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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 (11 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: Was that before the general election?

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 (12 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: I ask the Leader to arrange a debate on bullying and civility. I do so in the context of a coroner's report yesterday on the death of a young girl in County Cork. The debate should focus on the manner in which those who are bullied are categorised and treated by society. The House should acknowledge the grief of a family and that it has been aggrieved by the coroner's verdict yesterday. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2007)

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

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: The Government has not even finished part 1.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: In light of comments by Senator Corrigan yesterday and the comments of an eminent person working in the disability sector, Ms Deirdre Carroll of Inclusion Ireland this morning, I ask the Leader to invite the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Devins, for a debate on the inspection of residential homes for vulnerable children with disabilities. It is startling...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: The truth always hurts.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: Who gave what to whom? Give us the answer to that.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: Did they have spiced beef from Cork?

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: We are well used to that.

Seanad: Integration Policy: Statements (Resumed) (13 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Senator Donohoe for sharing time. I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Deputy Pat Carey. We live in a multicultural society. Those of us who live in Cork would never have thought we would come to live in an Ireland in which we would be obliged to embrace different cultures, languages and nationalities. We should take...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: I join Senator Fitzgerald in asking the Leader for an urgent debate on the mental health sector. The strategy document, A Vision for Change, was launched amid much fanfare but we have seen no matching commitment by the Government to implement change. We have had debates in this House on health and education. On both occasions, the relevant Ministers were, to say the least, making it up as...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: Is there a U-turn coming?

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: He heard the voice of the women of Ireland.