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Seanad: Order of Business (7 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: They are wearing L-plates.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I am glad Senator Glynn was watching.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Talk of fairness in today's budget is premature when one considers the way the Government has dealt with the elderly, those with special needs and cystic fibrosis patients. Can we have a debate on unemployment? I call for a debate on social partnership. I welcome the return to talks by all involved in social partnership. It is time that elected Oireachtas representatives had a role in...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: The holy trinity.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Two potent images this week have struck us. The first was yesterday's of the queues for food in Dublin. ICTU man and IBEC man have done well while breakfast-roll man and woman, parents of that child with autism or parents trying to care for the elderly, have been victimised by the Government. I challenge IBEC to live on the minimum wage for the week and let us see how we get on. We must...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I will conclude on this. We are losing the battle against drugs and gangland war and the time for rhetoric is over.

Seanad: Carers' Allowance. (1 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I ask the Chair's permission to share time equally with Senator McFadden. I welcome the Minister of State and thank him for attending. This matter is very simple. It asks that we recognise the contribution of carers. I pay particular tribute to the carers in my area of Cork city, to Mr. Peter Cox and those involved in the Cork Family Carers Forum. Over 106,000 people provide full-time care...

Seanad: Carers' Allowance. (1 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I am disappointed the Government has not proceeded with the implementation of the cost-neutral element of the national carers' strategy. The Minister of State in his reply referred to the fact the interdepartmental working group did not complete a final text. Why was this the case? Why is it not possible to isolate a set of so-called...

Seanad: Carers' Allowance. (1 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: The Minister of State was in Monaghan last week with Inclusion Ireland and made a presentation. This is part of what we are talking about.

Seanad: Carers' Allowance. (1 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Go raibh maith agat.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: He was right.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: The people will bring about regime change if the Government calls an election.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: If the International Monetary Fund is brought in, it will be because of Fianna Fáil.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I have been making that point for the last couple of weeks.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I join other speakers in condemning the Government. I ask the Leader to invite the Minister for Health and Children to the House to discuss the tragic situation of cystic fibrosis patients. The Leader's Government appears to have lost its moral compass, as exemplified by the Minister's U-turn decision on the matter. I ask for a debate on the economy, to include the unemployment and...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I am coming to the question. It now seems to be Government policy to blame the officials. Senator Daly blames the media. However, last weekend the magazine section of The Sunday Times carried a very good analytical piece on the Irish economy and Irish banking institutions. It did not blame the Government but condemned it on its policy and lack of regulation. Has the Government now...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Soon to be Senator Coughlan.

Seanad: Tourism Industry: Statements (25 Mar 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. I wish well in their endeavours those involved in the campaign to make the Cliffs of Moher one of the seven natural wonders of the world. I hope they are successful because the Cliffs of Moher are a magnificent attraction on the west coast. It is good that the Minister has remained in the House for the debate. Some of his colleagues tend to leave before...