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Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Dec 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: The Government allowed them to go scot free. All the Government wants is to get on the horse and ride off with him.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Dec 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: This budget is a penal tax on the ordinary decent person. I challenge any of us to live on €196 per week.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Dec 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: It is fine for those in Government who have a State car, a driver or two and a group of advisers. They are living detached from reality. Would we live on €196 a week? This budget is an attack on the decent people. It should be thrown out. The measure before us is an unfair penalty on people who deserve better from their leaders.

Seanad: National Drugs Strategy (17 Dec 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Pat Carey, to the House. I am pleased he is present for the debate as he is a former Minister of State with responsibility for this area. I raise this matter because the use of heroin and other drugs is on the increase. The Minister of State, Deputy Curran, is on record as saying that this week in the other House. I am concerned that a reduction in...

Seanad: National Drugs Strategy (17 Dec 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Will the Minister of State raise with his colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy John Curran, the fact that there seems to be a trend running through Government policy on social inclusion. We have seen the amalgamation of community development projects and the closure of some, which is wrong. I am genuinely worried. The Minister of State referred to the programme in Ballyfermot, "Can You...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I look forward to the Senator's vote at the next election.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: He will be in here soon as Taoiseach.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: In welcoming the comments of Senator Ellis, I ask the Leader to bring the Taoiseach before the House in the new year. As we adjourn today, I disagree fundamentally with Senator Quinn. People have no confidence. They have no hope. The one thing they are sure about is that they want a change of Government. That is on the way. Fianna Fáil had a great slogan in the 1980s which claimed...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: He is a very welcome addition to us. I ask the Leader to bring in the Taoiseach and to call him to account for the role he and his party played in getting the people into a situation where they have less money, fewer jobs and no hope.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Well said.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Glynn's Minister, the Government and the Bill we are discussing today are doing that.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Glynn should vote against the Bill.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: It is Senator Glynn's Government.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: It was a handbrake turn. There was a real spin on it.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Bring back Bertie. Is that it?

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Ring the bell again, Cathaoirleach. We have moved into fairyland.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: It is taxing the people more.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: It shows the poverty of its ambition.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (18 Dec 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister of State and I appreciate the time he is giving to this. This section is unfair to low paid public sector workers. This is the second Bill we have taken this week that has disproportionately laid the blame for what has happened at the door of public sector workers and social welfare recipients. As Senator Twomey said, Fine Gael proposed to take €1.2 billion off the...