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Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I am being interrupted and I cannot speak.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Will the Leader-----

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I spoke for only half a minute.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Will the Leader facilitate the Green Party Members who are probably now at an eco-conference on how to survive U-turns? Where are they again today? Where are the Green Party Members? We need a debate, as Senator Fitzgerald-----

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I am coming to the question now. We need a debate-----

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I am in no rush.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: With respect, I did not mention any Member of the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I appreciate the Cathaoirleach's ruling.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: My question is that the Leader promised to have a debate on the bilateral agreement with Vietnam, on the pharmacists issue, on small and medium-sized enterprises and to resume the debate on the Ryan report. We have not had any of those debates during the past two weeks of this session. There is a great road sign in Senator Daly's area in Kerry instructing motorists to "taisteal go mall"...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Will the Leader say when-----

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: -----the debate on the Ryan report will resume? The debate on that report was guillotined.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: When will that debate resume?

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I join Senator O'Toole in calling for a debate on social partnership. Pope Benedict, in his third encyclical, refers to a new economic order and discusses justice and truth. Social partnership is necessary and Oireachtas Members must be part of the process. I appeal to the Leader to invite the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to the House to inform Senators of...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Will the Leader take cognisance of what has been said here today? We have important legislation. There have been 16 deaths from gangland crime in this country this year. We should not rush this legislation, which is important for the victims and for those who will be put behind bars. We have an obligation as citizens and parliamentarians to go through legislation line by line. Senator...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: It is relevant in this context.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I am coming to the question. I appreciate that.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: If one looks at the IMF report-----

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: The IMF report highlights the incompetence of the Taoiseach and his Minister for Finance. The Green Party is not happy with the programme for Government. When will we have a debate on the programme for Government? Are the Greens, like the summer wasps and flies, hanging on for dear life, gasping for air on the paper of Government when they are been killed off by the people and Fianna Fáil...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I referred to nobody.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I refer to the party members.