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Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jan 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: We raised the matter on the Adjournment last night.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jan 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Is the Minister still missing?

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jan 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Did the Senator find him?

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jan 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I cannot help but think I am in a dream this morning because listening to Members opposite, one would swear they were in opposition.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jan 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Does the Cathaoirleach agree that the Minister for Education and Science and his Cabinet colleagues are in the process of dismantling education? A total of 1,200 special needs assistants are to lose their jobs. The pupil-teacher ratio has increased and the NUI is being abolished. Cuts have been made to the leaving certificate applied programme, while the spectre of the McCarthy report...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jan 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Boyle spoke in the House yesterday about the increase in the number of teachers.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jan 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Members should go to schools to see the number of teachers employed and look at the rise in the pupil-teacher ratio.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I join Senator Cummins in asking for the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to attend the House. It is extraordinary that 40% of gardaí have less than five years of experience and that more than 200 senior management positions remain unfilled. This is a sad indictment of Government policy not just towards the Garda, but towards tackling crime. As Senator Cummins stated...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: We know the Cathaoirleach does not have control but he should have.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: It will be debated tomorrow.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: It is imperative that the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Moloney, be invited to the House. The maltreatment of the elderly and disabled reflects very badly not only on Irish society but also on the Government, which has failed to legislate. I disagree fundamentally with Senator Ormonde because, in spite of our having had 12 years of almost one-party...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: They do not help save lives or promote road safety. The debate should determine how the Legislature can improve road safety. Yesterday the National Roads Authority announced its roads programme for 2010, which is an appalling indictment of the Government's lack of commitment to the roads and people in rural and urban areas.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: That is a bit sexist.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Well said, Cathaoirleach.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator could always sell one. Fianna Fáil were always good at selling passports.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Bring them to the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: All of the members of the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party rolled over.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: We heard it all from Deputy Mattie McGrath this morning. He provided chapter and verse. We did not need to be present.