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Seanad: National Drugs Strategy: Statements (17 Oct 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: He is working closely with Deputy Paddy Sheehan in west Cork.

Seanad: National Drugs Strategy: Statements (17 Oct 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Boyle is to raise the matter of incineration on the Adjournment. In light of yesterday's decision on the incinerator in County Meath, I ask for a debate on incineration with a view to getting answers from the Minister as to whether the Green Party has changed its policy on incineration, including the planned one in Ringaskiddy.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: We will wait for the debate. We know the Green Party has changed many things since entering Government.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: It is important to have a comprehensive debate on incineration because——

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: ——the changes granted yesterday will have repercussions down the line. The Minister for Health and Children should come into the House to discuss the Irish Pharmaceutical Union and the dispensing of methadone. It is not good enough for the Minister to abdicate responsibility and pawn it off on the Health Service Executive.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: We are talking about the most vulnerable in society, including people to whom I spoke in my city of Cork who feel genuinely deprived and under siege, as do their families. This is not a political debate. We all accept that there are wrongs on both sides and we need a debate on the matter.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: By the Minister.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: Cabinet responsibility is needed. Is the Government in charge?

Seanad: National Drugs Strategy: Statements (17 Oct 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator should talk to his Government.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: I wish to raise the issue of Amgen and join Senator Boyle in asking that the Minister come to the House to discuss the issue of job creation. It is especially disappointing in the Cork region to hear of the loss of the proposed jobs in Amgen. In particular, the Minister should explain how much the Government, his officials and IDA Ireland knew prior to the general election about the...

Seanad: Climate Protection Bill 2007: Second Stage (3 Oct 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: He knows that.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: What about the cutbacks and freezes?

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: There was accountability in the health service then.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: Did the Senator hear the Minister last night?

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: They are mountainy men down there.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: Déanaim comhghairdeachas leis mo chara, Senator Wilson. Little did I think when we were in college together that we would end up in Seanad Éireann. I ask the Leader to invite the Minister for Education and Science to the House so that we may have a debate, in light of the planned reform of the leaving certificate, taking cognisance of the fact that the views of teachers should be taken...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator should vote against it.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: What about the Hanly report?