Seanad debates

Thursday, 27 June 2013

10:50 am

Photo of Mark DalyMark Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I also wish to welcome Senator Norris back to the House. While he does not agree with everyone all of the time, he does tend to agree with some of us some of the time.

I second Senator MacSharry's amendment to the Order of Business. The new code of conduct to which he referred has been discussed in the House previously. It is a banker's charter to terrorise those whose mortgages are in arrears. The Minister for Justice and Equality attended the House when it debated the legislation on personal insolvency and he would not reveal to us the conversations he had with the banks. The latter's representatives engaged in meetings with officials from the Department of Finance and we asked him to provide the minutes taken at those meetings in order that we might discover what was asked of the banks. However, as Senator MacSharry pointed out, the Central Bank has rolled over and given way to the bankers. This will no doubt give rise to people losing their homes. Citizens already feel that they are being forced out by the banks.

I wish to request a debate on the ambulance service throughout the country and in my county, Kerry. The director of the national ambulance service, Mr. Robert Morton, has referred to strategic deployment of ambulances throughout the State. When he visited west Cork, Mr. Morton addressed a meeting and stated that ambulance services would be redeployed and would be repositioned in some areas and withdrawn from others. When it was pointed out to him that the withdrawal of ambulances from towns in west Cork would lead to people dying, he stated that this is the price those who live in the area must pay.

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