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Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I will mind him.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: That is not the reason. The Minister of State is not giving the House the right information or rationale behind this.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: We are very aware of it.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The most important point the Minister of State made was that as a consequence of the budget and the Bill, the black economy would flourish even more. Senator O'Toole is correct in stating it is more like one in 20 people are on the national minimum wage. The Minister of State spoke about C2 agreements, etc., but how many of them are at national minimum wage level? He also spoke about...

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I do not know how many there are in the Cabinet; I was never a member. They change the number nearly every week. Is Senator Ó Brolcháin's party still in government or has it left?

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The Green Party is like a three-wheeled bicycle; half of it is on stabilisers.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I am talking to section 13. The Minister of State spoke about activation measures and supports. However, the most important aspect the Government has failed to address in the budget or the Bill is that people must be better off in work than on social welfare. As a result of this measure, they are not. The Government has reduced tax credits, revised tax bands, brought in a universal...

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: We are talking about people. In the Minister of State's matrix, this is about a cold computer printout of analysis of a budgetary figure. He is not trying to keep people in jobs. When account is also taken of the people who have emigrated, the position has become a great deal worse. If we are serious about incentivising work, the minimum wage should not be cut.

Seanad: Health Centres (15 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator cannot do so as we are on the Adjournment.

Seanad: Health Centres (15 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: We cannot move the suspension because the House is adjourned.

Seanad: Health Centres (15 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Can my matter be taken tomorrow?

Seanad: Health Centres (15 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The House is adjourned.

Seanad: Health Centres (15 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: It is bad practice that the Minister of State has to go.

Seanad: Health Centres (15 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: It is the fault of the Government Whip. May I ask that my Adjournment matter be taken tomorrow night?

Seanad: Health Centres (15 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: In fairness, I am here and ready and willing to participate.

Seanad: Health Centres (15 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Can the Acting Chairman intercede on my behalf with the Cathaoirleach?

Seanad: Health Centres (15 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Given that we are almost related, a Leas-Chathaoirligh.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I join Senator Fitzgerald in asking for a debate in which the Taoiseach would explain why, in the dying days of this Government, 300 people, mainly friends of Fianna Fáil and the Green Party, are to be appointed to boards. The old-pals act continues.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I am asking for the Taoiseach to come to the House to explain why the Fianna Fáil-led Government, in its dying days, is going to fill 300 vacancies with its pals. Has the Government not learned anything from the mistakes in the banking sector and from the way the economy has plummeted through the lack of regulation and the cosy cartels involving members in the Government benches? That is...

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Donohoe spoke about collateral damage and in reply the Minister spoke about legal advice received. The gnáth duine, the ordinary person, does not trust the Minister's legal advice, primarily because he has been wrong at every hand's turn, despite his earlier protestations and those of the Minister of State, Deputy Mansergh. If the Minister wants to be fair about this, we have got...