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Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: People in glasshouses should not throw stones.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Ellis's performance is great.

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2009: Second Stage (29 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. I compliment Senator Donohoe on his reasonable and good contribution and on his approach to this Bill. This Bill has been awaited keenly and while many vested interest groups have lobbied on it, the Bill will never replace the lives of those who have been lost in road traffic accidents. At the back of their minds, Members should remember those who have died...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2009: Second Stage (29 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I am reluctant to agree. On what grounds are we suspending the sitting? This is the third interruption of the debate on the Bill. I thought it was the custom when a Minister was in the Seanad that he or she would not be required to attend the other House. I accept the Leader has a difficulty with some members of his party in the other House. He might be poked by a stag.

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2009: Second Stage (29 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Not really, no.

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2009: Second Stage (29 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I look forward to being on the other side.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (29 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I hope the Leader will remember that we should not be adjourning the debate for votes in the Dáil. I hope the Leader will get his act together for tomorrow and for the rest of the debates of the week. As I was saying before I was interrupted by the vote, it is important that we tackle the issue of rural isolation and transport. I pose the following question to the Government Members. Is...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I accept that. It is like a goldfish bowl mentality. I would like to see the statistics for accidents on the motorways between Cork and Dublin and Dublin and Belfast. I appeal to the Minister that we should go back to enforcing the speed limits where we have the majority of road traffic accidents and fatalities, on the non-national roads of rural Ireland. I ask the Minister what is the...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2009: Second Stage (29 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator should say that to Deputy John Gormley.

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2009: Second Stage (29 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: It is a pity the Senator cannot drive the Government. I apologise, they are doing the stag Bill.

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2009: Second Stage (29 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: There will be nothing left in rural Ireland after the Senator's party.

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2009: Second Stage (29 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The Government should tax it as well.

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2009: Second Stage (29 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: There are no trains in rural Ireland.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I join Senator Fitzgerald in asking the Leader a specific question. Is it the case that the Government of which he is a member puts more value on the stag and on dogs than on human beings? If the Leader answers that question honestly, the answer will be that it is.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Not one Member opposite came into this House to vote against the cuts in social welfare or any financial matter which affected people. We have not heard one positive comment about employment from them, and today we got a frenzy by the national media and backbench Fianna Fáil TDs and some Senators about stags and dogs. What happened to people? What happened to the people in Neilstown last...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: That is a specific question to the Leader.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Those are comments attributed to members of his Government who came into Government on the crest of zero tolerance. Where is it today? There are cuts in gardaí. There are gardaí in Cork city who have not a car to drive in because it has been taken off the road because it has gone over the threshold of miles. There are gardaí who cannot get the proper equipment because of the cutbacks....

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: There is a reference to "Rip-off Ireland" on the website.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: It was called "Rip-off Ireland".