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- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: What about the framework document?
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: I ask the Leader to answer the question. Why can we not have a debate on the fundamental question?
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: Give us the answer.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: Give us the answer.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: The Senator's throat was blessed.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: On a point of order, on the basis of the Leader's remark, can I ask him whether the Minister will be in the House for tonight's Adjournment debate on this matter. If not, why not?
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: Could I ask the Leader to reply to my point of order, a Chathaoirligh? I have a matter on the Adjournment and I would like to know whether the Minister will be in the House, and if not, why not.
- Seanad: Sports Capital Programme (3 Feb 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, Deputy Martin Cullen, to the House. I am glad he is here and thank him for coming in on such a bad night. Last week he announced that he would not provide sports capital grants in 2009. This will affect many sporting and local community groups. It is bad news not just for sports funding but for the building of sustainable communities....
- Seanad: Sports Capital Programme (3 Feb 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: The Senator need not worry. I have been chairman of my own club for six years and secretary before that and know well the workings of the sports capital programme. We were lucky to have Jim Collins in my club. He knew the system backwards and could liaise with the Department in latter years because it was a tedious process and one needed people like him to do that. It was a tedious...
- Seanad: Sports Capital Programme (3 Feb 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Minister for his reply. I would like to comment on two issues. I accept what the Minister has said about the need to review expenditure. What funding mechanism will be put in place to assist clubs now? The Minister did not respond to my remarks about clubs that have already started projects. Can such clubs make applications at a later date? Second, there seems to be complete...
- Seanad: Sports Capital Programme (3 Feb 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: Promises were made by the Minister's colleagues.
- Seanad: Sports Capital Programme (3 Feb 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: I can name two clubs in Cork and Tipperaryââ
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: Senator Boyle is back home.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: Methinks the Senator protests too much.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: The phone is ringing. It is the Minister.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: It is spin city.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: It is bad leadership from the Government.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: The Senator should vote against the Bill.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: The Senator should top talking out of both sides of her mouth. She should vote against the Bill and stand up and be counted for once.