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Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: We need to roll over this debate to another day.

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: It would be wrong if we concluded the debate today with a statement from the Minister of State because Members on both sides of the House wish to speak on it.

Seanad: Monageer Report: Motion (27 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Cuirim fáilte roimh an tAire Stáit. The motion before the House is important not least because of the tragedy involved but to ensure lessons are learned for the future. Senator O'Toole is correct that there is a need for joined-up thinking on this matter. We all know that early intervention is critical and that this requires resources, action and political motivation. Similarly, there is...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Is it real or what?

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I ask the Leader to facilitate Senator Twomey's request to have a further debate on the report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse. That report is just the beginning and I agree with Senator Harris. How we handle the report and what we do in the future will be a litmus test of how we are as a people and as a society. It is not good enough to talk about days of atonement and days...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I call for a debate on how we conduct elections in this country. I have noticed breaches of the Electoral Acts throughout the country, and I look forward to the publication of the findings of Standards in Public Office Commission following the elections. We need to have a reformation on how we carry out elections in this country. For example, thousands of people will be disenfranchised...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Has the Leader a couple of accounts there?

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Dr. Somers does not know.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2009 (Certified Money Bill): Second Stage (28 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Minister for attending the House. I will be very brief. In his fine address, Senator Butler has made a good case for indicting the Government on its financial record. If we take management of the public finances as a litmus test, the Government has failed no matter which way one looks at it. Senator Butler referred to blowing the boom but this must be taken in two parts. Part...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jun 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I second Senator Norris's timely amendment to the Order of Business. Let us have a debate on the whole ambit of Government policy. Our credit rating has been downgraded, despite the Minister hawking himself around Europe. Citizens are facing further prospects of unemployment. Some 400,000 people are unemployed. Senator Healy Eames is correct that an increasing number of people-----

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jun 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I know you are embarrassed and upset, Senator Feeney-----

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jun 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I do not blame you because I would be ashamed to vote for-----

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jun 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: -----Fianna Fáil also.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jun 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I am doing that, but I am being provoked.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jun 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Surely the clock is stopped. Senator Feeney referred to patriotism. Does the Leader believe it is patriotic that we cannot have a Christmas bonus for the elderly and those on social welfare and that the cervical cancer programme cannot be rolled out?

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jun 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: May we have a debate on the report issued today by the HSE on the reconfiguration of hospital services in Cork and Kerry? The report is worthy of debate because it downgrades many of the hospitals in Cork and Kerry, on which we need to have a proper debate. I congratulate Alan Kelly on his fine achievement on being elected to the European Parliament in the constituency of Ireland South....

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jun 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: The party is lucky to have Deputy Mary O'Rourke.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jun 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jun 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.