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Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Ross should think of the power he would have in Government.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Can I ask the Leader whether the Green Party is still in government? If it is, Senator Bacik's amendment to the Order of Business would not be necessary. The Members opposite might get real.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I know it is embarrassing, but the Government is the Government and the Members opposite are meant to be of the parties of government.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: With respect to the Chair, it is relevant to the Order of Business.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I remind Senator Walsh that it was the Government, under his party's stewardship, that set the fees for the tribunals and, in this case, the Government reduced the fees but decided not to apply them to the current tribunals. It is your Government that has done this.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: It is relevant to the amendment.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: In that case, I will ask the Leader. Does he agree with me that Senator Walsh's amendment would not be necessary if the Government did its work properly? I join other Senators in asking-----

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: You can reduce the fees payble, if you choose to do so.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Under existing legislation, the Government can reduce the fees payable, if it wishes to do so, as Senator Walsh knows well. It is a failure of the Government and the Members opposite.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I ask that the Minister for Social Protection-----

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Goals can be scored in injury time also.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I ask that the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Ó Cuív, come to the House. For a number of weeks he has been creating tension and fear and causing pandemonium among the elderly and now lone parents. What is the Government's policy on social welfare?

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator is in government now. He can change the law.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator can act now as he is in government.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Boyle is in government.

Seanad: Adult Education: Motion (2 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. It has never been more important that a Minister of State with responsibility for lifelong learning is active in his brief and that he has the ear of his senior Minister, Deputy Mary Coughlan, as well as the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe. It is important we put things in context. The unemployment figures today...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I ask the Minister for Education and Skills to come to the House as a matter of urgency because there is a significant deficit in the Government's education policy. More children are leaving school unable to read and write properly. There is a question mark against grades at third level and the awarding of degrees. It is important, therefore, that we have a debate on education. I join...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: We should go there.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jun 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 May 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: That is right.