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Seanad: Small and Medium Enterprises: Motion (20 Oct 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I was struck by Senator O'Malley's euphoric speech. I wish her well with her colourful revisionism.

Seanad: Small and Medium Enterprises: Motion (20 Oct 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The facts are the facts. The Senator is dead right. Governments of various hues since 1997 have brought us to where we are. Small and medium-sized enterprises, which are the lifeblood of our communities, are in serious trouble. I agree with Senator O'Malley that we need to get our house in order. We need to ensure this country's SME sector survives. I am concerned we will have nothing...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Will the Leader give the House a commitment that he will hold a pre-budget debate on the state of the economy next week? Will he indicate, in the light of the economic crisis the country is facing, whether the House will sit next Tuesday? It is important that we recognise that politics is not continuing as usual. As Members of this House, we must play our part by sitting next Tuesday and...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I asked the Leader if the House would sit next Tuesday and he has not replied.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Is the House sitting on Tuesday? It is a simple question.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: On what basis?

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The Leader cannot blame the staff.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The Leader did.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: How many weeks?

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I commend Senator Boyle for asking for honesty. Will we get the full facts from the Government, given that at every opportunity the Minister for Finance has changed position? Will the Leader clarify the remarks he made yesterday in the Irish Examiner regarding being able to live on €65,000? They must be clarified because there is a perception among the public that many politicians are out...

Seanad: National Housing Development Survey Report: Statements (27 Oct 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: National Housing Development Survey Report: Statements (27 Oct 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Well said.

Seanad: National Housing Development Survey Report: Statements (27 Oct 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I dtús báire, cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit, an Teachta Ciarán Cuffe. I welcome the publication of the report. The map on the newspaper I am displaying is the legacy of the failure of the Fianna Fáil-led Government and of successive Fianna Fáil Governments to plan properly for this country. The Minister of State, Deputy Cuffe, is a Minister in the Government. I appreciate he...

Seanad: National Housing Development Survey Report: Statements (27 Oct 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Exactly, but with no transport, no amenities and unfinished estates in terms of roads, lighting, sewerage, rat infestation and dangerous and unhygienic housing conditions. We must address the issue in some way. We have an obligation to the people we represent to put in place a model that will allow estates to be finished. I do not necessarily agree with Senator Doherty's remarks. We need a...

Seanad: Diabetes Treatment and Management: Motion. (27 Oct 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit, Deputy Brady. The motion, to say the least, is weak. It encourages rather than mandates the Health Service Executive and endorses, recognises and acknowledges the efforts being made in regard to public health concerns surrounding diabetes and its increasing prevalence. Senator McFadden was correct when she said in her fine address that this disease is...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Oct 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Deputy Leader for allowing time today for a debate on the Roscommon report. The fundamental question that has not been addressed is when we can expect people to be held to account and to accept responsibility. A lack of accountability and acceptance of responsibility have been at the core of Fianna Fáil in Government for the past 13 years. It has been a failure. Senator Harris...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Oct 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I accept that had this been done, it would not have stopped what happened in this instance. Let us do it, none the less, and let us forget adversarial partisan politics. I am not a lawyer and do not have a legal mind but we could, with political will, obtain the consensus needed to ensure the children's rights referendum is passed in the morning. That takes moral courage, not people going...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Oct 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Let us have a debate on that. Does the Deputy Leader agree with the remarks made in Poland by former Taoiseach, Deputy Bertie Ahern, about his handling of the economy and his intention to run for the presidency?

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: It is all a mirage.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Reeling in the years.