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- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: ââand the legacy we have is the mess in which we now find ourselves. If Senator Butler is the clarion call for a beacon, then God help us. We might as well all give up.
- Seanad: Economic Issues: Motion (28 Jan 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: Senator Boyle has forgotten where he was a few years ago. He was better off a Deputy.
- Seanad: Economic Issues: Motion (28 Jan 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: He has lost his soul since he lost his seat.
- Seanad: Economic Issues: Motion (28 Jan 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: He cannot cope with being in Government.
- Seanad: Economic Issues: Motion (28 Jan 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: Ask Chris O'Leary.
- Seanad: Economic Issues: Motion (28 Jan 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: I will waive my time.
- Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jan 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: The Senator could take the bus.
- Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jan 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: All the buses are gone now.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (29 Jan 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister to the House. This side of the Chamber embraces the principle of an independent electoral commission. As the Minister said, the commission is composed of eminent and suitably qualified people. I thank the members of the commission for their diligent work. It is not an easy task to represent the people by reviewing, redrawing and planning electoral boundaries. Those...
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (29 Jan 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: I will explain my position. We have 19 weeks to the local elections in June.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (29 Jan 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: I hope the Minister will bring that in. My party may not be in favour of it, but I am.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (29 Jan 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: I am in favour of it because it is most important. During his reign, the Minister might also look at the issue of spending between elections. In my humble opinion, that is a joke at the moment. There is nothing to stop a candidate spending thousands or hundreds of thousands of euro up to the day the election is called. When an election is called, however, we bring in a spending limit but...
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: I join with Senators Fitzgerald, O'Toole and Alex White in appealing to the Leader to have a debate today on both the economy and the talks with the social partners. Were the Leader to make a case for the abolition of the Seanad, by not having a debate, he would be doing so today. Members must be relevant and must have a voice on behalf of those who put them in here. By not having such a...
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: Today was not the first day that happened.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: He is not anti-banking.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: He is not at all anti-banking.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: He is just telling the truth.