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Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Craughwell raised the Social Welfare Bill. I am glad he jumped the gun a couple of months ago when he complained that Fine Gael Senators had met the Minister, Deputy Varadkar. I welcome the engagement of the Minister with the civic engagement group and with Members of the House on the Social Welfare Bill. It is important that PRSI contributions and classes of pension entitlements...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: Fitzgerald Stadium is one of the most scenic and picturesque grounds in the country. I had the pleasure of doing local radio commentary there and was able to look across at beauty's home. Those who are from Cork would prefer to come out of there with happier memories than in the recent past. It is important that those who support the bid for the Rugby World Cup get behind it and that those...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: It was not an insult at all.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: I was not insulting Sinn Féin.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: All I can say is that the Sinn Féin Party is a high tax party.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: It is a tax-and-spend party.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: The irony of it is that-----

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: -----Sinn Féin refused to go into government in the South and sat on its hands. It is above-----

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: It is good at abdicating responsibility, in fairness.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: The reality is-----

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: I am. The reality is that-----

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: -----the Sinn Féin Party in the North of our country-----

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: I am replying-----

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: I am replying to the Order of Business. That is the task I am required to do at the end of the Order of Business. The one thing that someone learns in government, and the Senator can ask her colleagues in the North-----

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: If the Senator would do me the courtesy of listening, please. I listened to her.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: Do me the courtesy of-----

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: Thank you, a Chathaoirligh.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: Sinn Féin cannot be a catch-all party. It cannot say one thing to one group and another thing to another group and pretend that everything will be okay. That is not what government is about.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: The important point-----

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: Regarding the public service wage bill, the Minister is correct. We need to take a collective approach to public sector pay. We should not, and cannot, pit private against public. All Senators recognise the considerable contribution that public servants have made to the recovery of our country and the hardship that they had to endure. We must be fair to everyone, and the Government is...