Jerry Buttimer - Recent appearances (From KildareStreet.com) http://www.kildarestreet.com/mp/?pid=51 en-gb KildareStreet.com, mprss.php script 2010-07-15T11:18:37+00:00 Order of Business | Seanad debates http://www.kildarestreet.com/sendebates/?id=2010-07-14.6.0&m=133#g57.0 Does the Leader think it was right that he was appointed ----- Does the Leader think it was right that he was appointed -----

]]> 2010-07-14T11:00:00+00:00 Order of Business | Seanad debates http://www.kildarestreet.com/sendebates/?id=2010-07-14.6.0&m=133#g54.0 The Leader does know. Will I repeat what I said? One of the ten companies propped up by shares in Anglo ----- The Leader does know. Will I repeat what I said? One of the ten companies propped up by shares in Anglo -----

]]> 2010-07-14T11:00:00+00:00 Order of Business | Seanad debates http://www.kildarestreet.com/sendebates/?id=2010-07-14.6.0&m=133#g52.0 Does the Leader think I was right with regard to the point I made? Does the Leader think I was right with regard to the point I made?

]]> 2010-07-14T11:00:00+00:00 Order of Business | Seanad debates http://www.kildarestreet.com/sendebates/?id=2010-07-14.6.0&m=133#g47.0 Is the ESRI wrong? Is the ESRI wrong?

]]> 2010-07-14T11:00:00+00:00 Order of Business | Seanad debates http://www.kildarestreet.com/sendebates/?id=2010-07-14.6.0&m=133#g42.0 Wrong decisions were made. Wrong decisions were made.

]]> 2010-07-14T11:00:00+00:00 Order of Business | Seanad debates http://www.kildarestreet.com/sendebates/?id=2010-07-14.6.0&m=133#g19.0 I begin by asking the Leader a specific question to which I would ask him to reply when he responds to the Order of Business. Is it appropriate that the chief executive and board member of one... I begin by asking the Leader a specific question to which I would ask him to reply when he responds to the Order of Business. Is it appropriate that the chief executive and board member of one of the golden ten companies that propped up Anglo Irish Bank shares at the behest of its former chief executive, Mr. Seánie FitzPatrick, has been appointed to the board of the Irish Aviation Authority? Does the Leader think that is right? Do the Green Members here think it is right? What does it say about the political standards of the Fianna Fáil and Green Government? I want the Leader to reply specifically to that. I will not name the person concerned out of respect for the Chair.

Senator Fitzgerald is correct. The Government is unaccountable for the next ten weeks or more, and yet there are 450,000 plus Irish citizens unemployed. Senator Walsh missed the point. They are in denial. They stated we have turned the corner. We have not turned the corner. We need a comprehensive debate, not on a set piece but on a real jobs plan. Where Senator Fitzgerald is spot on is we have heard nothing from Government. The Government has borrowed a Fine Gael policy document about PRSI and has borrowed other policies from us, but it has not any plans of its own. When will the Government give the Irish people a real say in how to run this country by calling an election? The fundamental question that the people want answered is when will we have jobs and when will we have an election.

I will make one further comment to the Leader. I asked for a debate on aviation in this House. Last week the Minister for Transport, Deputy Dempsey, raised the flag about renaming State airports. It is imperative the people have an opportunity to have their voice heard in that process as well.

]]> 2010-07-14T10:30:00+00:00 Order of Business | Seanad debates http://www.kildarestreet.com/sendebates/?id=2010-07-14.6.0&m=133#g16.0 Hear, hear. Hear, hear.

]]> 2010-07-14T10:30:00+00:00 Order of Business | Seanad debates http://www.kildarestreet.com/sendebates/?id=2010-07-14.6.0&m=133#g11.0 Hear, hear. Hear, hear.

]]> 2010-07-14T10:30:00+00:00 Order of Business | Seanad debates http://www.kildarestreet.com/sendebates/?id=2010-07-14.6.0&m=133#g9.0 Hear, hear. Hear, hear.

]]> 2010-07-14T10:30:00+00:00 Order of Business. | Seanad debates http://www.kildarestreet.com/sendebates/?id=2010-07-13.6.0&m=133#g191.0 He has gone away from us. He has gone away from us.

]]> 2010-07-13T13:00:00+00:00 Order of Business. | Seanad debates http://www.kildarestreet.com/sendebates/?id=2010-07-13.6.0&m=133#g186.0 Hear, hear. Hear, hear.

]]> 2010-07-13T13:00:00+00:00 Order of Business. | Seanad debates http://www.kildarestreet.com/sendebates/?id=2010-07-13.6.0&m=133#g179.0 What about the condition of the country now? What about the condition of the country now?

]]> 2010-07-13T13:00:00+00:00 Order of Business. | Seanad debates http://www.kildarestreet.com/sendebates/?id=2010-07-13.6.0&m=133#g177.0 It is typical of this Government, which makes it up as it goes along. It is typical of this Government, which makes it up as it goes along.

]]> 2010-07-13T13:00:00+00:00 Order of Business. | Seanad debates http://www.kildarestreet.com/sendebates/?id=2010-07-13.6.0&m=133#g174.0 The issue is not relevant to that Bill. The issue is not relevant to that Bill.

]]> 2010-07-13T13:00:00+00:00 Order of Business. | Seanad debates http://www.kildarestreet.com/sendebates/?id=2010-07-13.6.0&m=133#g64.0 I am looking not only for a debate but for action from the Government, which has failed to provide jobs for 450,000 people who are unemployed. That is the fundamental task of the Government and... I am looking not only for a debate but for action from the Government, which has failed to provide jobs for 450,000 people who are unemployed. That is the fundamental task of the Government and it has failed to do that. It has failed to cater for the escalation in the number of unemployed people. Senator Norris is correct. There are people who cannot pay mortgages or buy food and they make choices between medicine or trips for their children. When will it end?

]]> 2010-07-13T12:00:00+00:00 Order of Business. | Seanad debates http://www.kildarestreet.com/sendebates/?id=2010-07-13.6.0&m=133#g62.0 The unholy trinity is the correct phrase. The unholy trinity is the correct phrase.

]]> 2010-07-13T12:00:00+00:00 Order of Business. | Seanad debates http://www.kildarestreet.com/sendebates/?id=2010-07-13.6.0&m=133#g60.0 The fundamental task of Government is to protect its citizens and, as Senator Cummins has shown, the HSE is in dereliction of its commitment to its people in the protection of children. It is... The fundamental task of Government is to protect its citizens and, as Senator Cummins has shown, the HSE is in dereliction of its commitment to its people in the protection of children. It is important that the Leader orders business tomorrow so the Minister for Health and Children comes into this House.

Regarding what Senator Norris raised on the Order of Business, it is imperative we hear about people and jobs. Yesterday we saw the great friends of Fianna Fáil fall from grace. They are now bankrupt. Hundreds of thousands of people are unemployed. There is a link between the banks, Fianna Fáil and developers and the Galway races next week will show that. It is the holy trinity of Ireland that has caused so much trouble in the past four years.

]]> 2010-07-13T12:00:00+00:00 Order of Business. | Seanad debates http://www.kildarestreet.com/sendebates/?id=2010-07-13.6.0&m=133#g57.0 Did I hear a voice over there? Did I hear a voice over there?

]]> 2010-07-13T12:00:00+00:00 Order of Business. | Seanad debates http://www.kildarestreet.com/sendebates/?id=2010-07-13.6.0&m=133#g55.0 Maybe the Members of the other House could learn from the Leader by holding by-elections. Maybe the Members of the other House could learn from the Leader by holding by-elections.

]]> 2010-07-13T12:00:00+00:00 Order of Business. | Seanad debates http://www.kildarestreet.com/sendebates/?id=2010-07-13.6.0&m=133#g53.0 It is a matter for the Houses of the Oireachtas. It is a matter for the Houses of the Oireachtas.

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