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Seanad: Order of Business (17 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The question is very simple. I will ask it again on behalf of the people. Why have members of the Government who are the elected represented of the people not been honest? The Minister for Social Protection, speaking on an RTE news programme last Sunday, the Minister for Justice and Law Reform and the Minister for Finance, speaking on radio this morning, all told lies to the people. As...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Ellis is getting wise in his old age.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Not today because of the state of the Government.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I begin by reiterating the request for a debate tomorrow and for the Minister to come to the House. I wish the Minister well today in Brussels. This is about Ireland and about our people. As Senator Harris stated, it is not about a flag or sovereignty; it is about us as people. There must be no capitulation by us as people. We must stand for what we believe in, which is the Irish people...

Seanad: Overcrowding in Prisons: Statements (Resumed). (11 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit, an Teachta Moloney. The report of Judge Reilly has been critical of the conditions in 14 prisons. Eleven of 15 prisons have situations of over-capacity. The role of our prison officers and the work they have done should be acknowledged, as Senator O'Malley noted, and they should be supported. They do extraordinary work but are undervalued,...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I join Senator O'Toole in asking for a debate on the Government's four-year plan. Senator Boyle made a good point, that we did not adhere to strict financial rules, and that is partly why we are in this mess. I ask that, as part of the debate on the four-year plan, the Government would introduce a stimulus plan which includes the construction of the metro north and the Cork docklands...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: It is also important that the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Tánaiste come to the House to explain why we now have no sugar industry in this country. It is extraordinary that the European Union is now importing sugar when we have closed the Mallow and Carlow sugar beet factories. Was it out of pure greed, to look after friends of Fianna Fáil? Who gave the advice to...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: That decision was clearly wrong and the information was incorrect. We now have another example of a bad Government decision. It was bad Fianna Fáil-led Government policy that impacted on rural areas and the towns of Carlow and Mallow. It is important that the Minister, Deputy Smith, and the Tánaiste come to this House to explain the Government's policy.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: We are living beyond our means. He could say, like Charlie Haughey, that we are living beyond our means.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: It is monitoring local radio stations.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: There are more people in the Government Information Services than in the entire Civil Service.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator is incorrect. The activities of the implementation body on the Croke Park agreement are dependent upon receiving schedules from Departments. Senator O'Toole is correct.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator O'Toole's remarks are pertinent. It is the Minister and senior civil servants who set policy. That is why we need to have a debate to receive clarification and a setting out by each Department of its objectives and targets regarding implementation. That must happen. Reform of the public sector, linked with the Fine Gael document, Reinventing Government, would empower and...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Yes you can.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Flood Relief (10 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Gabhaim buíochas don Chathaoirleach mar gur thóg sé cead dom an rún seo a chur roimh an Teach, agus cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit, an Teachta Áine Brady. The motion calls on the Minister of State, Deputy Mansergh, whom I know is unable to be here tonight, to make an immediate announcement regarding the contract for the Lower Lee flood risk management scheme. The Minister of State...

Seanad: Flood Relief (10 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. It is extraordinary that the flooding concerned occurred in 2009 and that the Minister of State has stated in her reply to the motion that "it would likely be some time in 2012 before construction works could commence". That is a sad indictment of the processes and procedures we have in place. It is of little consolation to the people of Cork...

Seanad: National Housing Development Survey: Motion (10 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: They were the Minister of State's colleagues or partners in Government.