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Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jan 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator could take the bus.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jan 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: All the buses are gone now.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (29 Jan 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister to the House. This side of the Chamber embraces the principle of an independent electoral commission. As the Minister said, the commission is composed of eminent and suitably qualified people. I thank the members of the commission for their diligent work. It is not an easy task to represent the people by reviewing, redrawing and planning electoral boundaries. Those...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (29 Jan 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I will explain my position. We have 19 weeks to the local elections in June.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (29 Jan 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I hope the Minister will bring that in. My party may not be in favour of it, but I am.

Seanad: Economic Issues: Motion (28 Jan 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Boyle has forgotten where he was a few years ago. He was better off a Deputy.

Seanad: Economic Issues: Motion (28 Jan 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: He has lost his soul since he lost his seat.

Seanad: Economic Issues: Motion (28 Jan 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: He cannot cope with being in Government.

Seanad: Economic Issues: Motion (28 Jan 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Ask Chris O'Leary.

Seanad: Economic Issues: Motion (28 Jan 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I will waive my time.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: He said "slopes", not "slants".

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator should get off.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: What happened in Lisbon?

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Will the Leader provide for a debate on the programme for Government? I join Senator Donohoe in asking why the Taoiseach is attending the Davos summit this week. Why can he not send the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment instead? Senator Callely earlier spoke about the banks. It is the job of the Taoiseach and the Minister for Finance to ensure the banks are...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: It is important to clarify the matter for the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: It was the Fianna Fáil Party which played pin-up, as it were, with politics——

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: ——and the legacy we have is the mess in which we now find ourselves. If Senator Butler is the clarion call for a beacon, then God help us. We might as well all give up.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: We are trying to tackle the Government.