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Seanad: Order of Business (8 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Will Senator Boyle say that when he is out canvassing?

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: He should not lecture us with his pious platitudes.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: You sacrificed the people of Ireland to stay in power.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: The Government has sacrificed the future of this island. Shame on it.

Seanad: Bowel Cancer Awareness: Statements (7 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Prendergast is looking well though and is a long way from owning a free bus pass.

Seanad: Bowel Cancer Awareness: Statements (7 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I dtús, gabhaim buíochas le muintir na hÉireann agus go mórmhór, the Irish Cancer Society. I thank the organisers of Daffodil Day and pay tribute to the many thousands of volunteers who collected money on that day. In particular, I pay tribute to my local co-ordinator, Breda Ryan, who I know well and who did a great job in organising it. At the...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: If they got it right the first time there would have been no need for it.

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.