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Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: This week, hundreds of thousands of people will have opened their pay packets and found that they have been decimated financially and are being forced to pay for the sins of the Government. I propose an amendment to the Order of Business to ask the Leader to bring the Minister for Health and Children to the House. She has been absent and silent on the question of VHI fees. The company has...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Would he not ask whether they had any contracts coming up or whether they were telling him they had no gigs? Would he never mention business?

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: I propose that the Order of Business be amended in order that the Minister for Health and Children would come to the House today to debate the proposed VHI premium increases. Do Fianna Fáil Members, the Taoiseach and members of the Cabinet expect the ordinary people to believe that one can play golf for four hours and have dinner for three hours and not mention business? Do they take us for...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Does the Taoiseach expect us to believe that Seán FitzPatrick never said to him that he was in trouble or that the Taoiseach never asked him how he was getting on? The Leader plays golf. Is he telling me he never mentions business on the golf course? As someone who does not play golf, all I hear is that the 19th hole is the place to do business.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: The 19th hole is the place. I ask the Green Party Members to return to the Chamber to explain to Members-----

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: I ask the Leader, through the Green Party Members-----

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jan 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Senator. I ask them to come into the House and explain this in simple terms. The people seek an election. They wish to run the Government out of town and it is a given that they seek change. Can Members be informed when the election will take place?

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: St. Patrick's Day in the White House.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: White smoke, carbon neutral.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Is there a date for leaving Government?

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Give us a date for leaving Government as well.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: It has had so many turns it is like a roundabout.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I join Senator O'Toole and other speakers in saying there is good news and there are positive signs and optimism that Ireland will have a new Government this time next year.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: They are very much looking forward to having a change of Government-----

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: -----and having a positive outcome-----

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The difficulty with Senator Boyle is that the Green Party does not know when it is leaving Government.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: It is either in or out of government, but it is not sure. Senator Boyle might tell us if the Green Party is leaving Government. He seems to be kind of ambivalent.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Boyle is like the fellow learning to ride a bicycle-----

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: -----and who cannot find the brakes.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: More important, we need a debate in the new year to give optimism to the unemployed, those forced to emigrate, those on disability and those on the minimum wage. The Government has not done that. This morning another member of the Cabinet jumped ship. The Minister for Transport, Deputy Dempsey, decided to bail out.