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Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I second Senator Fitzgerald's amendment to the Order of Business. Senator O'Malley may be correct in regard to salaries but that does not give the Government the right to cut respite care to those who need it most. Respite care is not a luxury; it is a necessity and it is a bad sign for our society if we make cuts to the most vulnerable and the voiceless. I ask the Leader to invite the...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: On a point of order, there are six CEOs-----

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I want to clarify this for the record of the House. There are six CEOs with the Brothers of Charity, not five, and none of them is on the salary of the Taoiseach. I checked that out and I can verify it for the Leader.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Not one of them earns the same salary as the Taoiseach. The Leader is peddling a lie. He is peddling a lie.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The record of the House must be shown to be correct.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: We will read the blacks tomorrow for the Leader.

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Second Stage (6 Jul 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I will conclude. Every week I meet many women who do not want to be in a position of dependency on child benefit or the social welfare system in general. They and others need a Government that takes care of them. Social protection is about protection. It is about looking after, minding and encouraging people to get off welfare, to get a job and to have a society where we reward employment...

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Second Stage (6 Jul 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I would support the Bill if I saw the colour of the Government's money in the Bill on child care, community welfare, afterschool care and job clubs. That is not there.

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Second Stage (6 Jul 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I will conclude. This Bill-----

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Second Stage (6 Jul 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: We have no policy on activation, as the Senator knows well. As someone who has often voted differently from what she should have done, I will not take lectures from Senator O'Malley on how to vote on this Bill.

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Second Stage (6 Jul 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I have not spoken yet.

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Second Stage (6 Jul 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I am glad he only has one minute.

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Second Stage (6 Jul 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. This is a necessary and welcome debate. I recognise that the Government has increased pension rates by 120%, unemployment benefit by 130% and child benefit payments by 330%. These are welcome increases which all of us support and salute. The Bill, however, is a savage attack on those in receipt of social welfare payments. What do we mean by the term...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The chain has come off the bike.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I am amused at the silence and glumness of the Senators opposite.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Does the Leader intend to have a sos today to facilitate the meeting of the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party to discuss a motion of confidence in the Taoiseach?

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senators opposite are gloomy and I know the Taoiseach is under pressure, but the best thing he could do now is to resign and let us all have a general election. If ever we had proof-----

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I have asked the Leader one question already. If we ever had proof that this is a failed Government, we had it this morning with the proposed cuts in disability services in terms of respite care. Senator Dearey rightly raised this issue instead of Senator Healy Eames.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: In regard to the national development plan, which has now been shelved, postponed or halted, there is no jobs stimulus plan, no vision for the future, no reaching out to workers who were employed in the construction industry and there is no sign of hope for people.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: My question is - I know the Senators opposite are embarrassed by the Government, I appreciate and understand that-----