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Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator was never humble.

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator is a populist now.

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: It is a good job the Senator is not going for the Dáil again.

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Dan Boyle is changing the Bill already.

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Somebody has got to the Senator.

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Where is that in the Bill?

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Aspirations again.

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: We are delighted to have Senator Hannigan.

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit sa Roinn Comhshaoil, Oidhreachta agus Rialtas Áitiúil, Deputy Michael Kitt. Housing, whether private, social or affordable, affects people. We are rightly debating this Bill and putting the Government's policy on housing under the spotlight. Some of the contributions from Members on the Government side would have one believe that the Government has no...

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: If we are talking about delivery by local government and enhancing its role, surely the best group of people to do this are the active public representatives on the councils. Why do we have to send things back to the Minister for rubber-stamping? We are giving the Minister more powers. We need to provide resources and enhance the powers of local authorities to deal with anti-social...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: I join with Senator Michael McCarthy in raising the issue of BreastCheck and I call for an urgent debate on it. I have a copy of a letter from BreastCheck which was received by the family of a lady in my area of Bishopstown who died two years ago. It is not good enough that a family suffering the trauma of a death received this letter in the post. We are being very unfair to people....

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Economic Situation: Statements (30 Sep 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Economic Situation: Statements (30 Sep 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: We do not.

Seanad: Economic Situation: Statements (30 Sep 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: That is 30 seconds.

Seanad: Economic Situation: Statements (30 Sep 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: The three Fine Gael Members would be happy to share time if that is agreeable to the Chair.

Seanad: Economic Situation: Statements (30 Sep 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: We speak quickly in Cork. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Mansergh, to the House. The economy deserves to be the primary focus of our debate today, given what has happened in recent times. However, the Government has lost sight of the fact that people matter. People are affected by mismanagement and bad government. That is what has happened. We had a debate about the banking...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: The Greens have woken up.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: The economy is undoubtedly the focus of proceedings today. Senator Labhrás Ó Murchú spoke eloquently about the need to break down the bigger picture but ignored the fact that 225,000 people are unemployed, twice as many as when it came to power.