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Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: He did not meet Deputy Joe Behan though.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Crocodile tears.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: They did not do without the dividends themselves.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator should talk to his party's backbenchers.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Has Senator O'Malley's temper cooled?

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator's ideology is failing. She lost the election, she is now paying the price for it and cannot take the heat. She is playing politics with the elderly.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator has a failed ideology.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Another flip-flop.

Seanad: Child Care Services: Statements (Resumed) (21 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit, Deputy John Moloney. It is extraordinary that we are debating child care again today. I do not believe speaking on child care should be the preserve of female Senators. I speak as an uncle and godfather of five children under six. The formative years of children are vital and those of us in education understand this. Sometimes I wonder if Ministers...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator supported the budget measure last week.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Leyden has made the case for the new name of Fianna Fáil, which should be the flip-flop party. Yet again, he has underlined the double-speak of Fianna Fáil.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: I am coming to that.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: I understand why some Senators on the Government side are upset because they will not be there for long more.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Like Senator Fitzgerald, I ask the Leader to hold the debate today on No. 24, motion 25, today. In so doing, I ask him whether he and the Members on the Government side defend the savage attack on the elderly. If we are serious about politics, then today is a day when we should have a debate about the fact that over the past seven days, elderly people have made sacrifices in taking...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: We were accused in this House of playing politics. We have not played politics with it.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Has this Government forgotten the old idea to which we all aspire of respect for our elders? Have we abandoned the constitutional claim to protect and cherish our young people? Will the Leader stand over the 32 cuts in education that will worsen class sizes and lead to a denigration of the provision of education for all our young people?

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: He has not listened up to now.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: It was not in the church.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: It was the whole body of the people. I was there.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: It was the whole body of the people, not just a percentage.