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Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: I am pleased to hear it. It was nothing else.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Was Deputy Higgins on Vincent Browne's television show last night?

Order of Business (1 Dec 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: He voted for it.

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Mind the carbon footprint.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: In welcoming the Minister's announcement tonight in the House, it is important that we also send a message or signal to those in charge of semi-State bodies. The Government has continually raised the issue of the pay of those in charge of these bodies. It was bizarre that an organisation such as Coillte had to wait until after the weekend to act, after gauging public reaction to the fact...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (29 Nov 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Question 568: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding that has been provided to replace the Tramore bridge, Kinsale Road, Cork; when the works will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37495/11]

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (29 Nov 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister and compliment him on his speech and proposed amendment. I listened to Deputy Boyd Barrett and did not heckle.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (29 Nov 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: I listened to Deputies Murphy and McDonald. I was going to close my eyes and go to sleep because I thought I was living in Utopia, a land where milk is plentiful, there is gold in the streets, no unemployment and nothing is wrong. However, there is no pot of gold. Sinn Féin is in government in the North and is making tough decisions on behalf of the people it represents. I am sick of...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (29 Nov 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: I am aware of that, but the Deputy's colleagues still took the money.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (29 Nov 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Members of the Deputy's party are also abstentionist in this House; they have not put forward one proper proposal.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (29 Nov 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: I read it. It is a fairy tale. We are dealing with the Humpty Dumpty school of politics.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (29 Nov 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Are these the brains Fianna Fáil had for 14 years?

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (29 Nov 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Does the Deputy's leader claim expenses-----

Written Answers — Company Law: Company Law (24 Nov 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the high cost of company examinership procedures and that such costs effectively preclude many companies from using this option, if he will consider allowing examinership to be carried out at Circuit Court level for companies with turnovers below a certain predetermined level; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (23 Nov 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Question 139: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress being made and any instructions issued by her regarding the implementation of Labour Court recommendations for the introduction of an agreed pension scheme for community employment scheme supervisors and assistant supervisors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36491/11]

Road Transport Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister. This is very important legislation. The State was legally obliged to have it implemented by 4 December 2010. It is extraordinary that there has been a two year-----

Road Transport Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: I cannot cope with the heckling from the other side of the House; it is terrible.

Road Transport Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: I have not even started yet. There has been a two year delay in addressing this issue and we now have to deal with it at the last minute. I am not blaming or criticising the Minister but it should not have taken this amount of time to deal with legislation. The legal obligations of the State should not be dealt with at the eleventh hour; it is bad business and bad practice. I am glad the...

Road Transport Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Thank God we still have power in Cork. We are the most important county in the country, in my mind.

Road Transport Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: It is important that we work with the local authorities and people in Cork on this issue. Deputy Harrington raised the issue of fluorescent colour coding and people have raised this issue with me as they seek measures to prevent a decline in road safety. Many of those to whom I have spoken have said it would be a way to assist drivers. A tangential point on road safety is that our haulage...