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Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: If one's compass is off, one is going nowhere.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Not without a compass though.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: There were men overboard.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: The Minister-----

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: We will have to ask Deputy McGuinness.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011: Second Stage (28 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011: Second Stage (28 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: I am listening. The Senator spoke about GDP and the Minister's speech.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011: Second Stage (28 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: We have not spoken yet.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011: Second Stage (28 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: I wish to share time with Senator McFadden This Bill is the final act of a failed Government. The election poster picture may have changed but the legacy of 13 years remains and can never be forgotten. It is one thing to say sorry because it looks great and it sounds wonderful, but it is a soundbite. The financial proposition before us inflicts pain on ordinary citizens who did not cause...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011: Second Stage (28 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: I hope the new Dáil and Seanad will bring that to a resolution. Emigration, pay cuts and unemployment mean people feel desperate now. The universal social charge must be examined again. It is crippling the ordinary citizen, an gnáth dhuine, whether he or she lives in Ballyphehane, Bishopstown, on the Rochestown Road or in Carrigaline. They are suffering. They did not make a fortune...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: It is apt that the Senator is quoting from the Bible because the truth will set the people free.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: I ask the Leader whether he agrees that the Finance Bill reflects the Fianna Fáil Government's legacy of gargantuan tax increases, huge unemployment, thousands of people emigrating and a failed political regime? The party may change its leader or the face on its posters, but it cannot change the policies that have ruined the country and the people.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: The Government stands indicted.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: I seek a debate-----

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: I would be embarrassed by the Senator's record in government.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: I ask the Leader to facilitate a debate on political appointments to boards in the interregnum before the general election.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Yes, I will.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: This is an important question. Given that the new leader of Fianna Fáil speaks about bringing to an end cronyism and the appointing of pals, I ask the Leader to examine Deputy Martin's record of appointing friends, cronies and Fianna Fáil supporters to State boards and organisations under his watch.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Deputy Martin appointed his friends, cronies and Fianna Fáil people to boards.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: It is a fact.