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- 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.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jan 2010)
Jerry Buttimer: Members should go to schools to see the number of teachers employed and look at the rise in the pupil-teacher ratio.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jan 2010)
Jerry Buttimer: What about Senator Bacik?
- Seanad: Banking Sector: Statements (26 Jan 2010)
Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Haughey. Senator Donohoe was right in saying there would not be a public inquiry because those in government were afraid to be held accountable in public for a failed policy of regulation at State level, in the Central Bank, the office of the regulator, the Department of Finance, the Cabinet room and at the top in the Taoiseach's office. We need - to...
- Seanad: Road Network (26 Jan 2010)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing me to table this motion and Senator Coffey for sharing time. The motion is simple - additional funding is required by Cork city and county councils and all other local authorities. The roads are in a dangerous condition, badly need to be reinstated and, as Senator Coffey stated, upgraded properly. I call on the Government to stop failing citizens and...
- Seanad: Road Network (26 Jan 2010)
Jerry Buttimer: I have a question. Although this does not pertain to the Minister of State's Department, his reply was disappointing. He said that the NRA generally fully reimburses local authorities for expenditure. Will the NRA assist, through Government funding, local authorities which will now have to spend extra money on the maintenance of roads to rectify damage done by inclement weather? I hope...
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jan 2010)
Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jan 2010)
Jerry Buttimer: I join Senator Fitzgerald in calling for the Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe, to address this House as a matter of urgency. He is fast dismantling education such that the structure we will have in place will have no bearing compared with that which was in place five years ago. Those who need it the most, the most vulnerable with special needs, will have no recourse...
- Seanad: Employment and Competitiveness: Statements (21 Jan 2010)
Jerry Buttimer: Did the Senator say "success"?
- Seanad: Employment and Competitiveness: Statements (21 Jan 2010)
Jerry Buttimer: I listen all the time. That is the problem.
- Seanad: Employment and Competitiveness: Statements (21 Jan 2010)
Jerry Buttimer: I am waiting, like St. Paul, to be converted.
- Seanad: Employment and Competitiveness: Statements (21 Jan 2010)
Jerry Buttimer: Senator Boyle spoke about 15,000 jobs a minute ago.
- Seanad: Employment and Competitiveness: Statements (21 Jan 2010)
Jerry Buttimer: He is speaking against himself now.
- Seanad: Employment and Competitiveness: Statements (21 Jan 2010)
Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Calleary, to the House. I am sorry my friend, Senator Boyle, is leaving because he is right. We can throw out figures about jobs and proposals. The reality is that up to 2008 we enjoyed a period of increasing competitiveness. Why then, between 2001 and 2008, were we 20% above the eurozone average in our consumer prices? Were our costs too high,...