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Seanad: State Airports (15 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: The promise was made.

Seanad: State Airports (15 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: However, as the Minister of State is aware, the promise was made.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2009: Statements (15 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: I wish to share time with Senator Pearse Doherty. Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Tá ár dtír i mbaol dul siar go dtí dorchadas na n-ochtóidí. Is é pobal na tíre a bheidh ag fulaingt go mór de bharr na cáinfhaisnéise inné. Is iad na seandaoine a chaill a gcártaí leighis, na feirmeoirí nach mbeidh in ann a mhuintir a mhealladh chun fanacht ar an bhfeirm, na páistí...

Seanad: Budget Statement 2009: Statements (15 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Gabh mo leithscéal. It is an example. The Government has taxed the old, the poor and the disabled and it has decimated rural Ireland. Agriculture has been killed off and in return we have silence from the Members on the Government side. The 1% income levy has had the great affect of bringing people on low pay into the tax net. The Minister of State referred to emancipation, which means...

Seanad: Budget Statement 2009: Statements (15 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator's party is extinct so she cannot talk. If this is what Fianna Fáil calls social justice, I look forward to the next three years when the people will witness what the party stands for, which is looking after the wealthy few at the expense of the many.

Seanad: Unemployment Levels: Statements (15 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Why does Cork have twice the national average rate of unemployment? Is it because Government has not provided the necessary infrastructure to entice business to Cork or because the Government has not provided funding for the eastern gateway bridge to regenerate the Cork docklands? Is it the fact that Cork Airport is saddled with debt and the Government has failed to appoint a chairman to...

Seanad: Unemployment Levels: Statements (15 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Ar an gcéad dul síos, cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Tá an dífhostaíocht ag méadú. Cad atá á dhéanamh ag baill an Rialtais? Is dóigh liom nach bhfuil faic á dhéanamh acu. Níl aithne acu ar chathair Chorcaí. Tá méadú mór ar an dífhostaíocht sa chathair sin. If we take the starting point that the Minister of State and his colleagues have slaughtered the Celtic...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: We do not have buses.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator should ask the people of Grange who are waiting for bus services about public transport.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Only certain parts?

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: The Leader is an À la carte member of the Government.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: What about all the cost increases?

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: He is doing a bad job of replying to them.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: What about the costs?

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: What about the other ones?

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: The Leader will be long gone by then. The budget states it will be 2011.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: We cleaned up the mess left by the Leader's party.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: She is not out of order.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: What did the Leader's party do after that?

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: What did the Leader's party do after that?