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Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I appreciate that——

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: We need to roll over this debate to another day.

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: It would be wrong if we concluded the debate today with a statement from the Minister of State because Members on both sides of the House wish to speak on it.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: He did not say that.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I again raise with the Leader the need for an urgent debate on the consumption of alcohol in this country. The research yesterday which blamed alcohol for 6,500 deaths over a five-year period illustrates the seriousness of the alcohol crisis. The Leader knows well that I have raised the point in this House previously. When are we going to learn that we have a national epidemic and crisis...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Where was the Minister?

Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear. Well said.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: He had the wind behind him.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I seek a debate on the reconfiguration of HSE services. This morning's Irish Examiner reported that Cork University Hospital would be the sole acute care centre for the region. I am concerned by the consistent and persistent downgrading of medical services in Cork city. Is there political interference in the HSE? Are members of the Government interfering in the running of the HSE? A...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Fianna Fáil will get the returns it deserves all right; there is no need to worry about that.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (20 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: What policy does he have? Where was he for the past ten years?

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (20 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Fianna Fáil Ministers presided over the banking crisis. The Leader should give the facts.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (20 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Give the facts about the Minister's responsibility.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (20 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Whose cashflow?

Seanad: Organic Food Industry: Statements (20 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Cuirim fáilte roimh an tAire Stáit. Today marks our second debate on the organic food industry. I welcome the debate and thank the Minister of State for being here. It is important to welcome the progress that has been made. Regarding the food industry, I am tempted to roll out the famous old Fianna Fáil slogan and change it to "a little done, tonnes to do", if the House will pardon...

Seanad: Organic Food Industry: Statements (20 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I appreciate that, and I do not refer to the Minister of State but to the fact that the main Government party is bringing this in when we should be talking about the collapse of dairy and beef prices in the industry and milk prices. On RTE's "Agriview" over recent weeks, there have been farmers, their wives and members of Macra na Feirme speaking on national radio about being in poverty....

Seanad: Organic Food Industry: Statements (20 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I am talking in general.

Seanad: Organic Food Industry: Statements (20 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I am talking about the price. The Minister of State is focusing in and I am broadening this debate because it is on one segment of the Irish agriculture industry - organic food.

Seanad: Organic Food Industry: Statements (20 May 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I appreciate that but I am broadening the debate because it needs to be broadened. I understand where the Minister of State is coming from because he has a particular slant on one section of the market.