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Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: It is a pity the Deputy's logic does not apply to the banks.

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: What did the Deputy's party do for 14 years?

Bus Passenger Information Systems (29 Sep 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Question 8: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport his plans to roll out real time passenger information systems for bus users outside of Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26433/11]

Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (4 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: I will share time with Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick. I welcome this important Bill. We must send a message regarding the abuse of alcohol in society, whether from a social or cultural point of view or while driving. Ireland, as a nation, has a problem with alcohol which needs to be addressed. Action is required before it is too late and, as law makers, it is our job to legislate for the common...

Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (4 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Please God. We must ensure that when we use the roads, we all play a part in ensuring the safety of our fellow road users. This Bill goes a way towards achieving that. There must be a joined-up approach between Departments, the Road Safety Authority and the vintners to ensure there is no loss of life on our roads. If only that may happen.

Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (4 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy will never last that long.

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (4 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Fianna Fáil closed them down.

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (4 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy should stop going to the football.

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (4 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: I commend the Minister on his speech. I listened to Deputy Ó Cuív and I could not believe his remarks both as Gaeilge agus trí Bhéarla. He spoke about flying kites. He was a man who sat at the Cabinet table and who in a ten year period presided over the decline in numbers from 10,726 Army personnel to 9,500. He is a person who was a member of a party that in government presided over...

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (4 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: -----is the motion before us in the names of the Fianna Fáil Members. I wish to outline a speech for the Members opposite.

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (4 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: A previous Minister indicated: As Minister for Defence I am determined that this progress will continue. It is therefore necessary to ensure that the implementation of the White Paper on Defence will proceed as planned. He also referred to: [M]arking the end of a long chapter in the history of Ballincollig. This was an emotive occasion for the Defence Forces and in particular for the many...

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (4 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Deputy Smith made the comment.

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (4 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Why did none of Deputy Smith's colleagues from Cork South-Central or Cork North-West vote in 1998 against the Government's closure? Why did that not happen?

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (4 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: I am speaking to the motion. It would be foolhardy to vote with the Opposition. It would be crass-----

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (4 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: -----to go over and vote with Deputy Cowen on this one.

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (4 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: The Members opposite have shown no concern for Army spouses or families, none whatever. They have shown no plan for the evolution of the Defence Forces, and the Minister is correct.

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (4 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: It is proper that we retain the minimum level-----

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (4 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: -----as Deputy Calleary in his speech remarked upon.

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (4 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: The hypocrisy of the motion is astounding. Deputy Cowen, like me, is a new Deputy, but he might listen because then he might learn.

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (4 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: The Government of which Deputy Cowen's colleagues were members destroyed this country. They took the soul and the heart out of rural and urban Ireland. He may well smile. Today there are men and women in this country who are suffering as a consequence of the cheap politics Fianna Fáil played for 20 years, and he should never forget it. As long as I am in this House, I will never let not...