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Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)

Donie Cassidy: There was no room at the inn on our side that is why Senator Buttimer is over there. Senator Callely welcomed the national bike week this week. I congratulate everyone who has made this possible. We all know that a fit body means a fit brain and that a fit brain gives one confidence and when one has confidence, one can move mountains, as Senator Buttimer will know well. Senators Donohoe,...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Tell the Leader that.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: It is the Fianna Fáil way.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: With respect, it is.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: How is he on Seanad reform?

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Will the Leader scrap the tax?

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: On a point of order, I asked the Leader two questions which he has not answered. I asked about the abstentionist policy of members of the Government and about the date of the by-election.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I call on the Leader to address two specific questions in his reply on the Order of Business. Given that we are celebrating the 90th anniversary of the first Dáil, have Members on the Government side adopted a new abstentionist policy to the House? When does the Government propose to hold a by-election for the vacancies arising in the membership of the Seanad? Is it the intention of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Will the Leader facilitate a debate on the issue of social partnership? Never in the history of the State have we required social partnership more. I agree with Senator Donohoe, who is spot on. It is absurd that Ministers are paid exorbitant sums of money, well in excess of what they deserve. The Senator is correct to say we should cap the salaries of Deputies because we cannot afford to...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)

Donie Cassidy: ...no difficulty in allocating time for a debate on tourism at any time. I will pass to the Minister the views of Senator Rónán Mullen regarding the need for legislation on prostitution. Senator Buttimer referred to the 90th anniversary of the first Dáil. We congratulate all those who made that happen. Our forefathers put their lives on the line so that we could express our views...