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Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The pantomime to which Senator MacSharry refers has been perpetrated by the inflammatory remarks of Senator Harris . It ill behoves him to provoke people in the public sector. He is provoking and causing an unnecessary social war. The very party and the very person whom Senator Harris defended on "The Late Late Show" and with whom he nearly fell in love was one of the chief architects of...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: You call me a party hack. You took the 30 pieces of silver and you ran-----

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The reality is that the language-----

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I am seeking a debate on the role of the public sector. The remarks today are not about teachers. They are about the men and women who work here. They are about the nurses, guards, doctors and civil servants who work for our people. You are the type of person who wants to come in here and lampoon all these people. That is not consensus.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I have no problem in taking a cut, none at all.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I have only one salary.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I will take a cut, no bother.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I am making no personal remarks.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I will defend the integrity of the public sector worker who did not make a fortune in the boom, and if you want to protect this society and the country, go after those who can pay and who can afford to take the cut, and not the ordinary men and women who are struggling.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: That is the point I am making. Following the remarks made by Senators MacSharry and Harris, we are now creating a gargantuan divide in our society, which is something we should not do. It ill behoves us. If we want consensus, we must bring people with us. Ní neart go chur le chéile.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Oct 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I join Senator O'Toole in asking that we have a debate on what the Government means by consensus politics and what is planned for the upcoming budget. To me, a consensus is not having Fianna Fáil dictating with the rest of us following and jumping to its tune. A consensus is a process involving meaningful interaction between the three parties. Fine Gael proposed an alternative budget last...

Seanad: Podiatry Services (7 Oct 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing me to raise on the Adjournment the issue of podiatry services for people with diabetes. A very strong campaign has been conducted across the country, particularly in County Cork, on the absence of leadership by the Government and the HSE in the management and treatment of diabetes. Approximately €23.3 million was spent between 2005 and 2009 treating...

Seanad: Podiatry Services (7 Oct 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: While I thank the Minister of State for his reply, it is wholly inadequate in terms of specifics and on improvements in the service. I ask that he inform the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, that the response does not deliver a commitment to upgrade or provide a better service to the people.

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Oct 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Oct 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: What about the News of the World?

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Oct 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The Government side is locked in a cupboard.

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Oct 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: It should open the doors to see the real world.

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Oct 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Oct 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: How many Green Party backbenchers are there?

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Oct 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: A person.