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Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator O'Malley always thinks she is right when she is not.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: It is a pity she would not learn to listen as well rather than displaying arrogance all the time.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: If Senator O'Malley had been on time for the Order of Business, she would have heard that Senator O'Toole was referring to the protest outside the gate.

Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill Amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: On a point of order, is it possible to have a copy of the Minister of State's script?

Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill Amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I appreciate that but just to assist the progress-----

Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill Amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: On the matter raised by Senator Cummins, I refer to the Minister of State's remarks. Given the movement from the 1991 Act to today and with regard to inter-country agreements which have permitted hundreds of children who were placed in orphanages in Vietnam to be adopted and given homes and in the case of this country, to be given the best opportunities, the Minister of State has refused to...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The chain has come off the bike.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I am amused at the silence and glumness of the Senators opposite.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Does the Leader intend to have a sos today to facilitate the meeting of the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party to discuss a motion of confidence in the Taoiseach?

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senators opposite are gloomy and I know the Taoiseach is under pressure, but the best thing he could do now is to resign and let us all have a general election. If ever we had proof-----

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I have asked the Leader one question already. If we ever had proof that this is a failed Government, we had it this morning with the proposed cuts in disability services in terms of respite care. Senator Dearey rightly raised this issue instead of Senator Healy Eames.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: In regard to the national development plan, which has now been shelved, postponed or halted, there is no jobs stimulus plan, no vision for the future, no reaching out to workers who were employed in the construction industry and there is no sign of hope for people.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: My question is - I know the Senators opposite are embarrassed by the Government, I appreciate and understand that-----

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Can we have a debate on the national development plan before we break for the summer recess? Moving on to the area of health, when the Minister, Deputy Harney, was here last week, the Members opposite were gushing in their praise of her. This morning we heard an eminent accident and emergency consultant talk about patient safety and the welfare of junior doctors when he almost closed an...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I appreciate that and I understand the frustration the Cathaoirleach feels in the Chair. I understand that. I share that.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I understand the Cathaoirleach's job.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I ask the Leader, through the Chair-----

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I was not impugning the Cathaoirleach's impartiality. In fairness, I was not.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I understand the Cathaoirleach's frustration.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I have asked no foolish question this morning. I have asked very genuine questions-----