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Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: At a time when people are afraid of losing their jobs and not having money to pay bills, mortgages and groceries, of evaporating retirement funds and a complete lack of confidence in the key State institutions, as Senator Ross rightly said, I want to ask the Leader a series of questions. In so doing, I emphasise that the Fine Gael party will vehemently oppose any plan to rush through the...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I appreciate that. I want to ask the Leader a series of questions relating to the economy and governance, and I would like a response. Who is telling the truth to the people regarding the real state of the economy? Is what Senator Ross said correct? If it is, we need to hear it. We have been told lies for long enough. Is there any real accountability with regard to the regulator, the...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: They have done the ordinary person in this country a complete disservice and they are a disgrace to the island of Ireland. They should be held accountable along with their buddies and the Government which failed to govern for the past 12 years. I want the Leader specifically to answer those questions because the people outside, the people working in this House, ordinary people paying their...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I will conclude. Those people want answers. They do not want spin or Fianna Fáil-speak, they want cogent, clear answers and confidence to be restored.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: What about the Galway tent? It is falling down around the Senator, who is suffocating inside it.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Name them.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator is dead right they are not angels.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator should back track and come back out again.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: It is like the song title, "You've got to pick a pocket or two".

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator should not make such general accusations. As Leader of the House the Senator should act responsibly.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator should name the people.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator should name the people.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: They had no choice.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I join other Senators in paying tribute to Christopher Nolan and, in particular, to his mother. Their family epitomises the Irish spirit. One of his books, Under the Eye of the Clock, shows the depth of personality that is required of everyone in this time of recession. Christopher Nolan did not choose to be born the way he was. Likewise, the Government made political decisions that got...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: That money would pay for many nurses, special needs assistants and services.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Cutbacks amounting to €1 billion are not being taken from the top half of society, but from the lower half. I remind the Leader and his friends on the other side of the House that the weak, the old and the handicapped will suffer. If they seek a national Government, they should take up the Fine Gael themes and ideas of responsibility and accountability. They should not hide behind the...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: They are the political friends of the regulator and the bank and this mess is on their political heads.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Members have heard nothing but comments from both sides of the Leader's mouth for the past six months.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: It is time for leadership.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I will finish by confirming that I will not pass the picket next Thursday.