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Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The term is "self-serving".

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I second Senator Coghlan's amendment to the Order of Business. I ask the Leader for a debate on the ESRI report because it seems that Senator Boyle and members of the Government, when it is convenient, can ridicule an independent body that has provided excellent reports to Government for a generation. The management of waste and the whole issue of the environment needs to be debated, but it...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: My question for each of the Senators on the Government side is why they did not-----

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I am asking the Leader and the others, through him-----

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I am concluding on this. Do they realise that they are members of a party in Government and are not in Opposition, that they cannot stand on the plinth and say one thing and then say another thing before the parliamentary party, and, more important, they cannot legislate and then say the opposite?

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: They should go to the people and accept the consequences of their failed economic policies.

Seanad: Head Shops: Statements (3 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. This debate is both timely and necessary but we should have had it before now. There has been an exponential growth in the number of head shops throughout the country. As Senator Feeney said, these shops sell legal highs designed to give people a feeling of elation. Such premises should be subject to strict regulation immediately because they are dangerous...

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.