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Seanad: Confidence in Government: Motion (8 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Confidence in Government: Motion (8 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Ar dtús báire cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit, Deputy Tony Killeen. I am conscious that the Minister has given an excellent address and I compliment him on it, but if he was to be sincere, he would certainly not vote confidence in the Government of which he is a Member. I am mindful of the fact that we have two famous slogans, "A lot done and more to do" and "The next steps", which...

Seanad: Confidence in Government: Motion (8 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I have said that, but Fianna Fáil could not wait. It put members onto State boards that were appalling.

Seanad: Confidence in Government: Motion (8 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The example of this is where we are today. I am referring to FÁS, CIE and the airports, which are a shambles, and it goes back to policy, not personality. The polices of the Government were wrong. It could not wait, the money kept flowing in and by God, it gave it out: benchmarking here, buildings there. Bertie called from Drumcondra and a few boys and girls were brought in here and...

Seanad: Confidence in Government: Motion (8 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Fianna Fáil is good at that.

Seanad: Confidence in Government: Motion (8 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Feeney should not be blaming us for what went wrong. We were not in Government.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Answer the question.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Is it power-sharing?

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I ask the Leader to request the Minister for Finance to come to this House to tell Members who demanded that the minimum wage be cut and explain why it was cut. Minimum wage recipients, those who need money most, will lose approximately €46 per month, almost €1,000 per annum, as a result of this reduction. Why was the minimum wage reduced? Perhaps the Members opposite can explain that....

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Does the Leader get it?

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I am not sure he does. That is the problem. He does not understand at all.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Callely has some neck to lecture me about morality.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Callely is part of a Government which has nearly raped the people.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: He should not dare lecture me on how I should behave.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I was provoked by Senator Callely. He named me; I did not name any Member in my contribution.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I ask the Leader to invite the Minister for Finance to the House and to agree with me in respect of what I have to say. The reality is that the Minister was dragged in, kicking and screaming, to prevent the payment of the bonuses yesterday. It is extraordinary that it took the Minister for Finance five days to agree with everyone in this House that the bonuses should not have been paid. It...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I am.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I am calling on the Government to get out and the people to get rid of it.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: When will the Government learn? When will it value people who matter in this society? The Government does not get it. As we learned last night, it does not value the elderly. Senator Callely was in government and a Minister of State with responsibility for older people when this was happening. The Leader-----