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Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2008)

Donie Cassidy: ...party over the coming weeks. Senator Regan asked about the Government's position on mandatory retirement and the retirement age. I will make inquiries and come back to him on it. Senator Buttimer called on the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to come to the House for a debate on the toxic waste in Cork Harbour. This is an alarming occurrence and I am sure all...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2008)

The Dail Divided: For the motion: 20 (Ivana Bacik, Paddy Burke, Jerry Buttimer, Paudie Coffey, Paul Coghlan, Maurice Cummins, Paschal Donohoe, Frances Fitzgerald, Fidelma Healy Eames, Alan Kelly, Michael McCarthy, Nicky McFadden, Rónán Mullen, David Norris, Joe O'Reilly, Joe O'Toole, Feargal Quinn, Eugene Regan, Shane Ross, Brendan Ryan) Against the motion: 27 (Dan Boyle, Martin...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: What will the Deputy's colleagues do about it?

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: He has gloves, he will be all right.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: It is a matter of absolute importance.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: A sum of €200,000 in this day and age is a lot of money. We hear nothing from the parties opposite.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: We need a debate. We are talking about waste of gargantuan proportions.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2008)

Larry Butler: More hot air from Senator Buttimer.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: The tent is gone, though.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Does the Leader agree with it?

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator's hotel would not last long like that.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: Like the Taj Mahal.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: We need a debate. We are talking about €200,000. Do Senators O'Malley and Boyle know how much that means in home-care packages or to disabled people in this country because members of their parties in government do not? They have treated the people with contempt and it must stop.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: The Green Party has sat down and acquiesced like everything else it has done in government. It is an insult to the people of Ireland at a time when Senator O'Malley's party and that of Senator Boyle, which are both in government, are freezing recruitment, cutting frontline services and asking people to tighten belts when they themselves are spending money extravagantly.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2008)

Donie Cassidy: Senators Fitzgerald, O'Toole, Kelly, Coghlan, Donohoe, Norris, Regan, Bacik, Buttimer, Hanafin, Ross, O'Reilly and Healy Eames called for a special debate on the economy. On the Order of Business tomorrow are statements on the OECD report on integrated public service reforms. On Wednesday week, the Minister will be before the House for a debate on the economy. As all Senators know, the...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: I formally second the amendment to the Order of Business and thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing me to raise the matter of toxic waste in Cork Harbour on the Adjournment of the House today. I ask the Leader to ensure that the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government will be in the House tonight and not a surrogate Minister. This is a matter of grave importance, not just...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2008)

Donie Cassidy: ...are as sound as they ever were. They have always acknowledged the great democratic process in these Houses and they showed that in their thousands over the weekend. Senators O'Malley, Donohoe and Buttimer expressed serious concerns about the amount spent on the refurbishment of the office of the former Taoiseach. I understand the approval of a Minister was not needed for this but it...