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Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I appreciate that but surely the clock stops when the House is adjourned.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: The Cathaoirleach has been unfair to the Members who have been here all morning.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: The Cathaoirleach has been unfair to the Members who have been here all morning.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: The House should take account of when the clock stops.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Whatever the Cathaoirleach wants to call it——

Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (resumed) (11 Feb 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I thought Senator O'Sullivan was opposed to divorce.

Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (resumed) (11 Feb 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: She is still with the Senator.

Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (resumed) (11 Feb 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: The Bill and the amendment with which we are dealing have serious implications for the port of Cork. I wish to deal specifically with the proposed move out of Cork city. As the Minister of State is aware, delays in this regard are having major implications for the proposed Cork docklands development. Perhaps he might ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Feb 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: They were asleep at the watch for a long time.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Feb 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Why not?

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Feb 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: They are probably friends of Fianna Fáil.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Feb 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: By God——-

Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Feb 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit and I thank him for bringing the Bill, on behalf of thousands of parents, before the House. The Minister of State is aware this is an emotional issue for many people. The trauma of the adoption process is extraordinary. I say that as someone who has two personal friends who have gone through the process, which, thankfully, ended in great joy. Senator...

Seanad: Charities Bill 2007: Motion (17 Feb 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I hope this debate will not be as long as the last debate on this Bill. I welcome the conclusion of the deliberation on this Bill and the regulation of charities for the first time. That is important. The Bill, and the amendment on which there is cross-party support, has been broadly welcomed by the charities sector and by all parties in this House and...

Seanad: Charities Bill 2007: Motion (17 Feb 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I am doing my best. I thank the Acting Chairman for his indulgence. I will conclude on this. Charities which have human rights at the core of their mission would greatly like to see an amendment such as this made, but it has not been. They would have difficulty in any event accessing funding in the present economic climate, but now they will be at a disadvantage vis-À-vis their British...

Seanad: Special Educational Needs (17 Feb 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I wish to share time with Senator Fidelma Healy Eames. The decision by the Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe, to destroy the futures of hundreds of the most vulnerable children in the country and the toil and effort of parents, teachers and psychologists flies in the face of logic and reason. I do not for one moment argue against the need for savings in education....

Seanad: Special Educational Needs (17 Feb 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I appreciate that this does not fall within the remit of the Minister of State's Department but I would like him to convey a message to the Minister for Education and Science. The Minister's reply is shameful because it takes no cognisance of the motion and the question it contained. Will the Minister for Education and Science give a commitment...

Seanad: Special Educational Needs (17 Feb 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: The Minister has not answered that question. He has skirted around it. He came into the House last Wednesday——

Seanad: Special Educational Needs (17 Feb 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: He gave a speech on education and made no reference to this issue. It was a disgraceful display by a Minister who is out of touch. I accept the point the Minister of State made in the reply about the provision of allocation of resources over the years which we welcome. We are talking about the most vulnerable and marginalised——

Seanad: Special Educational Needs (17 Feb 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: The Minister needs to have a serious talk with himself about this.