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Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Please continue.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Would the Senator do it now for the country?

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Does the Leader agree that the events of the past 24 hours highlight the fact that the Government is no longer relevant? The people do not care about it; all they want is a general election. I concur with Senator Leyden that the most important issue this morning is the cancellation of flights and the image of Ireland being closed for business. The Government has disengaged and is no longer...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Other than the Taoiseach, is anyone left? The Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport has confidence in the leader of the Government but not in the Taoiseach. Holy God, where is the logic in this?

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: I want the Members opposite to face the people. The people do not care what happens within the bubble of Leinster House and want their say. Does the Leader agree that the events of the past 24 hours reflect an attempt by the Taoiseach and Fianna Fáil to cover the cracks and present a different image? The reality is that the universal service charge, tax increases and cuts in pensions are...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Does the Leader agree?

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: The Government has been doing the wrong thing for 13 years.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: The nerves must be bad on the other side of the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: The lifeboats have been launched.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Is it a case of every man and woman for himself and herself?

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Ross has been endorsed by Fianna Fáil.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Leyden endorsed Senator Ross's candidacy on behalf of Fianna Fáil.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: That is some endorsement.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: It is apt that the Senator is quoting from the Bible because the truth will set the people free.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: I ask the Leader whether he agrees that the Finance Bill reflects the Fianna Fáil Government's legacy of gargantuan tax increases, huge unemployment, thousands of people emigrating and a failed political regime? The party may change its leader or the face on its posters, but it cannot change the policies that have ruined the country and the people.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: The Government stands indicted.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: I seek a debate-----

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: I would be embarrassed by the Senator's record in government.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: I ask the Leader to facilitate a debate on political appointments to boards in the interregnum before the general election.