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Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: It is not, and the Leader knows it is not.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Has the Leader written it?

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: The Leader has not briefed himself yet.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Is that in February?

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: He is a fugitive.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: That is very unfair.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: It is just a plan of action.

Seanad: Social Welfare Offices (17 Dec 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. I appreciate the context of the reply. There is a five-month delay in the processing of additional staff. While I appreciate that this is not the Minister of State's Department, I ask her to impress on the Minister, Deputy Hanafin, the need to help hard-pressed people who are under siege, especially as we approach Christmas week. I am sure...

Seanad: Social Welfare Offices (17 Dec 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Minister of State.

Seanad: Social Welfare Offices (17 Dec 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Chair for allowing me to raise this issue. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Hoctor, to the House. There has been a significant increase in the number of people claiming social welfare payments. This exponential increase is affecting those seeking assistance and the staff of our social welfare offices. I pay tribute to the staff in question, who are very personable,...

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) (No. 2) Bill 2008: Second Stage (17 Dec 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: It is important to put a number of things in context. Local governments are in crisis regarding funding. Small, medium and large car dealerships are in crisis. I visited three car dealerships in Cork city last Monday. There was no one in them, no one was buying or trading and the dealerships were looking for customers to purchase cars. Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (17 Dec 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: On a point of order, the acting Leader is proposing suspending the House until 5 o'clock. We raised many items on the Order of Business that could be discussed.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: The 90th anniversary of the sitting of the First Dáil is an important occasion that we should embrace. I ask the Leader that Seanad Éireann highlight the event and emphasise the importance of the civic, social and political life of the country to the wider population through the schools and, more important, through community life. It is an occasion of celebration and renewal. I ask the...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: I am asking the question. What do they say to the people who today are living in poverty, which was created by their Government? People come in here every day and talk about national government. Where was the call for national government when it was spending with largesse for the past 11 years and squandering billions of taxpayers' money? Where was the call for unity then?

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: There was none. I ask the Leader to bring in the Taoiseach who has been missing. He should also bring in the other two fugitives, the Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe, and the Tánaiste, Deputy Coughlan. They have been missing. They have not come into the House. Children are in crisis in schools and unemployed people are looking for leadership. The Ministers are...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: The Government would steal them.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator had his own Tallaght strategy at breakfast yesterday.