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Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: I did not say what the Leader indicated I did.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: He misrepresented what I said. I asked a specific question.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: I asked a specific question.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: The Leader misrepresented me. I will resume my seat.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: The Leader misrepresented what I said.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Support Services Grants. (6 Nov 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: I wish to share my time with Senator Ross.

Seanad: Support Services Grants. (6 Nov 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Haughey, and thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing me to raise this matter regarding the budget cuts that will affect Protestant schools. As the Minister of State knows, many of our Protestant secondary schools are rural voluntary schools. I am talking about schools such as Bandon Grammar School and Midleton College in Cork. These have been...

Seanad: Support Services Grants. (6 Nov 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Minister of State for his reply but it is disappointing. In meeting the Archbishop, would the Minister of State also include Bishop Colton of Cork? What happens to those who cannot afford to pay fees? What happens if a school loses a teacher? Will the State provide education? That has not been addressed.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: I join colleagues in asking the Leader to make time available for an urgent debate with the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment on rising unemployment figures. There was an increase of 15,800 in one month of the numbers on the live register. We are not merely discussing statistics, we are talking about people and their families. It is important that a debate take...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: That is not correct.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: On a point of order, I would be happy to correct the record if that is the case.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Quinn might yet hold that office in this country. What about Senator Mary White for President?

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: It is somewhat like Drumcondra.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Will the Senator be travelling to Kenya?

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: This is the greatest country in the world.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator did not say that though.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Another U-turn.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Yes, the Leader should talk facts.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: What about housing in the 1960s and early 1970s, the tenements that Fianna Fáil built and the ghettoisation of Irish people? That was Fianna Fáil policy.