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Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: An bhfuil tú faoi bhrú?

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I thought the Leader was infallible.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Fianna Fáil lost 16% of that vote in June though.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: They buried the Progressive Democrats and they will bury the Green Party next.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Is that a U-turn or a handbrake turn?

Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Second Stage (2 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Second Stage (2 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister of State and his officials. I remind Senator de Búrca that the Fine Gael Party is in favour of greater efficiencies and creating better value for money, be that in health or any other sphere of the public service. However, we will oppose and resist the issues causing legitimate concern to many organisations and people with regard to the quality of service for...

Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Second Stage (2 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: There is none.

Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Second Stage (2 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I was a member of a regional health forum, and there is none.

Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Second Stage (2 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: A vacuum has been created that has not been addressed.

Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Second Stage (2 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I apologise.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I second the amendment. The Minister said yesterday that the most important exemption by far relates to principal private residences. He also dealt with the issue raised by Senator Paudie Coffey. It is important that we nail the definition of principal primary residence. I do not believe it is the Minister's intention in this legislation to penalise the elderly - that would not be his...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I second the amendment and, like Senator Coffey, call on the Minister to accept it. The premise of the Department's argument is that a property tax will lead to the greater utilisation of property. It is unfair to people. On the basis of the Ramsey rule, one will see this policy will not lend itself to people using property or to their being able to use it properly. What is the principle...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I second the amendment. Senator Coffey has made the case quite well. Many dwellings are lying idle in rural Ireland where the landowner has either built a new house or has moved to a different dwelling on the farm. Many of these houses are vacant and without services and the cost of upgrading or doing remedial work to make them habitable would be enormous. This imposes a tax that is not...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: We are waiting for the Bill Cullen amendment next week.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: On Senator Coffey's point, I ask the Leader for an urgent debate on the Government's approach to tackling unemployment. It is somewhat nauseating to listen to Senator Hanafin talking every day about whatever he talks about. The bottom line is that this morning 140 people lost their jobs in Togher. Senator Coffey said that numbers on the live register have gone up. Yesterday in the Dáil...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Boyle has been pontificating for two years on that side of the House and unemployment has gone up. I am a bit tired of Senator Boyle's proprietorial attitude to me.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: People are losing jobs and struggling and all Senator Boyle can do is smirk across the Chamber. He should be ashamed of himself. How dare he smirk at me across the Chamber.