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Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I am in no hurry.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I am in no hurry at all. My position is quite clear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: My position is quite clear. A pension is for retirement and should not augment a salary. When will the Government show leadership on the issue? When will the Leader set a date for a debate on the future of politics because the biggest fear I have is that we will make politics the preserve of the rich and we will go back to part-time politics like we had in the 1950s and 1960s, which is bad...

Seanad: Banking: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: That is right.

Seanad: Banking: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Banking: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: No interruptions.

Seanad: Banking: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator is not like that.

Seanad: Banking: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Mooney should hear the Government's spin line.

Seanad: Banking: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Look at the numbers unemployed. Look at the banks. Look at the unfinished estates.

Seanad: Banking: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Fianna Fáil has taxed them out of existence.

Seanad: Banking: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I have all the graphs Senator Mooney needs.

Seanad: Banking: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I feel like crying having listened to Senator Mooney. The reality is that the rottenness of the loan books of the banks illustrates the poor regulation aided by poor Government policy. If there are green shoots of recovery and everything is turning around, the Minister of State gave no examples in his speech, which I read. I join other Senators in saying that it is a bit disingenuous of...

Seanad: Banking: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: This is the type of cosy cartel that has us where we are today. Perhaps there are people in Fianna Fáil who are embarrassed by the link between some bankers and members of the Government during the past 13 years. They should be. The failed policy has brought us to where we are. People discuss stopping the blame game, but that game must be out there if we are to learn how to move forward....

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator does not have the courage of his convictions.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I renew my call for a debate on the future of politics, a matter I have raised on numerous occasions. Yesterday's events illustrate that there is a disconnect between the body politic and the real world. It behoves us, as Members of this House, to represent the people and give them a voice. We are on the verge of making politics the profession of a chosen few, be they business people,...

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: If he was alive, James Connolly would be on the streets promulgating change and a different course of action. When will time be made available for a real debate on youth unemployment? Let us consider the number of people under the age of 25 years who have no jobs or a sense of hope and lack a sense of fulfilment. Senator Callely, with whom I seldom agree, is correct when he states there has...

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Apr 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Like Senator Coffey, I ask the Leader to ask the Minister for Finance to come before the House to explain his gargantuan U-turn on Anglo Irish Bank. It is a pity he was not open to persuasion or other points of view on the bank, as he could have saved taxpayers billions of euro. We must restore public trust in politicians and accountability among practitioners of politics, in particular,...

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Apr 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Does the Senator know his name?

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Apr 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: That is irrelevant. The Leader should withdraw that unfair remark. It is a sexist remark.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Apr 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The Leader should withdraw it.