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Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator's party has left the ordinary people down.

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I have asked two questions already. The ordinary person has been let down. It is about time the likes of former Taoiseach, Deputy Bertie Ahern, and former Minister for Finance, Charlie McCreevy, as well as the current Taoiseach were held to account for their stewardship of this country. Unemployment is at 13% and we have a massive bill for the banking crisis, yet all we have to show for it...

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: It is well up.

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The Green Party has no councillors and will have no Deputies next time either.

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: That is right.

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Well done.

Seanad: Domestic Violence: Statements. (30 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit agus gabhaim comhgairdeas leí as ucht an post a fuair sí. Senator McDonald has to be commended for her passion. I compliment her on her fine speech. I would like to begin by making reference to Maslow's hierarchy of needs. If we start with primitive needs and work towards self-actualisation, we need to begin with education. We need a proper education...

Seanad: Sports Capital Programme. (30 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: This Adjournment Matter relates to the important area of sport and, in particular, the need to reopen the sports capital programme. In the Sunday Independent last weekend Alan Ruddock stated, "Whatever the demands in tourism and culture, sport is crying out for direction and policy." The lack of a sports capital programme in 2009 and to date in 2010 has affected many sports and local...

Seanad: Sports Capital Programme. (30 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Either we are serious about sport or we are not. Either we are serious about the creation and development of sustainable communities and the participation of people therein or we are not. Why is it not possible to allocate the surplus funding provided for the Exchequer by the national lottery in 2009 to the sports capital programme? There are sports clubs which are actively involved in...

Seanad: Sports Capital Programme. (30 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I hate to take issue with the Minister of State in her first full week in the post, and I appreciate the matter is not the responsibility of her Department, but her final two paragraphs are completely contradictory and at variance with one another. It is not business as usual and there is no sports capital programme for 2009 or 2010. The Minister of State stated that new rounds have not...

Seanad: Sports Capital Programme. (30 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: This is important.

Seanad: Sports Capital Programme. (30 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I appreciate that and I crave the Leas-Chathaoirleach's indulgence for one minute because this is very important. At the next election, the Minister of State and her colleagues will announce sports capital programmes and throw money at people like they did in the past. A total of €275 million was transferred to the Exchequer from the surplus of the national lottery. Where did that money go?

Seanad: Sports Capital Programme. (30 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Are we expected to believe this rubbish from Government all the time? The Minister of State is a community person and people in sports and community clubs cannot keep going. What we have been given here this evening is rubbish.

Seanad: Sports Capital Programme. (30 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: It is rubbish. It is absolute rubbish.

Seanad: Sports Capital Programme. (30 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: It is not business as usual - the thing has stopped.

Seanad: Sports Capital Programme. (30 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: We have had no sports capital programme and the Government is peddling lies.

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I ask the Leader to have a debate this week on the issue of social partnership. In so doing, I commend the unions on their ability to reach a deal last night. This is but one step. Why could Government not have done this last November or December? Why were four months of hardship endured by people who are already under great pressure? The reason is that we have a failed Government with...

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: When will that happen?