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Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I ask the Leader for a debate on the future of politics. I asked for such a debate in this House a number of months ago. The events of this week have led to one thing, which is the conclusion that the Government has been in power for too long, lost touch with reality and needs to be changed.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Senators can give me the lip if they want but it is the reality.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I have a question. If the Government had taken its leadership from Deputy Enda Kenny in taking a pay cut and his forfeiting his pension as a Minister, we would not be where we are today.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I know it is embarrassing for the Members opposite.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The vulgarity of Members opposite, who come here-----

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I am on the Order of Business.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: With respect to the Chair, I was not allowed ask the question.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I am in no hurry.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I am in no hurry at all. My position is quite clear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: My position is quite clear. A pension is for retirement and should not augment a salary. When will the Government show leadership on the issue? When will the Leader set a date for a debate on the future of politics because the biggest fear I have is that we will make politics the preserve of the rich and we will go back to part-time politics like we had in the 1950s and 1960s, which is bad...

Seanad: Banking: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: That is right.

Seanad: Banking: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Banking: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: No interruptions.

Seanad: Banking: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator is not like that.

Seanad: Banking: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Mooney should hear the Government's spin line.

Seanad: Banking: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Look at the numbers unemployed. Look at the banks. Look at the unfinished estates.

Seanad: Banking: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Fianna Fáil has taxed them out of existence.

Seanad: Banking: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I have all the graphs Senator Mooney needs.

Seanad: Banking: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I feel like crying having listened to Senator Mooney. The reality is that the rottenness of the loan books of the banks illustrates the poor regulation aided by poor Government policy. If there are green shoots of recovery and everything is turning around, the Minister of State gave no examples in his speech, which I read. I join other Senators in saying that it is a bit disingenuous of...

Seanad: Banking: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: This is the type of cosy cartel that has us where we are today. Perhaps there are people in Fianna Fáil who are embarrassed by the link between some bankers and members of the Government during the past 13 years. They should be. The failed policy has brought us to where we are. People discuss stopping the blame game, but that game must be out there if we are to learn how to move forward....