Come into my parlour
8th March, 2009
Earlier this week great play was made by the Taoiseach and Minister Lenihan of an offer to the opposition parties. They invited the finance......
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Off to Davos
28th January, 2009
Oh dear. My contribution on the order of business today caused a bit of a stir. I posed a number of questions about the discussions......
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First Active Job Losses
26th January, 2009
The job losses in First Active are terrible news and I am so sorry for the many families that will be dealing with this and......
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Passing the Anglo Irish Legislation
25th January, 2009
The Irish Times published an article yesterday about the Fine Gael leader in the Seanad Frances Fitzgerald challenging the result of the vote on the nationalisation......
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Banking Bailouts and Where the Money Comes From
21st January, 2009
The Seanad sat late last night to pass the legislation to nationalise Anglo Irish Bank. Due to the speed with which it was brought through......
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Banking Bailouts and Where the Money Comes From
21st January, 2009
The Seanad sat late last night to pass the legislation to nationalise Anglo Irish Bank. Due to the speed with which it was brought through......
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The Oireachtas Committee System
19th January, 2009
I estimate that I spend at least 1/3 of my time in the Oireachtas attending Committee meetings. The Committee system has begun to attract......
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Anglo Irish Bank and the FT
18th January, 2009
The Seanad is been recalled for next Tuesday night to debate the legislation to nationalise Anglo Irish Bank. Fine Gael have advocated the nationalisation......
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