Results 20,241-20,260 of 24,350 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: It is in our pre-budget submission.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I will quote it for the Senator.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: He should sit beside me.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I will mind him.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2010: Second Stage (15 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: No, it is not.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business, that the House debate the EU-IMF bailout today and that the Minister for Finance would come to the House for the debate. This is the Upper House of the Oireachtas and it is incumbent on us to debate this matter and either oppose or pass it by vote of the House. I also ask for the Minister for Finance to come to the House today. As Senator...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Senator White for sharing time. I refer the Minister of State to the statement by the Minister for Finance of 12 months ago: "Our plan is working. We have turned the corner." The plan has not worked, the corner has been turned but it is called a cul-de-sac. We are now pummelled into the cul-de-sac because of the financial measures taken by the Government. The minimum wage is...

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The Government funked it.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The Government did not take the ball. It did not have the bottle. It took the least difficult option.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I am not in Government but Deputy Lenihan is. He is making the decisions.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The Government said there would be political reform but it did not do it; it funked it. The Government picks on the most needy, the people on the minimum wage, and then it goes after retired public servants. The litmus test of this budget is that it was not pro-jobs nor did it protect the most vulnerable and there was no stimulus plan. The Government made a complete hames of political reform.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: There was no difference between the Green Party and the Progressive Democrats.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Fianna Fáil killed of the Progressive Democrats and it has the Green Party nearly buried.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The new Robin Hood.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Are the members of the Green Party leaving government or are they still in government? Where are they gone?

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I will be brief. The Minister said in his statement that he had empathy for the people who have no capacity to work. If one takes that statement to its logical next step then every person who is not able to work should be able to get the full allowance. The Minister did not revert to me about tackling the issue of fraud.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I said they should get the full allowance. There should be no cuts for people who cannot work in whatever capacity.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I think we do. The Minister referred in his contribution to people on disability allowance, the blind person's pension and invalidity pension.