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Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I am asking for a debate on the role of the media and the way in which they cover politics. While much of Senator Boyle's plight was because of Facebook and Twitter, what happened last night on television was a very poor day for journalism. Whatever else about us as politicians, we work hard and represent the people. While we might have a different viewpoint regarding policies and...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: There is a growing trend towards tabloid journalism which does not serve the people well.

Seanad: Fáilte Ireland Training Centres (3 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing me to raise this issue and the Minister of State for being present. The future role of Fáilte Ireland training centres in the provision of training courses for persons who are unemployed in Cork, Dublin and Waterford is a source of major concern. Fáilte Ireland, with which the Minister of State will be familiar, runs skills training courses in the...

Seanad: Fáilte Ireland Training Centres (3 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I appreciate that this issue does not involve the Minister of State's Department. I understand the Minister, Deputy Martin Cullen, is indisposed and I wish him well. I have two points which I hope the Minister of State will convey to him and his Department. The Minister of State said Fáilte Ireland had no explicit remit to train unemployed people. However, its brochure refers to...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I join Senator Fitzgerald and others in asking for the Minister of State with responsibility for children and youth affairs to come to the House as a matter of urgency. It is extraordinary, given that the Government is supposedly concerned and holding a referendum on children's rights, that we have had a failure to protect children amid secrecy. When will the Minister publish the report...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I am asking questions. Government is not about jobs for the boys and stepping in and stepping out.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: It is about showing leadership, creating jobs and having a vision to get Ireland back to work again. The only jobs in which Green Party Members are interested are their own jobs. When will we see the Government showing leadership regarding the job creation policy that has been lacking? I remind the Senators opposite——

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: ——that more than 400,000 of our fellow citizens are out of work and all we get from the Green Party and Fianna Fáil is jobs for the boys and the girls, and cronyism.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: That needs to change.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Ó Brolcháin will be promoted tomorrow.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Ó Brolcháin should read Twitter. Has he been refused a job?

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: He will change his mind again.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: It is true.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The Leader is cranky today.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Fianna Fáil did a good job in that regard over many years.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator's colleagues did that enough times.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: There is some hypocrisy.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: There is some hypocrisy over there.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: If it has not already been seconded, I second the amendment to the Order of Business proposed by Senator Fitzgerald to have a debate on banking. I hear the cacophony of sound from Members opposite regarding the public sector, which is being demonised by Government and treated badly. We must respect and cherish our workers. It is about time that Government engaged meaningfully with social...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I seconded Senator Fitzgerald's proposal.