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Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Report and Final Stages (29 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: I understand the motive behind Senators Norris and O'Toole's recommendation. However, the Finance Bill is being rushed through the House not because of Fine Gael and the Labour Party but because Fianna Fáil could not manage to work properly with its coalition partners.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Report and Final Stages (29 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: The Taoiseach's inability to communicate with his government partners is the reason this legislation is being rushed through the House today. We can find common ground with Senators Feeney and O'Malley in respect of the fact that if the recommendation cannot be accepted, it must be incorporated in the finance (No. 2) Bill. Those in the Green Party deserve great credit and praise for the...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Report and Final Stages (29 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: We must always err on the side of the people. Senator Fitzgerald questioned whether we will achieve what is envisaged in the recommendation and that matter must be addressed. It is important that the consequent changes to the civil partnership Act should be brought forward. There is agreement among the majority of Members to the effect that the spirit and intention behind the...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Report and Final Stages (29 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Those on the Government benches smothered everyone.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (29 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Spurious. What does the Senator call the Galway tent? Was it a mirage?

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator should give the Minister the information.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Everything we do must have job creation at its core. One of the greatest failures of recent years, as Senator Burke rightly said, was the building of hotels throughout the four provinces. How many are idle? What are they being used for? How much has the Exchequer forgone in tax reliefs? Every proposition made by Government Members has supported the recommendation. As Senator O'Toole...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: It is the first time it got its forecast right.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: The Department got it wrong.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: That was the case for a long time.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: If one's compass is off, one is going nowhere.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Not without a compass though.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: There were men overboard.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: The Minister-----

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: We will have to ask Deputy McGuinness.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011: Second Stage (28 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011: Second Stage (28 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: I am listening. The Senator spoke about GDP and the Minister's speech.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011: Second Stage (28 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: We have not spoken yet.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011: Second Stage (28 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: I wish to share time with Senator McFadden This Bill is the final act of a failed Government. The election poster picture may have changed but the legacy of 13 years remains and can never be forgotten. It is one thing to say sorry because it looks great and it sounds wonderful, but it is a soundbite. The financial proposition before us inflicts pain on ordinary citizens who did not cause...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011: Second Stage (28 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: I hope the new Dáil and Seanad will bring that to a resolution. Emigration, pay cuts and unemployment mean people feel desperate now. The universal social charge must be examined again. It is crippling the ordinary citizen, an gnáth dhuine, whether he or she lives in Ballyphehane, Bishopstown, on the Rochestown Road or in Carrigaline. They are suffering. They did not make a fortune...