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Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: -----and ask them to hold the three by-elections on the one day and to put forward a non-party candidate who will have a non-Government vote in this House.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Is it to prescribe medication for him?

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Will the Leader arrange a pre-budget debate on social welfare and child benefit in particular? Does the Leader agree with the leader of Fine Gael that the Minister for Social and Family Affairs should not touch child benefit? A cut in child benefit is an attack on the women and children of this country. Does the Leader support that? I also seek a debate on yesterday's pledge by the Irish...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Will the Leader facilitate a debate as a matter of urgency on social welfare in light of comments by the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, Deputy Hanafin, on television this week because there is a growing divide in society and it is being accentuated? I remind the leaders and members of the Government that cuts to social welfare hurt the old, the poor and the handicapped more than any...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Does the Leader have a date for completion?

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Does the Leader have a date for completion?

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Give the Senator the date of opening of the buildings.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: The Leader should give him the dates. He is only spoofing.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: That is coming. The people will decide that, Minister.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: That would be in keeping with Fianna Fáil.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: The Minister has said the banks are best placed to make commercial decisions to allow credit. They may very well be, but they are not allowing credit to flow and therein lies the crux of the problem. They consider that their best friends are their investors and shareholders but to hell with borrowers such as small businesses or homeowners. That is not right. I am not an economist, but I...

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: It has.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Leyden is embarrassed and should go away and read about the Drumcondra Mafia to learn what has happened in the past 12 years. Today we see the political and economic legacy of his party in government. We are under the cosh-----

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I do not want to be critical in that Senator O'Malley and I will have a good battle but I must make the point that nowhere in the legislation is it prescribed that NAMA should get credit flowing again, thereby generating employment and confidence. The Minister of State, Deputy Roche, may nod to heaven, but I do not mind.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: We need a functioning banking system to get the economy back on track. That requires leadership by the Government. I commend the Minister for Finance on his stewardship of the debate in the other House. He is passionate about the matter, as he should be. Whether he is listening to Deputy Ahern, Mr. McWilliams or his aunt Mary, I do not quite know, but we need to get credit flowing. The...

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I was about to preface my remarks by complimenting previous speakers, but Senator O'Malley spoiled an excellent contribution with her last paragraph.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: It was an own goal. The legacy of the Progressive Democrats is a failed ideology.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Seán Haughey. I compliment Senators Twomey and Donohoe on their remarks. I agree with Senator O'Malley that we are obsessed with growth in property prices, including development land. It is time we moved away from this. We must inject realism back into the economy. I wonder, however, if we have moved away from that aspect at all. This debate is...

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: It is an alternative.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: It is okay; I will not rise to the bait.