Results 61-80 of 4,810 for speaker:Liam Twomey
- Finance Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Liam Twomey: We are very interested.
- Finance Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Liam Twomey: I just have a quick comment. Something was said by Deputy Doherty that he might clarify for me. If the deal with Westminster was so good, why did Sinn Féin abandon social welfare recipients in Northern Ireland?
- Finance Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Liam Twomey: You are the one who said it.
- Finance Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Liam Twomey: I am listening to the hypocrisy.
- Finance Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Liam Twomey: Answer the question, since you are so good at answering.
- Finance Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Liam Twomey: We will keep asking it. You will answer it.
- Finance Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Liam Twomey: The Deputy did not help the Greek people.
- Finance Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Liam Twomey: I support the Minister on this amendment. Deputy Boyd Barrett has put on the record many of his objections to what is happening and has quoted the position in Scotland. I am keen to put on the record that there are many people in Sweden who maintain rent controls there have not worked. They say it stops the development of new apartments and houses for people. The controls there have...
- Finance Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Liam Twomey: Those in Sinn Féin claim to be socialists as well.
- Finance Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Liam Twomey: There are republican socialists of some sort.
- Finance Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Liam Twomey: They are funny socialists.
- Finance Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Liam Twomey: We use a different word from "continuity".
- Finance Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Nov 2015)
Liam Twomey: My apologies, a Cheann Comhairle. Deputy Doherty will understand that when those in Sinn Féin were passing the budget in Northern Ireland, they ran into many of the same problems with regard to housing and the environment. Indeed, I must try to make more sense of why they handed control of social welfare benefits back to Westminster. I thought that was something that was supposed to be...
- Hospital Emergency Departments: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (11 Nov 2015)
Liam Twomey: I wish to share time with Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick, three minutes and five minutes. The health service is made up of different groups of vested interests. Many of the aspirations of these groups conflict with one another, which leads to major challenges for those who are trying to manage our health services. On top of that, the recent health Ireland survey, published by the Minister,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: General Scheme of a Public Sector Standards Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Nov 2015)
Liam Twomey: I remind members to ensure their mobile phones are switched off. This is important as it causes serious problems for broadcasting, editorial and sound staff. No. 6 is pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft general scheme of a public sector standards Bill. This is our second meeting on this. I welcome Dr. Elaine Byrne, a governance consultant with the European Commission in Ireland, and the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: General Scheme of a Public Sector Standards Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Nov 2015)
Liam Twomey: I wish to acknowledge Mr. Paddy Walsh and Mr. Brian McKevitt, who are present today as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: General Scheme of a Public Sector Standards Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Nov 2015)
Liam Twomey: How are Members of Parliament elected in New Zealand?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: General Scheme of a Public Sector Standards Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Nov 2015)
Liam Twomey: Dr. Byrne said earlier that we in Ireland are a little blasé about ethics. To some degree, people vote for their local representatives and while they will rail against what they perceive as unethical behaviour, given they were the ones on the inside track in terms the clientelism in which we are accused of participating day in and day out, any politician who decides to take the high...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: General Scheme of a Public Sector Standards Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Nov 2015)
Liam Twomey: I am asking if this is an issue. Is this to some degree contributing to the the casual-type attitude here towards ethics? As pointed out by Mr. Jim O'Keeffe the vast majority of people who enter public life do so purely on altruistic grounds. They do it because they want to serve the people they represent. To some degree the vast majority of people in this Parliament have no power...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: General Scheme of a Public Sector Standards Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Nov 2015)
Liam Twomey: Who does the SIPO Act cover?