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Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jun 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: At the risk of embarrassing anybody, I would like to second Senator Fitzgerald's amendment to the Order of Business. Yesterday, the Leader got rather nasty with me in regard to my comments in respect of the budgetary position. However, I accept the cut and thrust of politics and the Leader's position. We now have a budget deficit despite the Government having had a surplus this time last...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jun 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: We have had a €2 billion surplus during the lifetime of this Government. The Government is a little like Tom Thumb sitting on its hands while having its fingers in the pie. It is time we had an urgent debate not alone on the national development plan but on the economy. I want to hear what the Green Party Members have to say on the programme for Government which is now in tatters.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jun 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: It is in tatters.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jun 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: I remind the Members on the Government side that the cutbacks being introduced hurt the poor, the old, the disabled and the young and it is on their heads.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jun 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: What will Deputy John Gormley do at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government?

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jun 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Go back to the organic farming.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jun 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: The Green Party intervened and fought with cabbages.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jun 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: With the Green Party in Government.

Seanad: Local Development (5 Jun 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing me to raise on the Adjournment the issue of Cork docklands. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Killeen. Cork docklands are pivotal to the growth of Cork given the need for the city to develop and grow. They could have a profound impact on both the economic and physical force of Cork into the future. The docklands project in Cork concerns light...

Seanad: Local Development (5 Jun 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Minister of State for the reply, although it is disappointing. When does the Minister of State envisage that a decision will be made on this project, given the budgetary changes in the national development plan announced by the Taoiseach last week? The Minister of State is well aware that this project is pivotal to Cork. When are we likely to see this being brought to a...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Gerrymandering.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: It will be all right.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: I join other Senators in asking the Leader to arrange a debate on the economy as a matter of urgency. He has been living in denial for the past 12 months. Inflation has increased to 4.7%, VAT on retail sales is down by 8% and, as Senator Coghlan rightly noted, consumers are suffering. These consumers are the people of Ireland, the men and women who go about their daily business, but they...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Thanks to the Government of which they are part, 200,000 people are unemployed today. The ordinary decent people are facing the cut backs in health and education which the Minister for Health and Children promised this House would not be made. I welcome the commission's report on constituency boundaries but, unlike Senator de Búrca, I have a fundamental difficulty with the way it proceeded...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: I join Senator Coghlan in seeking a debate on that.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: We have a new coalition now.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: It is a new rainbow.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: The Leader is good at balance.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: The Leader is turning it around now.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: The Leader's party made a mess of it.