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Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: They want Fianna Fáil to be abolished also.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Third.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: That was some vote collapse Fianna Fáil had.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: You were in Ladbrokes.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I also ask the Leader why we are not having a debate on IMF-EU bailout package today? Is the Government afraid to have one? Are its members hiding? Of what are they ashamed? The revisionism in which Senator Walsh and others have engaged has been nauseating because they are members of the party-----

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: -----which for the past 13 years has been party in government.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: If I had the Senator's record, I would be ashamed of it too and embarrassed.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I am in possession.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I know Senator Walsh is embarrassed, as I would be if I was him.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator was a cheerleader for the Government for the past 13 years. I seek a debate on the future of the European Union and the eurozone and ask the Leader to arrange for the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Foreign Affairs to be present for it. Many people have asked me a question in the past few days since the events of last Sunday. They thought this country was an integral...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: In asking for a debate on this matter I will go a step further. I would like to amend Standing Orders to allow Professor Honohan to address us in this Chamber. I ask that question legitimately because Senator Boyle commented on the negotiations. I have no difficulty-----

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I ask the Leader if he would be prepared to do so.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: It is a matter of national importance that we-----

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator spoke for a long time. It is a matter of national importance that we understand the deal and what it means-----

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I will conclude on this point.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: A Chathaoirleach-----

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I appreciate that. However, it is very important that we get answers to the question of what happened not only last Sunday but in the events leading up to it.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: We cannot air-brush it. The people want answers.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: We cannot deny the people the answers they require.