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Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Boyle did a good job in that regard last week.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: They are heavy all right; the Senator is right about that one.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: What was the Taoiseach like?

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Talk to Senator Boyle about that.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: He is inviting comment. He is misleading the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: That is where they are all going at the moment over there.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Déanaim comhghairdeas leis an Seanadóir nua, Mark Dearey. I wish him and his family well on his appointment. When it is it proposed to have a debate on job creation? Does the Leader agree on the basis of the remarks made by Professor Honohan that he will be judged on whether credit flows to business, job creation and the jailing of bankers who acted illegally and who are held to account...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The reality is the people are frustrated, cynical and downright fed up of him and his party and they want them out of office. His party, more than any other, has brought shame on the body politic and it is time it was gone.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I second Senator Healy Eames's amendment to the Order of Business.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Who cut that budget?

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The Cathaoirleach did not stop Senator Harris from doing so.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Where is the money?

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Walsh should show us the money.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The time for rhetoric is over. Senator Walsh's party has been in government for 12 years.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Walsh is inviting comment.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I join Senator O'Toole in particular in raising the issue of industrial relations. It is time that we engaged with the public sector unions in a meaningful way. Is it the Government's policy and intention to force the unions to take industrial action and to suspend and sack members who do not perform their duty? Does the Government want chaos, mass protests, lack of action, no work and a...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I am asking the question.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I hope the Leader of the House will convey to the Taoiseach, the Minister for Finance and the members of the Green Party in Cabinet that this tax is hurting employment and the regions and, more importantly, it is not flying the green flag of Ireland abroad. It is failing to attract visitors to this country and it must be reversed immediately.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Fianna Fáil is afraid of the question.