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Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: It was the whole body of the people. I was there.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: It was the whole body of the people, not just a percentage.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator is out of touch, like the Government.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: They will be outside at 12.30 today. I will bring the Senator out.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Is this the Order of Business?

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: That is two quotas the Leader has gained.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator's party is not catering for them now.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: The Leader is flip-flopping again.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: And wisdom.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Contracts were signed and the bill must be paid.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator supported the budget measure last week.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Leyden has made the case for the new name of Fianna Fáil, which should be the flip-flop party. Yet again, he has underlined the double-speak of Fianna Fáil.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: I am coming to that.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: I understand why some Senators on the Government side are upset because they will not be there for long more.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Like Senator Fitzgerald, I ask the Leader to hold the debate today on No. 24, motion 25, today. In so doing, I ask him whether he and the Members on the Government side defend the savage attack on the elderly. If we are serious about politics, then today is a day when we should have a debate about the fact that over the past seven days, elderly people have made sacrifices in taking...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: We were accused in this House of playing politics. We have not played politics with it.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Has this Government forgotten the old idea to which we all aspire of respect for our elders? Have we abandoned the constitutional claim to protect and cherish our young people? Will the Leader stand over the 32 cuts in education that will worsen class sizes and lead to a denigration of the provision of education for all our young people?

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: He has not listened up to now.

Seanad: Child Care Services: Statements (Resumed) (21 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit, Deputy John Moloney. It is extraordinary that we are debating child care again today. I do not believe speaking on child care should be the preserve of female Senators. I speak as an uncle and godfather of five children under six. The formative years of children are vital and those of us in education understand this. Sometimes I wonder if Ministers...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: That side of the House is certainly not saying the same as it said last week.