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Seanad: Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Carbon Revenue Levy) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: This Bill is long overdue; it is a scandal that we had to wait so long for it. Electricity generation has changed; it is now a complex market. However, it should not be; there should be transparency. There are two groups - consumers and businesses. The best thing the Minister did was to introduce smart meters. I have one in my house and it allows the user to monitor the use of electricity...

Seanad: Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Carbon Revenue Levy) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I am doing so.

Seanad: Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Carbon Revenue Levy) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I apologise. Fine Gael supports the overall principles of the Bill. It is important the consumer benefits from this and that we provide stimulus for the domestic economy to grow. This can be done by reducing our energy costs and the financial gains being passed to the economy to assist in rebuilding our competitiveness, be it in the tourism industry or elsewhere, I do not mind. This...

Seanad: Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Carbon Revenue Levy) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator McCarthy missed his slot.

Seanad: Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Carbon Revenue Levy) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator McCarthy is on the right wing of the Labour Party.

Seanad: Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Carbon Revenue Levy) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I would not call him a gentleman.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Bill 2010: Second Stage (23 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. I also thank the Whip for allowing me to speak now. I compliment the Minister on the Bill. Notwithstanding the cross-party support for the legislation, some of the measures taken by the Government to tackle the drugs problem have not worked and Government policy on the wider issue of drugs and drug abuse has created major problems. I look forward to engaging...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: On a point of order, Members opposite have given out to me in the antechamber on many occasions and I have never done anything about it. We are mature politicians and grown men and women.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: How could one follow that poodle?

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Coffey made a very relevant contribution on the Order of Business. We need not only a debate on housing but real action on the issue. Thousands of people are living in housing secured with rent allowance or in council housing and they are up to their eyes in debt. At the same time thousands of houses are idle because councils across the country do not have the money to refurbish...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I would like to have a debate on journalism, public discourse and how columnists influence what is happening in the world.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Hanafin is gone but I should clarify that Mr. Alan Greenspan was the chairman of the Federal Reserve, not the Treasury in the United States.

Seanad: Innovation and Job Creation: Statements (22 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Innovation and Job Creation: Statements (22 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Cuirim fáilte roimh an tAire Stáit. Senator Carty was going well until the end of his contribution. However, what he said earlier was correct. The banks must play a significant role in job creation and in assisting innovation and enterprise. On today's Order of Business, Senator O'Toole stated that the cost of regulating the banks last year was €39 million and that the figure will...

Seanad: Innovation and Job Creation: Statements (22 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Our competitiveness is being eroded. Ireland has been referred to as the builder and creator of jobs in the construction industry but what about Ireland the employer? It is stated day after day that the cost of doing business in this country is not being addressed. A Martian who landed in Ireland in 2005 and returned in 2010 would find it difficult to conceive the programme for Government...

Seanad: Innovation and Job Creation: Statements (22 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Talk to Joe.

Seanad: Innovation and Job Creation: Statements (22 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: They visit economists bringing garlic.

Seanad: Innovation and Job Creation: Statements (22 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: There was no contest in his re-election.

Seanad: School Staffing Levels (22 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I thought I was second.

Seanad: School Staffing Levels (22 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The Minister of State is very welcome to the House. I wish to raise the situation of Scoil Barra Naofa Cailíní, Beaumont in Cork and paint a picture for the Minister of State regarding staffing and pupil numbers. I hope the Minister of State will have good news because this is a progressive and modern school which has tried to get the right balance between class sizes and teachers. It...