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Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: On a point of order, I would be happy to correct the record if that is the case.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Quinn might yet hold that office in this country. What about Senator Mary White for President?

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: It is somewhat like Drumcondra.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Will the Senator be travelling to Kenya?

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: This is the greatest country in the world.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator did not say that though.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Another U-turn.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Yes, the Leader should talk facts.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: What about housing in the 1960s and early 1970s, the tenements that Fianna Fáil built and the ghettoisation of Irish people? That was Fianna Fáil policy.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: That was the policy of the Leader's party.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Let us be fair.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: The Leader is giving incorrect information to the House.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (5 Nov 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: I suppose Barack Obama will vote Fianna Fáil next.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Ar nós na Seanadóirí eile, bronnaim mo chomhghairdeas ar Uachtarán-tofa na Stát Aontaithe, Barack Obama. I ask the Leader to renew my invitation to President-elect Obama to come the House, as I did last July. It is important that we do so because, as Senator O'Toole stated, of his policies on foreign direct investment and repatriation of the profits of American companies. I wish him...

Seanad: Tax Code (4 Nov 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Ar an gcéad dul síos, ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil leat, a Chathaoirligh. I thank you, a Chathaoirligh, for allowing me to raise this matter. The budget has a habit of unearthing different issues, one of which is the imbalance in the taxation of air passengers in regions outside Dublin. I am talking predominantly about Cork. The budget...

Seanad: Tax Code (4 Nov 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: I have a brief supplementary question. I thank the Minister of State for his reply but I am not convinced. He stated that ten out of the 31 flights departing Cork are headed for Dublin, and he is correct, but many of those flights are going to onward destinations.

Seanad: Broadcasting Standards: Statements (4 Nov 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Jonathan Ross.

Seanad: Broadcasting Standards: Statements (4 Nov 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: It is a pity Senator Boyle is in government and not sitting on this side of the House because I concur with much of what he said. I am glad we found common ground on that. With Senator Norris, and with respect to the Minister who has left the Chamber, I believe this debate is a filibuster by a Government that has little to boast about or bring forward to this House. It is unfortunate that...

Seanad: Broadcasting Standards: Statements (4 Nov 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: He would have the same material or even worse. He could talk about taxing the elderly and taking away their medical cards.