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Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: I am asking the question. What do they say to the people who today are living in poverty, which was created by their Government? People come in here every day and talk about national government. Where was the call for national government when it was spending with largesse for the past 11 years and squandering billions of taxpayers' money? Where was the call for unity then?

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: There was none. I ask the Leader to bring in the Taoiseach who has been missing. He should also bring in the other two fugitives, the Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe, and the Tánaiste, Deputy Coughlan. They have been missing. They have not come into the House. Children are in crisis in schools and unemployed people are looking for leadership. The Ministers are...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: The Government would steal them.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator had his own Tallaght strategy at breakfast yesterday.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: It is available?

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Has it been published?

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Where is the plan?

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: I wish to share time with Senator Bradford.

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: I will take five minutes and Senator Bradford will take two minutes. It is an opportune time for us to be here. I am reminded of the lyrics of a Wolfe Tones song which goes, "Here we go again, we are on the road again." Unlike Celtic, the Government does not have a happy record of winning and makes bad decisions worse.

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Unlike Senator Norris, I welcome the Minister of State to the House and applaud her temerity and courage in going to speak at the public meeting. I wish she could have been heard as democracy is about hearing all views, which I respect. This debate is not just about social justice. It concerns the value we place on our people, particularly senior citizens. The debate is important because...

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: He promised largesse. There was no need to introduce it. To paraphrase Senator Callely's comments this morning, Fianna Fáil was the best thing since sliced bread for senior citizens so why did it need to introduce that? There was no need other than to buy the election. It was a cynical vote-getting exercise. I was at the church and on Kildare Street when the protests took place. Those...

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: The Minister of State should go back to the former Tánaiste and tell her to forget co-location and public private partnership in health. We should have universality and equal access for all our citizens. We have heard a great mantra from Government about millionaires, but public servants such as gardaí and teachers are not millionaires and we should not penalise them. Some people are...

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: If the Government wishes to change its mind, we will facilitate it.

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: The sting of a dying wasp.

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: It was the Minister, Deputy Martin.

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: What did the Minister, Deputy Micheál Martin, do?