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Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jun 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: The party is lucky to have Deputy Mary O'Rourke.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2009 (Certified Money Bill): Second Stage (28 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Minister for attending the House. I will be very brief. In his fine address, Senator Butler has made a good case for indicting the Government on its financial record. If we take management of the public finances as a litmus test, the Government has failed no matter which way one looks at it. Senator Butler referred to blowing the boom but this must be taken in two parts. Part...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I ask the Leader to facilitate Senator Twomey's request to have a further debate on the report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse. That report is just the beginning and I agree with Senator Harris. How we handle the report and what we do in the future will be a litmus test of how we are as a people and as a society. It is not good enough to talk about days of atonement and days...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I call for a debate on how we conduct elections in this country. I have noticed breaches of the Electoral Acts throughout the country, and I look forward to the publication of the findings of Standards in Public Office Commission following the elections. We need to have a reformation on how we carry out elections in this country. For example, thousands of people will be disenfranchised...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Has the Leader a couple of accounts there?

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Dr. Somers does not know.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Is it real or what?

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Monageer Report: Motion (27 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Cuirim fáilte roimh an tAire Stáit. The motion before the House is important not least because of the tragedy involved but to ensure lessons are learned for the future. Senator O'Toole is correct that there is a need for joined-up thinking on this matter. We all know that early intervention is critical and that this requires resources, action and political motivation. Similarly, there is...

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: That is what she is saying, apparently.

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: On a point of order, given the enormity of the report, which is the single biggest report we have had in this House, it is wrong that the debate concludes today. Three Members on this side have offered to speak but have been unable to do so. I understand the Acting Chairman's position but this debate should be allowed to adjourn rather than conclude this evening.

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I appreciate that——

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: We need to roll over this debate to another day.

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: It would be wrong if we concluded the debate today with a statement from the Minister of State because Members on both sides of the House wish to speak on it.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: He did not say that.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I again raise with the Leader the need for an urgent debate on the consumption of alcohol in this country. The research yesterday which blamed alcohol for 6,500 deaths over a five-year period illustrates the seriousness of the alcohol crisis. The Leader knows well that I have raised the point in this House previously. When are we going to learn that we have a national epidemic and crisis...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Where was the Minister?

Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear. Well said.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: He had the wind behind him.