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Seanad: Sexual Offences (18 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing me to raise this important issue, namely, the consequences of a decision taken this week in the courts. I ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform make a statement on the plans of the Government to amend the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 1993 in the light of the decision by a judge to direct a jury to return a not guilty verdict because the Act...

Seanad: Sexual Offences (18 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: It is vital that the Minister for Justice and Law Reform take steps to protect people with an intellectual disability. I hope he will introduce modern capacity legislation which, as Inclusion Ireland notes, concerns all decisions taken by people deemed not to have the capacity to make a decision. While I accept the Minister of State's point that this is a sensitive issue, we have a duty not...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: With a Fine Gael majority.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator is good at it.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Feeney should name the person in question.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Yesterday the Green Party added turmoil, uncertainty and instability not just to the political system but also to the lives of the people. Senator Coghlan is correct in pointing out that the markets reacted to this. I ask the Leader to join me in calling on Green Party Ministers to do the honourable thing and resign. Otherwise, the Taoiseach should take their seals of office from them and...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I know Senator Feeney is embarrassed.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I ask the Leader to use his good offices and ask the Taoiseach to bring forward the budget, given that the four-year strategy is being published tomorrow. As Senators Fitzgerald and Coffey said, we should have the leaders of the two main Opposition parties in Dáil Éireann as parties to the memorandum of agreement. The people are tired and fed up and want change.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Change is coming.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: What about the rhetoric from Senator Ormonde's own side?

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: What about Senator Ormonde's own side?

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: It is the Government that is causing the mess.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: On what grounds? The Government has the country ruined.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The Government has the country ruined.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: What did the Green Party do on Monday?

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: A nation holds its breath. Our people are about to be given an unpalatable four-year plan. In 13 years, the Fianna Fáil Party has bankrupted Ireland with its friends. This is its legacy. I want a debate on how to put the situation right. It does not start with the four-year plan. It starts with the Government, led by the Taoiseach and the Minister for Finance attending the House and...

Seanad: Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Senator Bradford for sharing time. This legislation has been well flagged and we have received a great deal of correspondence on it. We have had genuine concerns expressed to us by the postal workers but it is important we proceed with care and are clear on what we are doing. We must not in any circumstances undermine the postal service and its employees. They do a great job....

Seanad: National Recovery Plan 2011-2014: Statements (24 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Norris in his fine address mentioned Operation Transformation, in which we both participated. Today is not about the transformation of Ireland; it is the day when Ireland says goodbye to being a low tax economy and we let the little people pay the bill. I acknowledge the fact we are having this debate in Seanad Éireann, which is important and timely. Unlike Senator Norris, I think...

Seanad: National Recovery Plan 2011-2014: Statements (24 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Bertie Ahern and his cabal could not wait to bring everyone in and to dole out the goods. They forgot about the rainy day. This is a circle. I say to the Minister of State, Deputy Connick, that the people must punish the political party that presided over all of this - Fianna Fáil. The party must be punished electorally for all eternity. Fianna Fáil deserves never to be elected to any...

Seanad: National Recovery Plan 2011-2014: Statements (24 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: That shows how great a party we are. We are not afraid. We are a forward-looking party. We have hope for our people and a vision for the future. We have people who will govern and tell people the truth. They will not tell lies on a Sunday, attend a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday and, when asked what happened, refuse to say because the markets are sensitive. Does the Government really expect...