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Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: The Sunday Independent, on page 8.

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Remember Liam Lawlor.

Industrial Relations (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (7 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: What about Deputy Ross?

Industrial Relations (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (7 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Déanam comhghairdeas leis an Teachta Tóibín as An Bille Caidrimh Thionscail a thabhairt os ár gcomhair le plé inniu. I welcome the remarks made by the Minister. He is correct in saying that there must be robust protection for lower paid workers while there must also be support for employers in the context of the creation of jobs. We must strike a balance in this regard. That said, we...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (7 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Deputy Tóibín forgot the cross-party support due later on. He is going the wrong way about it.

Order of Business (6 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy is running for the park.

Order of Business (6 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: That is the new party, Fianna Fáil nua.

Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: I apologise, a Cheann Comhairle.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health if the diabetic retinopathy screening programme will not commence in the first quarter of 2012; when it is anticipated that the screening programme will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27906/11]

Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: He is looking to the media for affirmation.

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (4 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy should stop going to the football.

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (4 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: I commend the Minister on his speech. I listened to Deputy Ó Cuív and I could not believe his remarks both as Gaeilge agus trí Bhéarla. He spoke about flying kites. He was a man who sat at the Cabinet table and who in a ten year period presided over the decline in numbers from 10,726 Army personnel to 9,500. He is a person who was a member of a party that in government presided over...

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (4 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: -----is the motion before us in the names of the Fianna Fáil Members. I wish to outline a speech for the Members opposite.

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (4 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: A previous Minister indicated: As Minister for Defence I am determined that this progress will continue. It is therefore necessary to ensure that the implementation of the White Paper on Defence will proceed as planned. He also referred to: [M]arking the end of a long chapter in the history of Ballincollig. This was an emotive occasion for the Defence Forces and in particular for the many...

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (4 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Deputy Smith made the comment.

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (4 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Why did none of Deputy Smith's colleagues from Cork South-Central or Cork North-West vote in 1998 against the Government's closure? Why did that not happen?

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (4 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: I am speaking to the motion. It would be foolhardy to vote with the Opposition. It would be crass-----

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (4 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: -----to go over and vote with Deputy Cowen on this one.

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (4 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: The Members opposite have shown no concern for Army spouses or families, none whatever. They have shown no plan for the evolution of the Defence Forces, and the Minister is correct.

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (4 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: It is proper that we retain the minimum level-----