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Seanad: Head Shops: Statements (3 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: They are head shops after all.

Seanad: Head Shops: Statements (3 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: That is correct.

Seanad: Water and Roads Infrastructure: Motion (3 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: By the Senator's Government.

Seanad: Water and Roads Infrastructure: Motion (3 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: We saw the response from the Minister this week.

Seanad: Water and Roads Infrastructure: Motion (3 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Senator O'Toole for sharing time with me. The Government's response to the flooding in Cork has been poor, particularly its response to the draft Lee Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management Study. I would like answers to specific questions. Why is the Government refusing to invest €100 million in the provision of flood relief in Cork, as recommended in the report? It is...

Seanad: Schools Building Projects (3 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach for allowing me to raise this matter and I welcome the Minister of State. Yet again, we must submit a request for an Adjournment debate on the situation pertaining to Ballygarvan national school in Cork. As the Minister of State is aware, this school has been promised for quite some time. It seems almost a generation ago since the school was promised when...

Seanad: Schools Building Projects (3 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Minister of State for his reply, which was disappointing. In the reply there was a failure to acknowledge whether the issue regarding the acquisition of the three separate parcels of land has been resolved. Is there a date for the completion of the project? When will the Department resubmit further information requests to Cork County Council? When will the planning issue be...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: It will be debated tomorrow.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: It is imperative that the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Moloney, be invited to the House. The maltreatment of the elderly and disabled reflects very badly not only on Irish society but also on the Government, which has failed to legislate. I disagree fundamentally with Senator Ormonde because, in spite of our having had 12 years of almost one-party...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: They do not help save lives or promote road safety. The debate should determine how the Legislature can improve road safety. Yesterday the National Roads Authority announced its roads programme for 2010, which is an appalling indictment of the Government's lack of commitment to the roads and people in rural and urban areas.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I join Senator Cummins in asking for the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to attend the House. It is extraordinary that 40% of gardaí have less than five years of experience and that more than 200 senior management positions remain unfilled. This is a sad indictment of Government policy not just towards the Garda, but towards tackling crime. As Senator Cummins stated...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: We know the Cathaoirleach does not have control but he should have.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jan 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: He will not do it.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jan 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: We raised the matter on the Adjournment last night.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jan 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Is the Minister still missing?

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jan 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Did the Senator find him?

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jan 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I cannot help but think I am in a dream this morning because listening to Members opposite, one would swear they were in opposition.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jan 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Does the Cathaoirleach agree that the Minister for Education and Science and his Cabinet colleagues are in the process of dismantling education? A total of 1,200 special needs assistants are to lose their jobs. The pupil-teacher ratio has increased and the NUI is being abolished. Cuts have been made to the leaving certificate applied programme, while the spectre of the McCarthy report...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jan 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Boyle spoke in the House yesterday about the increase in the number of teachers.