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- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)
The Seanad Divided: For the motion: 22 (Ivana Bacik, Paul Bradford, Paddy Burke, Jerry Buttimer, Paudie Coffey, Paul Coghlan, Maurice Cummins, Frances Fitzgerald, Dominic Hannigan, Fidelma Healy Eames, Michael McCarthy, Nicky McFadden, Rónán Mullen, David Norris, Joe O'Reilly, Joe O'Toole, John Paul Phelan, Phil Prendergast, Feargal Quinn, Brendan Ryan, Liam Twomey, Alex White)...
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)
Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)
Pat Moylan: Senator Buttimer has moved an amendment to the Order of Business proposing that a debate on the EU-IMF programmes of financial support to Ireland be taken today. Is the amendment being pressed?
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)
Jerry Buttimer: Yes.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)
Jerry Buttimer: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business, that the House debate the EU-IMF bailout today and that the Minister for Finance would come to the House for the debate. This is the Upper House of the Oireachtas and it is incumbent on us to debate this matter and either oppose or pass it by vote of the House. I also ask for the Minister for Finance to come to the House today. As Senator...
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)
Ivana Bacik: I support the call by Senator Buttimer for a debate today on the IMF and EU deal. It is extraordinary that we are not debating it in this House, given that it is being debated in the other House and all around the country. The parameters of the deal are well known to everyone but there has been some excellent critiques of the deal and it is very important that this House would have an...
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)
Dan Boyle: Senator Fitzgerald raised the issue of bonuses being paid to officials in the Department of Finance, on which she was joined by Senators Ross, Coffey, Hannigan, MacSharry, Healy Eames, Buttimer, Dearey, Coghlan, Hanafin and Ormonde. I believe there are two points that reflect the seriousness every Member of the House feels on the matter. First is the failure that allowed such a system to...