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Seanad: Order of Business (24 Oct 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: Has the programme for Government changed again?

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Oct 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: That is another flip flop from the Green Party.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: I echo Senator Kelly's call for an urgent debate on aviation policy in light of the revelations earlier regarding Shannon Airport and Aer Lingus. While I do not wish to engage in a debate now, clarity is needed on aviation policy and the Minister for Transport's role in the Shannon Airport issue. An Alice in Wonderland quality surrounds him. I would also like the debt free status of Cork...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: His comments are ambiguous.

Seanad: Serious Crime: Motion (17 Oct 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Serious Crime: Motion (17 Oct 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: I am sure the Minister of State, Deputy Michael Ahern, is a happy man given Carriagtwohill's victory in the Cork county hurling final last weekend. Tackling crime is a collective responsibility. It is the job of the Opposition to hold the Government to account. Senator Boyle spoke about pantomime politics, yet the crime figures between 2001 to 2006 tell a different story. In this period,...

Seanad: Serious Crime: Motion (17 Oct 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: Gabh mo leithscéal, I should have referred to him as the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform who called for zero tolerance. Gardaí claim they work in poor conditions, that their hands are tied and there is a need for more community policing. The Garda must be provided with the resources it needs. Equal resources must also be given to youth work initiatives and early intervention...

Seanad: National Drugs Strategy: Statements (17 Oct 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome to the House the Minister of State at the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Deputy Carey, to discuss this important matter. The issue of the misuse of illegal drugs was once confined to fiction novels or to small areas of social deprivation of our inner cities but the drugs climate has changed significantly in the past 15 years. Today the issue of illegal drug...

Seanad: National Drugs Strategy: Statements (17 Oct 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: He is working closely with Deputy Paddy Sheehan in west Cork.

Seanad: National Drugs Strategy: Statements (17 Oct 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Boyle is to raise the matter of incineration on the Adjournment. In light of yesterday's decision on the incinerator in County Meath, I ask for a debate on incineration with a view to getting answers from the Minister as to whether the Green Party has changed its policy on incineration, including the planned one in Ringaskiddy.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: We will wait for the debate. We know the Green Party has changed many things since entering Government.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: It is important to have a comprehensive debate on incineration because——

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: ——the changes granted yesterday will have repercussions down the line. The Minister for Health and Children should come into the House to discuss the Irish Pharmaceutical Union and the dispensing of methadone. It is not good enough for the Minister to abdicate responsibility and pawn it off on the Health Service Executive.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: We are talking about the most vulnerable in society, including people to whom I spoke in my city of Cork who feel genuinely deprived and under siege, as do their families. This is not a political debate. We all accept that there are wrongs on both sides and we need a debate on the matter.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: By the Minister.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: Cabinet responsibility is needed. Is the Government in charge?

Seanad: National Drugs Strategy: Statements (17 Oct 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator should talk to his Government.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: I wish to raise the issue of Amgen and join Senator Boyle in asking that the Minister come to the House to discuss the issue of job creation. It is especially disappointing in the Cork region to hear of the loss of the proposed jobs in Amgen. In particular, the Minister should explain how much the Government, his officials and IDA Ireland knew prior to the general election about the...