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Seanad: Report by Commission of Investigation into Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin: Statements (Resumed) (9 Dec 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. The speeches this morning have been among the best I have heard in the House. I say this as one who spent five years as a seminarian in the 1980s until 1990, as a regular Mass-goer and as one who has great faith and belief in God and religion. The Murphy and Ryan reports leave a sense of anger, bewilderment and need for repentance by the church. We...

Seanad: Community Development (9 Dec 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing me to raise this matter. I also thank the Minister of State for coming in to the House, as he has line responsibility for the subject matter of the motion. Earlier this year the Minister of State and his departmental officials indicated their intention to modify the community development programme which was created...

Seanad: Community Development (9 Dec 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: There are two problems with the Minister's reply. The availability of funding is conditional upon signing up; if groups do not sign up they will not get their funding, which is wrong. There has not been proper dialogue and consultation with the CDPs. There is also the outstanding question of the removal of the voluntary boards and assets, which has not been addressed. It is important to...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: It is taxing the blind-----

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Is Deputy Boyle listening?

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: That is unfair.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: That is some mistake.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: They are both verbose.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I join other speakers in paying tribute to the late Garda McLoughlin and call for a debate in the House on justice issues. I am genuinely concerned that we have lost respect for the law and the institutions of State. In congratulating the new Senator Ó Brolcháin I pay tribute to his family for the sacrifice made by them on his election. He has a good track record coming into the House. I...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (15 Dec 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: The Government was afraid to do that.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (15 Dec 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (15 Dec 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: They have been cut.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (15 Dec 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Do not worry, a Chathaoirligh. I will give it to him when I get an opportunity.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (15 Dec 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: The Minister hit the public sector twice in a row.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (15 Dec 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: In the pantheon of Governments this one will go down in history and the Green Party and Fianna Fáil with it, for having taxed people, taken money off the poor, the blind, the disabled and those in most need. The Minister and Senators opposite should look into their hearts and ask themselves whether they really want to penalise people who need help most. If that is the case, then they have...

Seanad: Flood Relief (15 Dec 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing me to raise this matter and cuirim fáilte roimh an tAire Stáit.

Seanad: Flood Relief (15 Dec 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: The events of 19 November will not be forgotten in the city of Cork, in particular in the Middle Parish which was submerged in water. The difficulty lies in the fact that there are no answers to why it was submerged, why the area flooded and why the quay walls at Grenville Place collapsed. I raised the matter of the quay walls with the Minister of State, Deputy Martin Mansergh, earlier this...

Seanad: Flood Relief (15 Dec 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: The reply is, to say the least, very disappointing. It is a clear abdication of responsibility by the Minister, Deputy Gormley. Why has he not outlined his willingness to embark upon and embrace an independent investigation? No reference was made by the Minister of State to whether money would be allocated to undertake a risk assessment of the key infrastructures in the flood plain and...

Seanad: Flood Relief (15 Dec 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: That was promised in 2006.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: In endorsing the comments of previous speakers on the need for an independent inquiry into banking and the issues that brought us into the economic abyss, it is important that the Leader puts on the record the Government's intention with regard to the proposal by Professor Honohan yesterday. Unlike other jurisdictions, no one has been held accountable in this country except the ordinary...