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Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: People are emigrating.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: No original thought at all.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: It is not appropriate.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Does Senator O'Malley have a question for the Leader?

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: More jobs for the boys.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: It is a pity Fianna Fáil------

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: He might be a Senator next time.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I join in congratulating the new members of the Cabinet and the Ministers of State. They have been placed in a unique position in Irish politics because they will be the last Fianna Fáil and Green Party appointees to the Government for a generation. I hope they will enjoy their service for the couple of years they have left in office.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I have, but I was being interrupted. My question for the Leader is explicit: when will the Minister for Finance explain to the Seanad-----

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I shall repeat my question in order that the Leader will hear it properly. When will the Minister for Finance come to the House specifically to deal with the issue of Anglo Irish Bank and the decision made by its board to reward members of the staff with a pay increase? It is not solely about the pay increase but about the process used in arriving at it. As Senators O'Toole and Donohoe...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I am coming to it.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The people are sick and tired of the bleating of the Green Party and the tweeting of Senator Boyle; what they want-----

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: My question is------

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I have if I could ask it.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: When the new Cabinet has settled in, when can we expect to see its make-up, who is in charge of FÁS and responsible for job creation?

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: When the new Cabinet settles into its duties, can we expect to see the Cabinet makeup and find out who is in charge of and responsible for FÁS and job creation?

Seanad: Finance Bill 2010 (Certified Money Bill): Second Stage. (24 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: That is correct.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2010 (Certified Money Bill): Second Stage. (24 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit, Deputy Peter Power. The last section of Senator Doherty's speech resembled someone perhaps looking for transfers in the by-election in Donegal. I hope he will not need them and that Barry O'Neill will win the by-election. The backdrop to this Finance Bill is an economic crisis. Unemployment in the State is now 13.1%, according to Central Statistics...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2010 (Certified Money Bill): Second Stage. (24 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The Finance Bill contains no jobs stimulus package or incentives to reward entrepreneurship. For the public sector worker, there is a further accentuation of the 2008 taxation measures and the 2009 budget measures. The Government has successfully waged a war on the public sector worker. It has wrongly demonised those workers, accentuating the divide between the private and public sectors....

Seanad: Finance Bill 2010 (Certified Money Bill): Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I look forward to Senator Donohoe's recommendation on provisions for research and development. It is important the Bill fosters innovative changes for industry and allows businesses to prosper. Senator Butler spoke about entrepreneurship, rewarding enterprise, the smart economy and employment, with which I agree. We need to look after our small and medium sized enterprises. However, when...