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Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (4 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy should stop going to the football.

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (4 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: I commend the Minister on his speech. I listened to Deputy Ó Cuív and I could not believe his remarks both as Gaeilge agus trí Bhéarla. He spoke about flying kites. He was a man who sat at the Cabinet table and who in a ten year period presided over the decline in numbers from 10,726 Army personnel to 9,500. He is a person who was a member of a party that in government presided over...

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (4 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: -----is the motion before us in the names of the Fianna Fáil Members. I wish to outline a speech for the Members opposite.

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (4 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: A previous Minister indicated: As Minister for Defence I am determined that this progress will continue. It is therefore necessary to ensure that the implementation of the White Paper on Defence will proceed as planned. He also referred to: [M]arking the end of a long chapter in the history of Ballincollig. This was an emotive occasion for the Defence Forces and in particular for the many...

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (4 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Deputy Smith made the comment.

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (4 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Why did none of Deputy Smith's colleagues from Cork South-Central or Cork North-West vote in 1998 against the Government's closure? Why did that not happen?

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (4 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: I am speaking to the motion. It would be foolhardy to vote with the Opposition. It would be crass-----

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (4 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: -----to go over and vote with Deputy Cowen on this one.

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (4 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: The Members opposite have shown no concern for Army spouses or families, none whatever. They have shown no plan for the evolution of the Defence Forces, and the Minister is correct.

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (4 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: It is proper that we retain the minimum level-----

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (4 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: -----as Deputy Calleary in his speech remarked upon.

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (4 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: The hypocrisy of the motion is astounding. Deputy Cowen, like me, is a new Deputy, but he might listen because then he might learn.

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (4 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: The Government of which Deputy Cowen's colleagues were members destroyed this country. They took the soul and the heart out of rural and urban Ireland. He may well smile. Today there are men and women in this country who are suffering as a consequence of the cheap politics Fianna Fáil played for 20 years, and he should never forget it. As long as I am in this House, I will never let not...

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (4 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: This motion condemns an active and progressive Minister for Defence who states that consolidation of Army barracks over the past number of years was acknowledged by Fianna Fáil.

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (4 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: I am almost finished. If there was no election in March last, Deputy Calleary knows well he would be coming here with a different motion. Deputy Calleary should change his tune and change his politics and remember that we are talking about communities and about people.

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (4 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: The cheap political gamesmanship will earn them no further increase in opinion polls.

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (4 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (4 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that receipts for the student contribution being issued by third level colleges which refer to the €2,000 payment as a registration fee are not being accepted by the Revenue Commissioners for the purposes of claiming a tax rebate, thereby depriving families of the benefit of the reduced student...

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (4 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Question 287: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding an application for national lottery funding (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27267/11]

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (4 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Question 288: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he intends to continue to provide national lottery funding towards the provision of local counselling services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27268/11]