Results 21,021-21,040 of 24,340 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer

Seanad: Sports Capital Programme. (30 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I hate to take issue with the Minister of State in her first full week in the post, and I appreciate the matter is not the responsibility of her Department, but her final two paragraphs are completely contradictory and at variance with one another. It is not business as usual and there is no sports capital programme for 2009 or 2010. The Minister of State stated that new rounds have not...

Seanad: Sports Capital Programme. (30 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: This is important.

Seanad: Sports Capital Programme. (30 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I appreciate that and I crave the Leas-Chathaoirleach's indulgence for one minute because this is very important. At the next election, the Minister of State and her colleagues will announce sports capital programmes and throw money at people like they did in the past. A total of €275 million was transferred to the Exchequer from the surplus of the national lottery. Where did that money go?

Seanad: Sports Capital Programme. (30 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Are we expected to believe this rubbish from Government all the time? The Minister of State is a community person and people in sports and community clubs cannot keep going. What we have been given here this evening is rubbish.

Seanad: Sports Capital Programme. (30 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: It is rubbish. It is absolute rubbish.

Seanad: Sports Capital Programme. (30 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: It is not business as usual - the thing has stopped.

Seanad: Sports Capital Programme. (30 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: We have had no sports capital programme and the Government is peddling lies.

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I ask the Leader to have a debate this week on the issue of social partnership. In so doing, I commend the unions on their ability to reach a deal last night. This is but one step. Why could Government not have done this last November or December? Why were four months of hardship endured by people who are already under great pressure? The reason is that we have a failed Government with...

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: When will that happen?

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: We had a weekend of the Greens hyperventilating.

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I know this is embarrassing for the Members opposite. The policies of the Government are failed policies.

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I am speaking to the Order of Business, which is important to the people of the country.

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Dearey should think of the billions of euro which could have been used to create jobs instead of recapitalising banks. The money could have been invested in our health or education services or in rewarding entrepreneurs.

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Think what we could do with those billions. It is about time the reality was faced. Senator Dearey is a new Senator and I understand that. However, he should think about the cosy cartel of Fianna Fáil, the banks and business.

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: See where the cosy cartel has brought us.

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: We have 13% unemployment. What do the Green Party Members say about Deputies Bertie Ahern and Charlie McCreevy now? They have not mentioned them lately. Are they ashamed of them?

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senators opposite should be ashamed of those people's policies because they are the people who are responsible for the situation we are in today.

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: It was all over last Saturday night. Even the candles nearly burnt out.

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: As they are all on the Front Bench on the Government side, I compliment the Green Members for taking control of the Seanad.

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: On his Twitter account this morning, the Deputy Leader referred to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Gormley, having to clean up the mess in the Dublin Docklands Development Authority. Has the Deputy Leader seen the report? If so, what did he mean by having to clean up the mess? I agree with Senator Coffey and Senator Donohoe, and formally second the...