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Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: It is called a U-turn. What about stamp duty?

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: That is right.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: I join with my colleague, Senator O'Donovan, in asking the Leader to press the Minister to come into the House for a debate on the Cork-Swansea ferry. It is critical to regional development in the southern region and particularly in the Cork-Kerry tourism area. I join with Senator Cummins in raising the issue of drugs and, in particular, "Prime Time Investigates" last. Like Senator...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: They are not happy this week.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: He is following in the footsteps of previous Fine Gael Taoisigh.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: Was that before the general election?

Seanad: Merits of Farmers' Markets: Statements (6 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: You would not get an answer in Kerry.

Seanad: Merits of Farmers' Markets: Statements (6 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: Yes, if that is agreeable.

Seanad: Merits of Farmers' Markets: Statements (6 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: I again welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Deputy Sargent, to the House. The debate this morning is timely and I congratulate the Minister of State on his initiative last week when he launched the regulations. While it is important to have regulations, it also is important to take cognisance of the fact that Ireland must travel a long way....

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: It was Government policy.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: It is like decentralisation.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: Was it the former Minister, Deputy O'Rourke?

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: Who passed it?

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: It is what we would do in government.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: I join Senator Fitzgerald in her comments on the budget's provisions regarding the less well off. I am disappointed that my learned colleague, Senator Boyle, has taken the Fianna Fáil line hook, line and sinker when he was singing from a different hymn sheet a number of months ago.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: I am on the Order of Business.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: The facts are clear. If one speaks with people in the housing market——

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: The Government has abandoned decentralisation.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: I ask the Leader for a debate on the role of the national broadcaster in its public service commitment. I raise this in the context of Cumann Lúthchleas Gael and its decision to change the schedule of GAA games for the 2008 season. I am concerned that our national sporting organisation is embarking on a route of pay-to-watch television for its matches. I understand it has the right to its...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: The Green Party abandoned that to get into Government.