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Seanad: Order of Business (29 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: What did Deputy John McGuinness say?

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: What did Deputy Noel O'Flynn say?

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Not in the Tánaiste.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I ask the Leader to provide time for a rolling debate on the economy. This morning we hear that our standardised unemployment rate rose to 11.4% in April. That figure represents Irish people without a job. Senator Boyle may lament the fact that those of us on this side of the House are critical of what is happening but the reality is that there is no leadership, no plan and no vision....

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: We should forget this codology about celebrity questions and answers. Who is the HSE codding? That is an example of why this Government has failed the Irish people. It thinks it can bring in Gerald Kean for an hour and a half and have platitudes on the reason the health service is so good. It is not good. I want the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Mary Harney, to come in here...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: What did he say?

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: It has not happened yet.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Can we get the minutes of the parliamentary party meeting?

Seanad: National Drugs Strategy (28 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Chair for allowing me to raise this issue. I thank the Minister of State for coming in to deal with the issue of drug rehabilitation facilities outside Dublin. It must be acknowledged that we do not have enough beds for rehabilitation, particularly in Cork which has no detox beds. A report carried out by Dr. Mai Mannix highlights the fact that we should have 24 beds for the...

Seanad: National Drugs Strategy (28 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: While I thank the Minister of State for his reply, the people he mentioned would state they are struggling to cope with demand and that they require more resources. The Minister of State stated he had requested the national drug rehabilitation implementation committee to carry out a review. When does he hope to have this review published and implemented?

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I join Senator Fitzgerald and other speakers in asking for a debate on job creation. Senator Feeney and others should note the people are tired of the internal wrangling in Fianna Fáil. They do not care and it is a non-story.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: What people want are jobs and job retention-----

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: More importantly, they seek leadership from the Government.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Last week, the Leader did Members, including me, a disservice by refusing to answer my request. I hope he will do so today because the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment has not come to the House since her appointment.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: What does this tell Members about unemployment and her attitudes to the unemployed? I also ask the Leader for a debate on the role of the Revenue Commissioners. I have been informed anecdotally that Revenue, correctly in some cases, has been challenging and investigating small enterprises. I find it extraordinary that Revenue is asking small to medium enterprise owners the reason their...

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I will conclude by noting that Fianna Fáil entered Government on a zero-tolerance policy that it has abandoned to the four winds. The ordinary person has suffered in consequence and it is time that Members stood up to such thugs.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: The Leader should consider the facts. He is afraid to knock on doors.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: The Leader must look to the facts. He is afraid to knock on doors.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: The people have seen through Fianna Fáil at last..