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Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Our economic sovereignty has been given away-----

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: -----and it behoves all of us to reclaim it, not just to get it back but to give a generation of people, be they supporters of Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, the Labour Party, Sinn Féin or whoever, the opportunity to have an Ireland that is free where they can work and do not have to go cap in hand to Europe to get money, and where we can have a society, be it socialist or capitalist, where work,...

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Irrespective of whether I agree with Deputy Cowen, at least today he was living in the real world. Sometimes Fianna Fáil voted with us, but Sinn Féin has abandoned all sense of realism and responsibility to the Irish people.

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: The rhetoric of the general election campaign is different from being in government and some day Deputy Ó Snodaigh might know this. If he does I hope I am here-----

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: I hope I am still here. In many ways I will probably be like Joxer in the Christy Moore song as I will have woken up from a bad dream because Deputy Ó Snodaigh will probably be Minister for Defence-----

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy beside him, Deputy McDonald, will be Minister for Finance, Deputy McLellan will be Minister for tourism, Deputy Ellis will be Minister for something else and Deputy Mattie McGrath will be Minister for catchall and the country will be bankrupt.

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: The Government by its decisions has ensured-----

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: "Scoile"; get it right. The Government has ensured the personal rates of weekly payments such as jobseeker's benefit, illness benefit, invalidity pension, disability allowance, blind pension, carer's allowance, the half-rate, the State pension, the widow's and widower's pension and the one parent family payment will not be reduced. I welcome the Government's decision to listen to the concerns...

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Bertie is in the bottom of the cupboard.

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy is wrong.

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: On a point of order-----

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Deputy Kelleher is misleading the House.

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy is playing politics with disabilities.

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Remember McCreevy's dirty dozen, lads.

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: You can claim £1 million on expenses and you are not even going over there.

Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: You get what you wish for.

Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy was doing that for 14 years.

Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Look where we are now. The Deputy has some neck coming in here-----

Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: I would say he misses Bertie.

Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Is it not extraordinary that no member of the major Opposition parties is present? It shows their interest.