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Seanad: Order of Business (30 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I made this point yesterday and reiterate today that the people to talk to are the staff. The people the HSE should answer to are the members of the Joint Committee on Health and Children. As public representatives, we act as advocates on behalf of the people but we cannot get answers. That is not good enough. Does the Deputy Leader condone what the Health Service Executive is doing?...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Does the Deputy Leader condone what is happening in the health service? Does he support it? Is it right? It is not.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I will defend the ordinary people and not be sniggered at by the Deputy Leader for doing so.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: The information concerns this House.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Leyden mentioned them yesterday.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Does the Senator mean George Lee?

Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: It is typical Fianna Fáil. It is terrible. The Senator should withdraw it.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: When is it proposed to bring the Adoption Bill 2009 back before the House? Inter-country adoption has become a distressing issue for hundreds if not thousands of Irish families. Procrastination, bad governance and poor leadership on the part of the Government have brought us to this situation. When will it allay the fears of the many people who have adopted young children from abroad or...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: We must have a debate on the Government's jobs creation policy, its vision for creating indigenous employment and how best we can get people off the unemployment register and back to work. Yesterday was the first occasion since her appointment that the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment came to the House. Will the Leader agree to a debate on the broad issue of...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I have named no other person.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I do. Will the Leader apologise to Mr. Lee and to the Fine Gael Party-----

Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I have not named the correspondents to whom I referred.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I have two questions. Will the Leader apologise to the House for the remarks that were made yesterday? Second, will he allow a debate at the earliest opportunity on the role of alcohol in Irish society? I understand the Leader will this month celebrate his 50th anniversary as a pioneer. That is a tremendous achievement for which he deserves great credit. Alcohol is the most widely used...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: The Leader is canvassing. He should not mention candidates who are not Members of the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: We did not mention candidates.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: That was leadership then, unlike now.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: They are gone. The Leader's party got rid of them.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: The single transferable vote got rid of them. We will have to wait until June to get rid of the Leader's party.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Will the Leader transfer his vote to them?

Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: The Leader will have to get back to basics.