Seanad debates

Wednesday, 24 November 2010

11:00 am

Photo of David NorrisDavid Norris (Independent)

As long as the Government refuses to listen to creative solutions, we will fall further into the mire. It will pinch. I honour and respect my colleagues from all sides of the House who pointed to where this will hurt. It is not an abstract question. It is about people losing jobs and homes.

Yesterday, others and I attended the launch of the White Ribbon Campaign. It is called "The Other Half" and relates to the increasing risk of violence against women. Where there is domestic tension over budgets, paying bills and so on, violence against women will increase. This is the price paid.

The money has not gone away or evaporated. Rather, it is going into certain little pockets and I demand to know to whom they belong. I want to know who is in the hedge funds, who is running them and who is controlling the bond markets.

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