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- Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)
Mark Daly: Winston Churchill once said that democracy seems like a bad form of Government until one considers the alternatives. Senator Buttimer said that the people have spoken, but I remind him that the elections in which they spoke were local elections. Tip O'Neill's great quote, "all politics is local", is often used during local election campaigns. It is also used in general election campaigns....
- Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: The Greens could not wait to get into government.
- Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: What did the Green Party voters in Cork say?
- Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: The Leader did.
- Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: The Senator has been doing this for the past five minutes. He has been preaching the sermon on the mount over there but he is no Moses.
- Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)
Geraldine Feeney: Senator Buttimer, please.
- Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: I am ready. I would love an election.
- Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: I am out talking to the people four days a week.
- Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)
Mark Daly: Like Senator Buttimer, they are saying that the people are not happy and are looking for an election.
- Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: Senator Daly is afraid to speak to his party's councillors because he will have to explain why so many of their colleagues have lost their seats.
- Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)
Mark Daly: ...job. In essence, mistakes have been made. Seán Lemass once said that anyone who never made a mistake never did anything. In fairness to the Opposition and specifically my colleague, Senator Buttimer, Fine Gael has never made a mistake but then again it has never done anything. Opposition Senators have said that Fianna Fáil has been in power for 20 years, but I remind them that we...
- Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: I am sorry that Senator Boyle is leaving, as I enjoyed his speech and his lecture to Members. My mother, may God rest her, had a great saying, which was that democracy is a great leveller and the ballot box never tells lies. She was right. The ballot box last Saturday unfurled a result that many Members never would have forecast two years ago and people want change. I lament the loss of...
- Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: I will take no lip from anyone in this regard. The fundamentals are quite simple. In the words of the Minister for Finance, Deputy Brian Lenihan, in the Dáil this week, "People have lost jobs. They have lost savings. They have lost pensions." The Minister failed to mention that the people have lost trust and have lost confidence in the ability of the Government to govern. Fundamentally,...
- Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)
Joe O'Toole: ...Fine Gael are correct to be hammering the Government at present. I met the leader of the Green Party casually yesterday and said I was sorry his party did so badly in the elections. Like Senator Buttimer, I congratulate those who put a name on the ballot paper and I feel sorry for anybody who did not get elected or lost a seat. I am genuine in saying this and Members on both sides of...