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2014)
Liam Twomey: That is outside Professor McHale's remit.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report - November 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2014)
Liam Twomey: The Senator mentioned my own interest as I am a GP. Primary care gives a massive return for every €1 invested in it and yet year after year, it has remained the Cinderella of the service. It is almost impossible to get the HSE or the Department of Health to make significant transfers of funds to primary care. That is not something the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council really does.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report - November 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2014)
Liam Twomey: Professor McHale has enough on his plate. We will have to give him another 30 people. I thank Professor McHale and all of the members of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and its secretariat who have come here today. It has been very informative, as usual.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report - November 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2014)
Liam Twomey: Has the council done work on this? We hear much lip-service being paid to the comprehensive expenditure but is it relatively new?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report - November 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2014)
Liam Twomey: Moneys can be allocated in the budget for a certain area but may never be spent on it and go somewhere else. When this is raised, the response is usually a shrug of the shoulders. Is there a concern that the administrative capacity is not in place to carry out these types of reviews? When one goes to certain conferences and meets top-level administrators, they often talk about the deficit...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report - November 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2014)
Liam Twomey: Does our system have the capacity? I presume the council has made a comparison with the UK system.